Ambarella's CV3-AD685 SoC brings new levels of AI processing to autonomous driving safety systems

Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, is collaborating with Ambarella to provide its 5-nanometer (nm) process technology for Ambarella's newly announced CV3-AD685 automotive AI central domain controller. The CV3-AD685 is the first production version of Ambarella's CV3-AD family of automotive AI central domain controllers, offering Tier-1 automotive suppliers a single-chip solution for multi-sensor fusion and path planning. With the collaboration of these two companies, the next generation of autonomous driving vehicle safety systems will be transformed by bringing new levels of AI processing performance, power, and reliability.

Samsung's 5nm process technology is optimized for automotive-grade semiconductors, with extremely tight process controls and advanced IP for exceptional reliability and outstanding traceability. Ambarella will rely on Samsung's 5nm process maturity and the technology's solid track record. This 5nm process is backed by the company's extensive experience in automotive foundry process, IP, and service package development to enable manufacturers to create cutting-edge innovations in assisted and automated mobility.

The CV3-AD685 integrates Arrow's next-generation CVflow® AI engine, which includes neural network processing that is 20 times faster than the previous generation of Arrow's CV2 SoCs. It also provides general-vector and neural-vector processing capabilities to deliver the overall performance required for fully autonomous driving (AD) stack processing, including computer vision, 4D imaging radar, deep sensor fusion, and path planning.

The CV3-AD685 will be the first in the CV3-AD product family to use Samsung's 5nm process, and this SoC integrates advanced image processing, a dense stereo and optical flow engine, ARM® Cortex® A78AE and R52 CPUs, an automotive GPU for visualizations, and a hardware security module (HSM). It features an "algorithm first" architecture that provides support for the entire autonomous-driving software stack. The high-performance, power-efficient, and scalable CV3-AD family, which is built specifically for ADAS, complements a wide range of solutions for assisted driving, while advancing vehicle automation. The integrated CV3-AD685 SoC enables information from various sensors to be fused for robust L2+ to L4 autonomous driving.

The SAFE™ program, backed by Samsung Foundry's industry-leading process technology and advanced 3D-packaging solutions, ensures close collaboration between Samsung Foundry, ecosystem partners, and customers to deliver robust SoC designs based on certified key design components including Process Design Kits (PDK), reference flows with Design Methodologies (DM), a variety of Intellectual Properties (IP), and on-demand design support.

In conclusion, Samsung's proven automotive process technology allows manufacturers to bring new levels of AI acceleration, systems integration, and power efficiency to ADAS and L2+ through L4 autonomous vehicles. Samsung Foundry's rich history of collaboration with Ambarella is bringing world-class 5nm technology to the new CV3-AD685 SoCs. With Tier-1 automotive suppliers already adopting the technology, we believe other automotive companies will also consider using the Ambarella CV3-AD SoC product family manufactured in Samsung's 5nm process. 

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