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News Release from: SMSC
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 19 April 2006
Toshiba to adopt automotive network
standard
Toshiba is to integrate SMSC's Media Local Bus technology to provide an interface from its Capricorn SoCs to a Media Oriented System Transport automotive multimedia network.
SMSC and Toshiba Electronics Europe have reached a licensing agreement under which Toshiba will integrate SMSC's Media Local Bus (LB) technology to provide an interface from its Capricorn SoCs to a MOST (Media Oriented System Transport) automotive multimedia network The Capricorn family of devices serves the automotive embedded display market worldwide
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 18 Aug 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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With the integration of MediaLB, Capricorn integrated circuits will be capable of interfacing with existing and upcoming MOST speed grades and physical layers.
MOST is a de facto industry standard for automotive multimedia networking deployed by virtually every major European automobile manufacturer.
"We are pleased to be a select partner to Toshiba in providing a key network interface to their high performance ICs for dashboard and console displays", said Christian Thiel, Managing Director of SMSC's Automotive Infotainment Systems group.
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"Players in the automotive environment are increasingly seeking ways to connect high bandwidth consumer applications into standard automobile networks based on MOST.
In providing them a dedicated connectivity interface through MediaLB, we succeed in creating a more open and efficient environment that not only meets strict design requirements but enhances the end user experience".
"Automotive manufacturers are under pressure to reduce component counts and minimise system cost while delivering advanced, high- performance infotainment systems", said Thomas Kuschel, Senior Manager of Toshiba's Microcomputer, Automotive and Consumer IC Marketing in Europe.
"Integrating SMSC's MediaLB technology into Toshiba's Capricorn SoC solutions allows those manufacturers to choose a single IC that will address the demanding requirements of dashboard and centre console displays, while significantly simplifying the integration of those displays into new and emerging MOST-based applications".
MOST multimedia networking technology enables new classes of multimedia applications in automobiles.
It facilitates the efficient transport of real-time streaming multimedia, control and packet information over a single optical fibre or twisted pair wire, eliminating the need to run multiple wires throughout a vehicle, and enables automakers to decentralise infotainment functions into various components distributed around the vehicle.
MediaLB, available on all of SMSC's INICs, is a low cost, low pin count, serial on-PCB and inter-chip communication standard for multimedia applications.
Its synchronous connection to the MOST network can transport diverse multimedia signals.
Toshiba's Capricorn-M and -L designs integrate into a single chip a powerful 64bit processor, a floating point unit, an advanced graphical display controller with dedicated accelerator functions and a comprehensive range of onboard peripherals and interfaces for automotive displays.
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