Altera Demonstrates Its Automotive In-Cabin Infotainment At Convergence 2008

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Additional Third-Party IP Vendor Support Expands the Functionality of Altera’s P.A.R.I.S. Platform.

Altera Corporation announced its Platform ASSP Replacement Infotainment System (P.A.R.I.S.) is available to automotive designers and OEMs developing infotainment, navigation, comfort and convenience, and drivers-assistance systems. Jointly developed with Gleichmann Electronics Research GmbH, the P.A.R.I.S. Platform delivers a complete development environment, including tools, intellectual property (IP) and software, dramatically easing the development of automotive in-cabin systems. Altera is demonstrating the P.A.R.I.S. Platform in its booth 626 at the Convergence 2008 show at the Cobo Center in Detroit , Michigan , from October 20 to 22.
Altera’s FPGA-based P.A.R.I.S. Platform includes pre-verified IP from more than a dozen third-party hardware and software vendors. Using the P.A.R.I.S. Platform, automotive designers can easily expand the functions of their automotive systems and seamlessly mi

grate their FPGA-based systems across multiple vehicle classes. This approach significantly reduces the lengthy and costly design cycle of fixed-function ASSPs. The third-party IP partners currently supported within the P.A.R.I.S. Platform include:
Convergence 2008 attendees will see a first-hand demonstration of the P.A.R.I.S. Platform, integrating an infotainment system-on-a-chip (SoC) into an Altera Stratix III FPGA running on an Altera Nios II embedded processor. The platform features a graphical user interface (GUI) with LCD touch screen, and performs functions that include streaming encoded audio files (MP3 or WAV), audio decoding, audio routing and a Media Oriented System Transport (MOST) interface. Additional capabilities of the P.A.R.I.S. Platform will be on display, including a lane departure warning application, 3D graphics features, a multi-view camera mosaic application, fisheye correction capabilities and single-chip a

nalog cluster control.
“The automotive electronics industry is experiencing tremendous growth as car manufacturers incorporate greater levels of functionality in their in-cabin systems,” said Robert Blake , vice president of automotive and consumer business unit at Altera. “The struggle for semiconductor vendors and automotive designers alike is keeping up on the latest industry trends and making the necessary modifications to their automotive systems as quickly as possible. The P.A.R.I.S. Platform gives automotive designers a highly efficient way to expand their system in a cost-effective manner, while meeting critical time-to-market windows.”