• Renesas Electronics Corporation has developed three system-on-chip (SoC) technologies aimed at automotive multi-domain electronic control units (ECUs), combining AI acceleration, chiplet support, and enhanced power management as a foundation for next-generation electrical/electronic architectures. • The company presented these developments at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference 2026 in San Francisco. • As software-defined vehicles evolve, automotive SoCs must support multiple concurrent workloads, scale through chiplet integration, and comply with stringent functional safety requirements. • Increasing device complexity and performance also place pressure on power efficiency and automotive-grade quality. • Renesas addressed these challenges through several architectural innovations. • To support high safety levels in chiplet configurations, Renesas introduced a proprietary architecture that combines die-to-die connectivity with a RegionID mechanism to prevent resource interference among applications.

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  • Renesas Electronics Corporation has developed three system-on-chip (SoC) technologies aimed at automotive multi-domain electronic control units (ECUs), combining AI acceleration, chiplet support, and enhanced power management as a foundation for next-generation electrical/electronic architectures. The company presented these developments at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference 2026 in San Francisco. As software-defined vehicles evolve, automotive SoCs must support multiple concurrent workloads, scale through chiplet integration, and comply with stringent functional safety requirem

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