Newscast I International Development of serverbased vehicle architectures

Continental will collaborate with Infineon Technologies AG to develop server-based vehicle architectures. Instead of up to a hundred or even more independent control units, the goal is an organised and Efficient Electrics/Electronics (E/E) architecture with central High Performance Computers (HPC) and a few, powerful Zone Control Units (ZCU). Continental’s ZCU platform now employs the Infineon AURIX TC4 micro controller. The Infineon Resistive Random Access Memory ( RRAM ) memory technology is a crucial component of the new micro controller family. This technology is already being utilised successfully in chip cards, such as for cashless purchases and secure authentication. RRAM technology is now being used in the automotive industry for the first time. “The cooperation with Continental makes it possible to bring RRAM technology into automobiles,” said Peter Schiefer, President of the Automotive Division at Infineon.

Gilles Mabire, CTO Continental Automotive, “The cooperation with Infineon is an essential step in realising this development quickly for our customers. New functionality can be brought into serial production much faster.”