NXP and GAC Group jointly develop a new generation of vehicle gateway platform

     NXP Semiconductor announced that it will work with GAC Group to jointly develop a new generation of vehicle gateway platform based on Ethernet and security, thus promoting the landing of the Ethernet gateway project independently developed by the first domestic vehicle manufacturing enterprise. NXP will provide a reference design and complete gateway solution for the development of the platform, covering semiconductor devices such as microcontrollers and network interfaces. The two sides will directly carry out technical cooperation between semiconductor enterprises and vehicle manufacturing enterprises to achieve breakthroughs and innovations in the ecological cooperation mode of China's automotive industry.

     The gateway solution provided by NXP for GAC Group has a unique advantage in hardware and software development. The solution realizes the network architecture based on Ethernet and CAN/CAN FD, effectively reduces the network cost, and improves the performance and reliability of the gateway. At the same time, the solution supports the latest automotive Ethernet technology (100Base-T1), Automotive Open System Architecture (AutoSAR), and over the Air Firmware Upgrade (FOTA) technology, as well as other advanced system technical support, which minimizes the development process for users. In addition, in response to the latest requirements of the gateway in functional safety and hardware encryption security, NXP's solution can meet the ASIL-B functional safety level, and equipped with hardware security module (HSM), to provide highly reliable high-performance protection for the vehicle environment, demonstrating NXP's pursuit of security in the field of security.

     Huang Shaotang, Chief Technology Officer and Director of the Intelligent Network Technology R&D Center of GAC Research Institute, said: "NXP is a global technology leader in the field of automotive electronics, with leading technology advantages and advanced research and development experience in the field of intelligent gateways for vehicles. The new generation Ethernet gateway project is a key project in the development of GAC Group. We hope that through cooperation with NXP, we can jointly promote technological innovation in the field of automotive gateways, build a new model of cooperation ecology, and jointly create a win-win situation in the automotive industry."

     Toni Versluijs, General manager of Global in-vehicle networking products at NXP, said: "The automotive gateway is an important link between the internal environment and the external communication network in intelligent driving, and plays an important role in intelligent driving. NXP has long been committed to driving the development of the autonomous driving and connected vehicle industry through technological innovation and collaboration. NXP high-performance gateway solutions meet the growing security needs of gateway control systems while supporting scalability and reusability, which not only improves the robustness of the in-car environment, but also reduces BOM costs. NXP looks forward to working with GAC Group to advance the next generation Gateway project and jointly build a secure future for connected vehicles."

     As the entrance, node and core of intelligent driving, vehicle gateway is crucial to achieve safe and reliable wireless data transmission, and will play an important role in intelligent connected vehicles. At present, vehicle Ethernet is developing rapidly, and major car companies in Europe, the United States and China have accelerated the Ethernet layout. In the future, on-board Ethernet will become an essential connection method for intelligent connected vehicles, and the automobile backbone network will also be built based on Ethernet. As a leader in the field of secure connected vehicle technology and the global vehicle network market, NXP provides a series of protection measures from the five aspects of security interface, security gateway, security network, security processing and security access control to ensure the security of car interconnection in the era of the Internet of everything. The cooperation mode between NXP and GAC Group opens up the road of direct cooperation between Chinese brand car enterprises and advanced technology providers, simplifies the process of technical communication, greatly promotes the application and promotion of new technologies, and indicates the new direction of the future cooperation and development of vehicle gateways.