Discover S32K5 - our newest high-performance, flexible automotive MCUs family designed to accelerate the shift to zonal SDV architectures.
Zonal architectures enable efficient power and data distribution around the vehicle, while improving wire cost, weight, and manufacturing. A key component in this architecture is the zone controller, it is responsible for connecting the high number of actuators and sensors to a central compute ECU and, depending on application distribution, can have a significant role in strategy within a zone.
OEMs are looking for more scalable and cost-efficient solutions to evolve the E/E architecture and meet future requirements for connected, electric, self-driving vehicles, as the number of services/ECUs within the vehicle grows. This evolution can come via logical distribution of functions onto less diverse software/hardware platforms, and through physical changes to a zonal-based network.
