Rockchip, Zlingsmart team up for China-made smart cockpit solutions

Beijing (Gasgoo)- China’s IC design firm Rockchip Electronics (Rockchip) and intelligent vehicle solution provider Zlingsmart announced their in-depth cooperation on December 20, which focuses on smart cockpit solutions. 

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Leveraging Rockchip's high-computing-power automotive chips and solutions, as well as Zlingsmart's virtual operating system and intelligent cockpit software platform, both parties will jointly launch China-made smart cockpit solutions for passenger and commercial vehicles.

Specifically, the hardware of the solution is based on Rockchip’s RK3588M/RK3568M auto-grade cockpit chips. At the same time, the system software will be running on Zlingsmart’s RAITE Hypervisor (RHOS) and RAITE Intelligent Cockpit Platform.

The RK3568M is positioned as an entry-level cockpit chip with its CPU composed of four A55 cores and a maximum computing power of more than 20KDMIPS to meet the computing needs of basic automotive and instrument applications. The RK3568M+RAITE Hypervisor solution will be able to simultaneously support the running of LCD dashboard, central control infotainment screen, 360-degree panoramic view, and DMS functions, meeting the requirements of intelligent cabin of commercial vehicles and passenger vehicles.