NXP Drives Active Safety with World's First FlexRay Transceiver.TJA TJA Tarija, Bolivia (Airport Code)TJA Thai Journalist Association TJA Terminal Jog Auxiliary 1080 FlexRay Transceiver and Fail-Safe System Basis Chips Deliver High-Speed Fault-Tolerant Communications EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands -- NXP NXP Next Experience (formerly Philips Semiconductors) , formerly Philips Semiconductors, today announced the availability of the world's first FlexRay transceiver, the TJA1080, now in volume production. The TJA1080, together with NXP Fail-Safe System Basis Chips, is now on the road in the new BMW X A small five-cylinder radial engine for sport and training aircraft. Although this engine, the BMW X, proved successful at several large-scale events in 1930, including that year's round-Europe flight, only a few were built. A successor model, the BMW Xa, was introduced in 1931. 5, the first series production car with a FlexRay system. With the high-speed FlexRay network communications system In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. , car makers can introduce advanced features that are transforming safety and comfort in the car. The BMW X5 is the first sports activity vehicle (SAV SAV Sport Activity Vehicle SAV Service Après-Vente (French: customer service) SAV Saved (File Name Extension) SAV Submerged Aquatic Vegetation SAV Slovenská Akadémia Vied SAV Sophos Anti-Virus ) in the world to feature AdaptiveDrive, which combines active roll stabilization and electronic damping control to enable a level of safety, comfort and agility unprecedented in its class. The FlexRay system enables AdaptiveDrive to process and transmit very large amounts of data on changing driving and road conditions at extremely high speeds for dynamic control of the anti-roll bars and dampers. "Vehicle safety is significantly enhanced with the TJA1080, as active safety systems are able to leverage the high-speed interaction between electronic control units in a FlexRay network," said Toni Versluijs, business development manager, NXP. "With the TJA1080 now on the road with the BMW X5, both drivers and passengers can enjoy the enhanced performance and safety features enabled by FlexRay." Addressing car manufacturers' need for faster, fault-tolerant communication and flexible and scalable electronic networks, the TJA1080 transceiver supports a wide range of microcontrollers, including the NXP SJA SJA St. John Ambulance SJA Staff Judge Advocate SJA St. Johnsbury Academy SJA Safe Job Analysis (hazardous workplaces) SJA Saint James Academy (Malabon, Philippines) SJA synthetic jet actuator 25xx family, which provides an integrated solution for FlexRay applications. NXP is currently the only semiconductor supplier that can offer a complete system solution for FlexRay applications, consisting of microcontrollers and transceivers. The TJA1080 is flexible and can be configured as a node transceiver or as an active star transceiver with only one device. The result is faster and simplified development of complete FlexRay networks with robust communication due to excellent EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. performance, as well as extensive error diagnosis and protection mechanisms. FlexRay has become the favored protocol of carmakers for high-end vehicle networks for several reasons. First, it is fault tolerant The ability to continue non-stop when a hardware failure occurs. A fault-tolerant system is designed from the ground up for reliability by building multiples of all critical components, such as CPUs, memories, disks and power supplies into the same computer. and time triggered, providing reliable, on-time delivery of messages for safety relevant applications. In addition, FlexRay is flexible and allows for a large freedom of network topologies ranging from point-to-point to both passive-bus and active-star topologies. Finally, it has over 20-fold more gross bandwidth than CAN, the bus used in existing chassis and powertrain applications. The development of the TJA1080 transceiver is the result of NXP's extensive collaboration with key players in the automotive industry The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. In 2006, more than 69 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide. from the FlexRay Consortium. NXP and BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. are founding member of the FlexRay Consortium, and have been leading the development of the FlexRay Electrical Physical Layer specification for years. For more information about FlexRay, visit www.flexray.com. Availability The TJA1080 FlexRay transceiver is available now in volume production. Pricing in quantities of 1000 is $3.50 per piece. About NXP NXP is a top 10 semiconductor company founded by Philips more than 50 years ago. Headquartered in the Netherlands, the Netherlands, The officially Kingdom of The Netherlands byname Holland Country, northwestern Europe. Area: 16,034 sq mi (41,528 sq km). Population (2005 est.): 16,300,000. Capital: Amsterdam. Seat of government: The Hague. Most of the people are Dutch. company has 37,000 employees working in 20 countries across the world. NXP creates semiconductors, system solutions and software that deliver better sensory experiences in mobile phones, personal media players, TVs, set-top boxes, identification applications, cars and a wide range of other electronic devices. News from NXP is located at www.nxp.com. Forward-looking Statements This release may contain certain forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business of NXP and certain plans and objectives of NXP with respect to these items. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future and there are many factors that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. |
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