Renesas Electronics Corporation

RZ/V Series MPUs with Built-in AI Accelerator

Renesas' microprocessors (MPU) feature the highly flexible DRP-AI accelerator and are designed for vision AI applications

Image of Renesas' RZ/V Series MPUsRenesas' RZ/V series MPUs are embedded with their high-performance low-power consumption DRP-AI accelerator and designed for the vision AI market. With the rising need for real-time recognition applications using AI, developers are facing challenges with the increasing power consumption and heat dissipation required for AI processing.

The RZ/V2L operates with low power consumption by leveraging the high power efficiency of the DRP-AI, eliminating the need for heat dissipation measures such as heatsinks and cooling fans. This contributes to the downsizing of equipment and cost reduction of the entire system. The highly flexible DRP-AI enables the RZ/V2L to support AI and various image processing uses. The DRP can perform color correction and noise reduction of input / output images, making it possible to use an inexpensive camera module without an image processing function. This contributes to the overall cost reduction of the entire system. The RZ/V2L is pin-compatible with the RZ/G2L general-purpose MPU, providing upward functional compatibility and making it easy to build a product lineup with or without AI functions in the same system configuration. The RZ/V2L is equipped with 3D graphics and video codecs, and supports GUI rendering.

The RZ/V2M is an application-specific standard product for vision AI and is equipped with the DRP-AI accelerator, making it upward compatible with the RZ/V2L in terms of performance. The RZ/V2M features up to 4K camera input and hardware ISP that can adapt to vision AI applications with a single chip.

Renesas also provides power supply and clocking solutions that are optimized for these devices so customers can develop a system using the RZ/V2L in a short time.

Features
  • Best-in-class heat dissipation for an embedded AI MPU:
    • Renesas' original AI-dedicated DRP-AI accelerator
    • High-speed AI inference and low power consumption for real-time AI processing
    • Low power consumption facilitates heat dissipation
    • Stable AI inference performance without heat-oriented problems with long-term operation
  • Easy to design:
    • DRP-AI translator tool automatically converts AI models to an executable format
    • DRP-AI translator supports the industry-standard open neural network exchange (ONNX) input format
    • Use AI development environments that can export to an ONNX format or AI development environments with established conversion flows
    • Using the AI development environment easily realizes highly functional embedded AI (RZ/V2L)
  • DRP library provides image processing options:
    • AI inference processing and flexible image processing
    • Simple ISP functions and build systems with inexpensive camera modules without an ISP
    • Image processing that is suitable for the user’s AI process needs
  • RZ/V2L and RZ/G2L compatibility:
    • Upwardly compatible making it easy to build a product lineup with or without AI functions
    • Video input/output and functions for industrial applications (RZ/V2L)
    • Error correction code (ECC) for internal memory and DDR I/F
    • Verified Linux package (VLP) based on the industrial-grade civil infrastructure platform (CIP) Linux to reduce maintenance man-hours
    • Security support options are available
    • Supports a faster flexible data rate (CAN-FD) as controller area network (CAN)
    • Two channels of Gb Ethernet and can be used for gateway applications (RZ/V2L)
  • RZ/V2M offers more powerful AI performance:
    • Application-specific standard product is focused on Vision AI
    • Supports up to 4K resolution camera input and hardware ISP functions
    • AI inference using DRP-AI and CIP Linux features
    • Best image quality without additional tuning required
    • AI inference performance: 1.5 times that of the RZ/V2L
Applications
  • Vision AI processing
  • Intercoms and doorbells
  • Smart cameras
  • Robot cleaners
  • POS

RZ/V Series MPUs

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionAvailable QuantityPriceView Details
IC MPU 200MHZ/1.2GHZ 456LFBGAR9A07G054L23GBG#AC0IC MPU 200MHZ/1.2GHZ 456LFBGA97 - Immediate$248.61View Details
IC MPU 200MHZ/1.2GHZ 551LFBGAR9A07G054L24GBG#AC0IC MPU 200MHZ/1.2GHZ 551LFBGA89 - Immediate$281.95View Details
RZ/V2L R9A07G054L BRD NONSECURERTK9754L23S01000BERZ/V2L R9A07G054L BRD NONSECURE6 - Immediate$2,511.58View Details
Published: 2022-05-09

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