At the 18th “China Chip” Award Ceremony on September 20, Calterah was granted the “China Chip” Award for Outstanding Product of Technological Innovation for its Alps family of CMOS mmWave radar SoCs. The Alps SoC family stood out from 398 chip products from 285 enterprises, with its competitive technological innovations, independent intellectual property rights, and contribution to improving China’s self-reliant auto chip supply chain. The “China Chip” Award is one of the most influential and leading IC awards in China. Under the organization of China Center for Information Industry Development, Zhuhai Municipal Government, and the Administrative Committee of Guangdong-Macao In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, this year’s ceremony was held to honor the innovative products, technologies and applications in China’s IC industry, where industry experts from Tsinghua University, Peking University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Semiconductor Industry Association and other industry-leading institutes and organizations, were invited to review all the chip products from enterprises nationwide that had applied. Alps SoCs, “China Chip” for Auto mmWave Radar Sensors The award-winning Alps family of Calterah’s auto-grade 77 GHz mmWave SoC, which embodies more than 10 technical patents, holds industry-leading positions in various aspects. World-leading CMOS mmWave radar SoC technology: As the pioneer of……

As the curtain has just risen on IAA Mobility 2023 in Munich on September 5, the leading Chinese provider of CMOS mmWave radar chips, Calterah, brings a most comprehensive portfolio of automotive radar SoCs at Booth A2-F31 of Mess München to the global audience. Figure 1 Visitors Showing Great Interest in Calterah mmWave Radar SoCs Most Comprehensive Auto Radar SoC Portfolio from Calterah Calterah’s pioneering CMOS mmWave radar SoCs boast the best PPA (Power, Performance, Area) in the industry with a remarkably high integration level. Visitors can explore a wide range of radar sensor chips developed based on Calterah’s next-gen Andes platform and the second-gen SoC platform Alps, operating in the high frequency bands of 76 GHz to 81 GHz and 60 GHz to 64 GHz, targeting a broad spectrum of applications for ADAS and autonomous driving, such as imaging radar, forward-looking radar, corner radar, side radar, in-cabin radar, tail gate radar, and automatic door collision avoidance radar. Figure 2 Calterah Automotive SoC Families and Applications Table 1 Calterah Automotive mmWave Radar SoCs Exhibited at IAA 2023Note: Alps, Rhine, Alps-Mini, and Alps-Pro families are all developed based on Calterah’s second-gen SoC platform. Notably, the showcased next-gen Andes SoC (CAL77C844-AF) is……

From August 25 to 27, 2023, the 7th China (Guangzhou) International Elderly Health Industry Expo (EldExpo) was convened at the China Import and Expo Fair Complex in Guangzhou, in a bid to advance the high-quality development of the elderly care industry. During the EldExpo Intelligent Elderly Care Forum, Calterah demonstrated the advantages and excellent functions of its mmWave radar solutions tailored for home-based elderly care applications.

Leading Chinese provider of mmWave radar SoCs, Calterah Semiconductor, will be showcasing its most comprehensive product portfolio of automotive mmWave radar SoCs, including the most sought-after next-gen Andes SoC for 4D imaging radar, at the world’s largest and most important mobility event, IAA Mobility 2023 from September 5 to 10, at Booth A2-F31 of Messe München in Munich, Germany. 4D imaging radar, a state-of-the-art and buzzed-about mmWave sensing technology, provides high-resolution and long-range object detection that covers four dimensions (4D), namely distance, velocity, azimuth, and more importantly, elevation that sets it apart from traditional 3D mmWave radar systems. By collecting object information of four dimensions, it can output more dense point cloud data for better imaging, giving rise to the term “imaging radar”. Compared to regular mmWave radar, 4D imaging radar offers a range of advantages, such as a wider field of view (FOV), enhanced accuracy, exceptional resolution, better height measurement, and the capability to identify stationary objects and smaller targets other than vehicles, etc. The next-gen Andes SoC (CAL77C844-AF) from Calterah is more than ready to meet the requirements of 4D premium and imaging radar. Just like other Calterah SoCs, Andes is a full integration of radar transceiver and……

From July 26 to 27, the General Assembly of China Automotive Chip Industry Innovation Strategic Alliance and China Automotive Chip Conference 2023 were held in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, where Calterah was awarded “Most Influential Auto Chip” for its Alps family of mmWave radar SoC chips. Under the organization of China Automotive Chip Alliance and National New Energy Vehicle Technology Innovation Center, vehicle OEMs, automotive electronics manufacturers, and automotive software companies nationwide were invited to vote for and present the award to self-developed automotive chip products that have been mass-produced and applied to vehicles. This award achieved by Calterah not only represents the recognition by China Automotive Chip Alliance and OEMs but also demonstrates that Calterah’s Alps mmWave radar SoCs are technologically advanced and innovative, with strong market competitiveness and a wide customer base.   Alps Family of Fully Integrated mmWave Radar SoC Chips The award-winning Alps family is Calterah’s second-generation auto-grade chip product and also the fully integrated CMOS mmWave radar SoC that Calterah took the lead to roll out, which fully innovates the development and implementation of mmWave radar sensors. Integrating a 2T4R/4T4R transceiver, a highly configurable FMCW generator, high-speed ADCs, a radar signal processing baseband, and a high-performance……

The much-anticipated World Semiconductor Conference 2023 was held at Nanjing International Expo Center from July 19 to 21. Serving as a world-class seminar, the event explored the innovation and development of the global and Chinese semiconductor industry. Calterah, during the conference, was honored as “Leading Enterprise in mmWave Radar Chips in China 2022-2023” and received the awards of “Best mmWave Radar Chip Product in China 2022-2023” and “Best mmWave Radar Chip Solution in China 2022-2023” for its innovative technologies, products, and solutions in the field of mmWave Radar SoCs. Dr. Chen Jiashu, Calterah’s CEO, was invited to the conference to talk on challenges for developing auto-grade high-performance wireless SoCs and share Calterah’s practices and attained technological advances as a global leader in designing and developing CMOS mmWave radar chips. Higher Requirements and Standards for Auto-Grade Chips Automotive-grade chips, unlike consumer-grade or industrial-grade ones, are required to meet far more stringent safety and reliability standards. Moving towards connected, autonomous, shared and electric (CASE) mobility, the auto industry has been formulating increasingly stringent and comprehensive system requirements and standards for car makers and upstream suppliers, such as Zero Defects management, functional safety, vehicle software development, cybersecurity, etc., covering not only the process……

Recently, Calterah Semiconductor has attained the Automotive Cybersecurity Management Certification issued by TÜV Rheinland to ISO/SAE 21434 Road Vehicles-Cybersecurity Engineering (hereinafter referred to as “ISO/SAE 21434”), making it a pioneer amongst China’s fabless companies to have achieved this certification. Having achieved ISO 26262 Functional Safety Management Certification and ISO 26262 ASIL-B Certification for its Alps SoCs, this time Calterah further manifests its cybersecurity development and management capabilities that are compliant with the international standard.     Along with constant advances, the industry of intelligent connected vehicles is also witnessing increasing cyber interferences, cyber attacks, and risks of relevant damage. Therefore, the effective control of such risks and the protection of information security of vehicle networks are in growing demand. In the automotive industry, ISO/SAE 21434, a significant guiding document for cybersecurity of road vehicles, plays an essential role in related development and compliance. As the first international standard, ISO/SAE 21434 provides a standardized framework, in which cybersecurity is established as an indispensable engineering element throughout the vehicle lifecycle. By implementing cybersecurity processes in the development lifecycle, for one thing, automotive manufacturers can make vehicles more capable of preventing and tackling potential cyber hazards and threats, so as to ensure the……

As of today, Calterah’s auto-grade SoCs have been adopted by 150 plus passenger car models,  continuously empowering safer and smarter driving experiences. Calterah’s high-performance corner radar solution, based on the Alps-Pro mmWave radar SoC, can better fulfill the requirements of L2/L2+ ADAS systems, helping to advance intelligent driving perception.