We introduced the third-generation MPPA processor, which implements a many-core architecture that targets intelligent systems, defined as cyber-physical systems enhanced with high-performance machine learning capabilities and strong cyber-security support. As with the GPGPU architecture, the MPPA3 architecture is composed of a number of multi-core compute units that share the processor external memory and I/O through on-chip global interconnects. However, the MPPA architecture is able to host standard software, offers excellent time predictability and provides strong partitioning capabilities. This enables us to consolidate, on a single or dual processor platform, the high-performance machine learning and computer vision functions implied by vehicle perception, the high-integrity functions developed through model-based design, and the cyber-security functions required by secured communications.
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