EU RESEARCHERS TO CREATE MULTI-PROCESSOR CHIP FOR CAR SAFETY SYSTEMS
January 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EURO 3 million international research project is to create multi-processor micro-chips able to operate key in-car systems simultaneously, boosting their speed and efficiency. The European Union (EU) is funding Euro 2 million of the MERASA project, which includes Britain's Rapita Systems Ltd; Honeywell in the Czech Republic; the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre; Augsburg University, Germany; and the Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse. The multi-processor chips could speed anti-lock braking systems (ABS) and optimise fuel consumption controls, ...
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