With the Smart Cockpit HPC, Continental is presenting a highperformance
computer (HPC) that offers ideally adapted system performance for a pre-integrated
set of functions in vehicles. It’s targeted at a balance between user experience, system
performance, costs and short development time. With this development, Continental demonstrates
its proven expertise in domain-specific and cross-domain HPCs and positions itself as one of the
leading technology companies in the software-defined vehicle market trend and in the
management of complex HPC projects.
"Continental provides the automotive market with a comprehensive range of HPC solutions. With
the Smart Cockpit HPC, we now offer our customers the opportunity to bring an increasingly
automated and exciting mobility experience to the road in a cost-optimized way and with short
development times," said Jean-Francois Tarabbia, head of the Architecture and Networking
business area at Continental.
The perfect intersection of different domains
The Smart Cockpit HPC convinces due to its ideally adapted system performance for a preintegrated
function set. It impresses with fast response times as well as a smooth user interface
even for cross-domain functions. This approach enables vehicle manufacturers to minimize costs
and time expenditure in the development phase together with Continental. Pre-integrated, state-ofthe-
art cluster and infotainment functions can minimize hardware costs in the cockpit area. The
bottom line is a fast time to market - from order to start of production in 18 months.
Extensive function integration
The Smart Cockpit HPC enables the integration of various domains and functions, such as cluster,
infotainment - with an interface to an Android Operating System - (display, radio, phone, phonemirroring
and navigation) and Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS). By combining all
cluster and infotainment functions in one box, the Smart Cockpit HPC reduces the number of
previously installed control units and extensive wiring harnesses. This significantly reduces the
complexity of the vehicle architecture.
The system is designed for the typical configuration of two displays for the center stack and the
instrument cluster, but can be expanded to include up to three displays, e.g. a head-up display.
Even though the Smart Cockpit HPC is a preconfigured solution, customer-specific adaptations
can still be made regarding human-machine and hardware interfaces.