The transition toward centralized and zonal vehicle architectures is placing new demands on how camera data is transported inside the vehicle. High-resolution optical cameras generate continuous multigigabit data streams that must be delivered reliably to domain controllers and central compute units. Existing in-vehicle network technologies, originally designed for lower data rates, are increasingly becoming a bottleneck.

This is where BASE-AU, the automotive-grade optical Ethernet standard defined under IEEE 802.3cz, comes into play.

Madrid, Spain. KD announced a collaboration with German- based ZF Group aimed to integrate the KD7251 transceiver into ZF’s ProAI ECU. The partnership will support ZF’s ProAI high-performance computer with optical multigigabit communication abilities. According to KD, the KD7251 offers the first optical transceiver to facilitate the transmission of data via automotive-grade optical fibers in compliance with the IEEE 802.3cz standard.