Fab production with 28nm process in February next year

The Aldebaran processor, a domestically produced CPU from the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), is scheduled to be test-produced using a 28nm process in February next year.

The Aldebaran processor is a quad-core 1.0GHz automotive processor developed by ETRI that complies with ISO 26262. The existing 2-core AB-S2 processor was fab-out with TSMC 65nm in 2013.

The Aldebaran processor is a purely domestic CPU that does not use ARM cores and can support high-resolution image processing, making it a bright prospect for the realization of autonomous vehicles in the future.

The new Aldebaran processor, AB-TS3, features a quad core capable of 4K video processing, an H.265 (HEVC) encoder, and a VD/PD/LD engine.

An ETRI official said, "With the Aldebaran processor, you can enjoy the same performance as processors using existing ARM cores while saving up to one-tenth of the price," and "If you adjust some of the functions, you can apply it to mobile and consumer devices, so it has a wide range of uses."

Meanwhile, Aldebaran was also selected for a government project to localize mobile central processing unit (CPU) core technology that was dependent on foreign companies.

The name Aldebaran comes from one of the fifteen brightest stars in the constellation.