TIER IV and Renesas Build Open AI Platform for Autonomous Vehicles

Aug 20, 2026
TIER IV and Renesas Electronics are collaborating on an open AI native computing platform for software defined vehicles using Autoware, reference AI models, and Renesas R-Car Gen 5 automotive SoCs.
TIER IV and Renesas Build Open AI Platform for Autonomous Vehicles

TIER IV is collaborating with Renesas Electronics to build an open AI native computing platform for software defined vehicles, the companies announced in a press release.

The work combines TIER IV autonomous driving software, including Autoware and reference AI models, with Renesas R-Car Gen 5 automotive SoCs. The companies said the platform is intended to support systems from Level 2+/2++ advanced driver assistance to Level 4 autonomous driving.

TIER IV will use R-Car Gen 5 as one of the main reference computing platforms for Autoware and future AI native autonomous driving technologies. It also plans to port and optimize Autoware on the chips, then deploy its E2E autonomous driving AI models on the same platform.

TIER IV plans to demonstrate Autoware and its reference AI models running on Renesas R-Car X5H at Automotive World 2026. The event is scheduled for September 9 to 11 at Makuhari Messe in the Tokyo area.

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