Design and Test Solutions for E-Mobility and Autonomous Driving


The automotive industry is accelerating its electronic technology revolution and fusing with the clean energy ecosystem. By 2030, 4.2 million cars will be autonomous and 50% will be electric. Dramatic increases in the number of sensors and applications in new automobiles have evolved the vehicle from a peripheral role to a network hosting clusters of connected devices. Cars now need to be o... » read more

Measurements and Simulation-Based Characterization Of eFuses


In conventional safety systems, the off state can be assumed to be safe. With ADAS, this is no longer automatically the case. This makes it necessary to adopt new approaches to fuse protection, which will subsequently spread to other industries. Traditionally, the vehicle electrical system was protected by sacrificial fuses. These reliably disconnect the power supply in the event of overcurr... » read more

Challenges In Using Sub-7nm ICs In Automotive


The automotive industry is producing vehicles with increasing levels of real-time decision-making, enabled by thousands of ICs, sensors, and multi-chip packages, but making sure these systems work flawlessly throughout their expected lifetimes is a growing challenge. Automotive chips traditionally were developed at mature process nodes in five- to seven-year cycles, but much has changed over... » read more

Safety Architecture and Approaches for Automotive SW And HW Including ASIL D And AI/ML (Mercedes-Benz, U. Of Washington)


A new technical paper titled "Key Safety Design Overview in AI-driven Autonomous Vehicles" was published by researchers at Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America and University of Washington . Abstract "With the increasing presence of autonomous SAE level 3 and level 4, which incorporate artificial intelligence software, along with the complex technical challenges they present... » read more

Smarter Cars, Higher Stakes


Artificial intelligence is turbocharging automotive innovation, but it's also unleashing a tangle of high stakes risks that engineers and security experts are scrambling to contain. The push to embed AI deep into today’s vehicles is changing how cars are built, how they handle the road, and how they keep passengers safe. But as onboard intelligence expands, so do the risks. AI systems that... » read more

Benefits And Challenges In Multi-Die Assemblies


Experts at the Table: Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss chiplets, hybrid bonding, and new materials with Michael Kelly, vice president of Chiplets and FCBGA Integration at Amkor; William Chen, fellow at ASE; Dick Otte, CEO of Promex Industries; and Sander Roosendaal, R&D director at Synopsys Photonics Solutions. What follows are excerpts of that discussion. To view part one of t... » read more

The Future Of Technology: Trends In Automotive


The automotive industry is undergoing significant transformation driven by advancements in technology and changing consumer expectations. Rob Fisher, senior director of product management at Imagination and responsible for building partnerships within the automotive sector, discusses them in this webinar. Read the recap below for the key takeaways. The rise of software-defined vehicles The c... » read more

Automakers Grapple With Fundamental Tech Changes


Automotive OEMs are wrestling with a stack of changes that affect every part of their business and technology, from threats of tariffs and shifting geopolitical alliances, to new vehicle architectures, tighter market windows, and a fundamental reordering of relationships and priorities between OEMs and their suppliers. There is no consistency to these developments or a best path to solving t... » read more

ADAS Adds Complexity To Automotive Sensor Fusion


Sensor fusion is becoming increasingly popular and more complex in automotive designs, integrating multiple types of sensors into a single chip or package and intelligently routing data to wherever it is needed. The primary goal is to bring together information from cameras, radar, lidar, and other sensors in order to provide a detailed view of what's happening inside and outside of a vehicl... » read more

The Use Of GPU Compute In Automotive


The pace of innovation in automotive is accelerating. Electrification, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and vehicle connectivity are revolutionizing the in-car experience, which is now largely determined by the capabilities of the car’s software and electronic hardware. When a vehicle can receive software upgrades while it is on the road, the electronic control units (ECUs) that a... » read more

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