Navigating Reliability Potholes: Early 3D Stress Analysis For Automotive ICs


The rise of 3D integrated circuits (ICs) and heterogeneous packaging is reshaping how automotive ICs fulfill demanding analog and sensor requirements. Whether for radar, lidar, sensor fusion or domain controllers, advanced packaging enables new levels of integration—and performance—in automotive electronics. Yet, as these architectures grow more complex, they also introduce new forms of mec... » read more

3D-ICs In The Automotive Market: Breaking Barriers With AI-Driven EDA Tools


The automotive industry is experiencing a significant transformation as it adopts innovations like autonomous driving technologies and ultra-connected ecosystems. At the core of this change is a rising demand for compact, high-performance semiconductor solutions that can handle the increasing complexity of modern vehicle architecture. One promising development is three-dimensional integrated ci... » read more

Meeting The Design Requirements For Bi-Directional On-Board Charging (OBC)


As the automotive industry shifts from internal combustion engines (ICE), powered by fossil fuel, to electric drivetrains, consumers must adapt their approach to 'fueling' their vehicles. In fact, there is no longer any requirement to use dedicated fueling stations. Instead, plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles (xEV) can be charged either at home, at the office, or while shopping using ... » read more

Accelerating The ASIL Journey For Chipmakers


In the world of automotive innovation, safety is the silent partner riding shotgun. As vehicles evolve into complex, software-defined machines, the stakes for ensuring functional safety have never been higher. This is where ISO 26262 steps in—not as a mere checklist, but as a comprehensive framework that guides engineers through the intricacies of designing systems that won’t just perform, ... » read more

Security Verification In Semiconductor Development


By Shylaja Sen and Mouadh Ayache As advanced chips become increasingly embedded in our daily lives, developers must remain vigilant about potential security vulnerabilities. On top of PPA (power, performance and area), the focus in semiconductor development has been on minimizing faults to reduce the possibility of failure in mission mode. No one wants an alpha particle to cause their autono... » read more

Achieving An ASIL-C Safety Architecture


By Ann Keffer, Jyothy Melaedavattil Jaganathan, and Arun Gogineni The ISO 26262 standard offers a structured framework for managing functional safety across the entire development lifecycle of automotive electronic systems—from specification and design to implementation, integration, verification, validation, and production release. It emphasizes the importance of meeting specific random h... » read more

SDVs And AI Forcing Big Changes In Automotive


The automotive industry is undergoing a fundamental transformation that includes everything from software-defined vehicles, the injection of AI into nearly every facet of the design and use case of a vehicle, and a complete overhaul of traditional relationships between different tiers and OEMs. The switch to software-defined vehicles is a top priority for the automotive ecosystem. It enables... » read more

Overview Of The End-to-End Autonomous Driving through V2X Challenge (Tsinghua, HK Univ., Stanford, TU Munich et al.)


A new technical paper titled "Research Challenges and Progress in the End-to-End V2X Cooperative Autonomous Driving Competition" was published by researchers at Tsinghua University, Hong Kong University, Stanford University, TU Munich, Imperial College of London et al. Abstract "With the rapid advancement of autonomous driving technology, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication has emerge... » read more

Solving The Mixed Criticality Challenge In Automotive Controllers


Car users want immersive and interactive in-vehicle experiences, especially as autonomous driving technology takes over more of our driving responsibilities. To satisfy this demand, automotive manufacturers are deploying multiple display environments in their cars, from cockpits to heads-up displays and from central infotainment screens to rear-seat entertainment. All of these displays are powe... » read more

10Base-T1S Ethernet And The Use Of MACsec For Link Security


10Base-T1S (henceforth in this blog referred to as T1S) is a relatively new standard for a 10Mbit/s single-pair Ethernet over an unshielded, single-twisted pair that was introduced with the IEEE 802.3cg-2019 specification. It brings Ethernet technology into the low-cost, edge applications space, enabling connection of “edge nodes” (remote sensors, actuators, light controls, etc.) to a “he... » read more

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