Accelerating The Shift To Software-Defined Vehicles


The automotive E/E architecture is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by the vision of a software-defined vehicle (SDV). This shift is leading to a change from traditional distributed and domain-based architectures to more centralized and mixed domain-zone architectures. Central Electronic Control Units (ECUs) are now powered by sophisticated system-on-chips (SoCs) that combine com... » 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

Accelerating Time To Market For The Software-Defined Vehicle With An Integrated Hardware Security Module Solution


The transformative shift towards the software-defined vehicle (SDV) continues as one of the greatest megatrends shaping the automotive industry. A new era of customer-centric mobility presents data-based revenue opportunities across the automotive value chain and ecosystem. However, this transition also presents many challenges, from managing increasingly complex hardware (HW) and software (SW)... » read more

Automotive Security Shifts To The System Level


Cars are getting smarter, more complicated, and more vulnerable to cyberattacks. As the amount of semiconductor and software content continues to increase, so does the number of over-the-air updates and connections to edge-based servers and services, adding a variety of new vectors for attacks. Properly securing vehicles requires engineers to first identify all the possible connection points... » read more

Automotive OEMs Face Multiple Technology Adoption Challenges


Experts At The Table: The automotive ecosystem is in the midst of significant change. OEMs and tiered providers are grappling with how to deal with legacy technology while incorporating ever-increasing levels of autonomy, electrification, and software-defined vehicle concepts, just to name a few. Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss these and other related issues with Wayne Lyons, seni... » read more

How Software-Defined Vehicles Change Auto Chip Design


The shift to software-defined vehicles is changing nearly every aspect of automotive design, from what hardware is added into vehicles, when it gets added, and what gets left behind. Moving key features to software rather than hardware allows carmakers to bring new features to market faster, at a lower cost, and to modify those features more quickly. It is also expected to drive up the value... » read more

Software-Defined Vehicles for Dummies


This latest Dummies Guide takes you through the captivating world of software-defined vehicles (SDVs), offering important insights into the technologies and systems that propel SDVs, and their impact on the future of transportation. This book covers the foundational understanding of SDVs and progressively delves into their various aspects, exploring the potential implications of this rapidly ev... » read more

Combining Silicon Data Capture And Edge Processing Offers A Promising Solution For Automotive OEMs


By Lorin Kennedy and Jasmin Mulaosmanovic In the world of electric (EV) and software-defined vehicles (SDV), a key challenge and opportunity besets original equipment manufacturers (OEM): that of effectively harnessing in-vehicle and silicon data to improve user experience and quite literally drive business benefits. While collecting telemetry data is straightforward enough, the difficulty l... » read more

Toward Software-Defined Vehicles


Speed is everything when it comes to designing automotive electronics, but not in the usual way. In the past, product cycles often lasted five to seven years, from initial design to implementation inside of vehicles. That no longer works as vehicles adopt more electronic features to replace mechanical ones, and as competition heats up over the latest features and nearly instantaneous over-the-a... » read more

Digital Twins Gaining Traction In Complex Designs


The integration of heterogeneous chiplets into an advanced package, coupled with the increasing digitalization of multiple industry segments, is pushing digital twins to the forefront of design. The challenge in these complex assemblies is figuring out the potential tradeoffs between different chiplets, different assembly approaches, and to be able to do it quickly enough to still hit market... » read more

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