Automotive Electronics

Operating self-driving cars in a single software environment exposes all software to any cyber attack surface. A more sensible solution is to use a hypervisor to host multiple virtual machines on one processor, writes Chris Barlow The security of automotive systems goes hand-in-hand with functional safety gas defined in ISO 26262. But cybersecurity presents a different challenge. New cyber vulnerabilities ...

The automotive IC market is expected to grow 22% this year to a new record high of $28 billion, says IC Insights.

A US-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm is working with researchers in Germany to apply conversational and cognitive AI for autonomous systems for self-driving cars.

Crocus licenses magnetic TMR technology to NXP to help enable automotive applications like power steering and electronic throttle control.

Microsemi announces that its fast recovery DQ diode product family is now AEC-Q101 qualified for use in the automotive market, for electric vehicles.

An EU research project to develop a lead-free ceramic dielectric, with high energy density and reduced losses, for high temperature applications such as electric vehicles.

Toshiba introduces a range of 10 AEC Q101-qualified photocouplers designed to address the requirements of automotive applications.

Fujitsu is sampling a 128kbit FRAM designed for an operating temperature of up to 125°C.

Automotive display systems will be an $11.6 billion market this year and a $20.8 billion market in 2022, says IHS Centre Stack Displays will have revenues of $6.1 billion. Instrument Cluster Displays will have revenues of $4.8 billion Head-U Displays will have revenue of $731 million. The top five suppliers are with. Collective $6 billion in revenues are: Continental Visteon ...

Peugeot has got together with driverless car start-up nuTonomy to test driverless cars in Singapore. Four year-old nuTonomy was founded by MIT and McKinsey people. Last year it trialled driverless taxi services in Singapore. nuTonomy raised a $3.6 million seed round in January 2016. Ford chairman Bill Ford’s Fontinalis Partners fund participated in the round. In May 2016, nuTonomy raised ...