Automotive Chips

Infineon, Renesas, TI, and Rapidus Expand Automotive Chip Production: One Good News, Two Bad News

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Infineon, Renesas, TI, and Rapidus Expand Automotive Chip Production: One Good News, Two Bad News

According to reports from Taiwanese media, Infineon, Renesas, Texas Instruments, and Rapidus have all initiated plans to build new wafer fabs for automotive chips, with industry estimates suggesting that the four companies’ investment in expansion could reach $25 billion.Reports indicate that the primary goal of IDM manufacturers intensively expanding production is to shorten the delivery … Read more

Renesas Itako Plant Resumes Operations on Schedule, Potential Improvement in Automotive Chip Shortage

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Renesas Itako Plant Resumes Operations on Schedule, Potential Improvement in Automotive Chip Shortage

On the 23rd, International Electronic Business News learned that Renesas Electronics, the world’s largest automotive MCU manufacturer, announced on the 22nd that its Nakano plant (located in Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan), which was halted due to a 7.3 magnitude earthquake earlier this month, has successfully resumed operations, and production capacity has returned to pre-disaster … Read more

Texas Instruments’ Investment in Automotive Business

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Texas Instruments' Investment in Automotive Business

Recently, at the Baijun Conference, several chip companies participated, but I will focus specifically on Texas Instruments (TI).In 2021, TI reported an annual revenue of $18.344 billion, a year-on-year increase of 26.85%, with automotive and industrial sales accounting for over 62% of its revenue (the share from consumer electronics and communication businesses is gradually decreasing). … Read more

List of China’s Automotive Chip Companies and Comprehensive Strength Comparison

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List of China's Automotive Chip Companies and Comprehensive Strength Comparison

Introduction Currently, the entire automotive chip market has high requirements for safety and reliability, such as AEC-Q testing and ASIL product certification, to achieve functional safety in product development, production, and process management/control. However, most chips in the automotive market are monopolized by foreign manufacturers, such as Renesas, NXP, Infineon, Texas Instruments, Microchip, and STMicroelectronics. … Read more

Differences Between Mobile and Automotive SOC Chips

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Differences Between Mobile and Automotive SOC Chips

01 Typical Classification of Chips Chips can typically be classified into four levels based on application scenarios: consumer grade, industrial grade, automotive grade, and military grade, with requirements in the order of military > automotive > industrial > consumer. Mobile chips belong to the consumer grade, while automotive chips belong to the automotive grade. The … Read more

Exploring and Grasping Innovation Directions and Development Models of Automotive Chips

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Exploring and Grasping Innovation Directions and Development Models of Automotive Chips

Exploring and Grasping Innovation Directions and Development Models of Automotive Chips Introduction Chips are the cornerstone driving the automotive industry towards greater safety, intelligence, efficiency, and comfort. The performance of automotive chips has become one of the key competitive advantages of Chinese smart automotive products and reflects the overall strength of China’s chip industry to … Read more