software-defined vehicles Articles

The Collective Shift of Automakers: Arm Platformization is Redefining the Automotive Software Landscape

2026-06-26 by boardor

Click the above 👆 “Automotive Electronics Tool Wisdom Library” to follow the subscription account and set it asStarred⭐ to get more real-time content updates. In the automotive electronics development circle, almost every engineer has been tormented by “platform incompatibility” — Different ECUs, different MCU manufacturers, different compilers, and different toolchains lead to the same BSW … Read more

RISC-V: Shaping the Future of Software-Defined Vehicles with Open Standards

2026-06-07 by boardor

Recently, RISC-V International and Infineon Technologies jointly held the 2025 RISC-V Automotive Conference in Munich, bringing together various stakeholders from the RISC-V automotive ecosystem to discuss the future of software-defined vehicles. The theme of this conference was “Shaping the Future of Mobility with Open Standards and Close Collaboration,” focusing on the two core elements of … Read more

Over 50 Automotive Companies Verified! Synopsys’ Virtual Prototyping Technology Accelerates Software-Defined Automotive Product Development on Arm Architecture

2026-02-09 by boardor

Automakers are increasingly relying on chips and software to meet the growing demand for smarter, safer, and AI-supported in-vehicle experiences. This has led to a surge in the use of automotive-grade chips, with the market expected to exceed $80 billion in ten years. However, the current vehicle system architecture cannot support the real-time, multi-modal computing … Read more

Software-Defined Vehicles: The MCU as the ‘Soul’ of Hardware

2026-01-23 by boardor

Click the blue text above to follow us In the PC era, the Intel CPU + Microsoft Windows alliance defeated IBM; in the mobile era, the ARM architecture (Qualcomm Snapdragon, Huawei Kirin) + Android swept the market; now, in the era of “Software-Defined Vehicles”, the E/E architecture has evolved from a distributed system (with ECUs … Read more

Arm Partners with AWS to Enable AI-Defined Vehicles

2026-01-21 by boardor

With the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI), especially generative AI, the automotive industry is undergoing a transformative shift. A recent survey conducted by McKinsey among automotive and manufacturing executives revealed that over 40% of respondents are investing up to €5 million in generative AI research and development, with more than 10% of respondents investing over … Read more

Data Loop Architecture of Software-Defined Vehicles (CDL)

2026-01-21 by boardor

Author | Gu Yang Produced by | Automotive Electronics and Software As the automotive industry enters a new era of intelligence and electrification, the core competitiveness of vehicles is undergoing fundamental changes, software is replacing mechanical components and becoming the “soul” of the vehicle. The Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) has become a key force in reshaping … Read more

The Era of Domain Controllers: The ‘Decline’ of ECUs and the Reconstruction of the Automotive ‘Central Brain’

2026-01-08 by boardor

Abstract: This article is authorized for publication by New Intelligence Drive, authored by Anqi. To enrich the electronic functions of vehicles, manufacturers have previously made significant efforts to equip cars with various ECU components. From 1993 to 2010, the number of ECUs used in the Audi A8 model surged from 5 to over 100. In … Read more

The Benefits of Self-Developed AI Chips for Automotive: Arm Zena CSS Has Arrived

2026-01-05 by boardor

As the wave of automotive intelligence, software-defined vehicles, and AI accelerates, Arm’s Zena Computing Subsystem (CSS) may bring significant changes, simplifying the development process of automotive chips and software, and providing a great path for Chinese automotive companies to customize and develop chips. Through a standardized, pre-validated computing platform, Zena CSS enables the simultaneous initiation … Read more

MCU: A Major Transformation

2025-12-27 by boardor

Introduction In 2025, within just six months, leading MCU manufacturers such as ST, NXP, and Renesas simultaneously released automotive MCU products equipped with new types of embedded storage (such as PCM and MRAM), breaking the long-standing technical pattern dominated by embedded Flash. While it is still too early to talk about a “standard configuration,” it … Read more