NXP and Rimac Technology Collaborate on Centralized Vehicle Architecture for Software-Defined Vehicles

NXP and Rimac Technology Collaborate on Centralized Vehicle Architecture for Software-Defined Vehicles

NXP Semiconductors announced on the 13th that it will collaborate with Rimac Technology, a supplier specializing in high-performance control systems, to develop a centralized vehicle architecture for Software-Defined Vehicles (SDV).The solution developed by the two companies is based on NXP’s S32E2 processor, which is part of NXP’s S32 automotive processing platform. The S32E2 is a … Read more

Automakers Can Launch AI-Defined Vehicles a Full Year Ahead of Schedule

Automakers Can Launch AI-Defined Vehicles a Full Year Ahead of Schedule

News Highlights: Arm enables automakers to bring new models to market at least a year ahead of traditional timelines Zena CSS accelerates software and chip development, facilitating faster and more efficient delivery of AI capabilities The pre-validated, safety-compliant platform is expected to save 20% in engineering resources, reducing development costs and complexity In the coming … Read more

Arm Launches Zena CSS: Reducing Automotive Chip Development Time by 12 Months

Arm Launches Zena CSS: Reducing Automotive Chip Development Time by 12 Months

On June 4 local time, semiconductor IP giant Arm officially launched its new automotive product brand, Zena Compute Subsystem (CSS), to accelerate the development of next-generation AI chips for automotive design. Zena CSS integrates 16 Armv9-based Cortex-A720AE cores andCortex-R82AE real-time microcontroller cores, and is optimized for performance in ADAS and IVI applications. It also features … Read more

STMicroelectronics Launches Next-Generation Scalable Memory for Automotive Microcontrollers

STMicroelectronics Launches Next-Generation Scalable Memory for Automotive Microcontrollers

STMicroelectronics has announced the launch of the Stellar series products equipped with xMemory, a new generation of scalable memory embedded in its Stellar series automotive microcontrollers. This product innovates the challenging aspects of developing software-defined vehicles (SDVs) and the evolution of electrification platforms. Previously, users had to manage multiple devices with different memory options, along … Read more

Top 10 Automotive MCUs Ranked – Latest Release

Top 10 Automotive MCUs Ranked - Latest Release

Apr. Click the blue text to follow us 2025.04 Source: Content compiled from theelec, thank you.This article is brought to you by Semiconductor Industry Insights (ID: ICVIEW)In Europe, Infineon leads with a market share of 14.1%, surpassing the second place in 2023. According to the latest report from TechInsights, Infineon Technologies ranks among the top … Read more

The Shift to Integrated Architecture in Automotive: The Rise of Domestic Automotive MCUs

The selection of chips under the integrated architecture (central + regional architecture) has shifted from a single performance competition to a systematic design. Engineers need to break free from traditional thinking, starting from the overall vehicle architecture, balancing the centralization of computing power with the distributed needs of regional control.With the advent of the smart … Read more

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

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

The emergence of domain controllers is merely a mid-battle shift. Author | Anqi To enrich the electronic functions of vehicles, manufacturers once made a grand effort 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 stark … Read more

Empowering the New Revolution of Software-Defined Vehicles: S2C Partners with Ecosystem Partners to Provide Arm-Based Innovative Solutions

Empowering the New Revolution of Software-Defined Vehicles: S2C Partners with Ecosystem Partners to Provide Arm-Based Innovative Solutions

The automotive industry is undergoing a profound transformation driven by technology. The advent of Software-Defined Vehicles (SDV) has led to an increase in digital functions and applications, along with heightened hardware and computing demands, pushing the total code volume of vehicles towards a billion lines. The entire industry is compelled to rethink the design of … Read more

NXP Launches S32K5 Automotive MCU Product Line

NXP Launches S32K5 Automotive MCU Product Line

NXP Semiconductors has publicly unveiled its 16nm FinFET MCU product line featuring built-in Magnetoresistive Random-Access Memory (MRAM) for the automotive industry. The S32K5 MCU product line is expected to expand the NXP CoreRide platform through pre-integrated zonal and electrification system solutions for scalable Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) architectures. Automotive manufacturers are introducing zonal architectures through various … Read more

Research on the Development of Multi-domain Electronic and Electrical Architecture Technology for Intelligent Connected Vehicles

Abstract With the rapid development of vehicle intelligence and connectivity technologies, the traditional electronic and electrical architecture can no longer meet the new demands of the integrated development of vehicles, roads, clouds, and networks in the future. This paper focuses on the multi-domain electronic and electrical architecture of future intelligent connected vehicles, providing a detailed … Read more