Diverse IC Types Drive Automotive Innovations Multi-Pronged Evolution

摘要

Today's automotive electronics design is definitely a multi-pronged beast. On one hand, car infotainment systems keep evolving to new levels. Meanwhile, car makers are advancing driver assistance technologies in parallel with their autonomous vehicle solutions. At the same time, they are enhancing the performance and efficiency of full electric and hybrid electric vehicles. In order to serve those diverse needs, automotive IC makers, continue to roll out chip solutions across a wide variety of types including display controllers, battery management solutions and high-performance processors designed for automotive gateway implementations. Over the past 12 months, the leading microcontroller (MCU) vendors have announced a variety of ICs. That said, many of those new products from MCU vendors over the past 12 months have been non-MCU devices. Everything from power management ICs (PMICs) to automotive display controllers to new car-locking solutions are part of the mix.