Automotive ICs Last update: 2nd Jun 2010
Top Stories
Mahindrization of Reva is good for green customer
Audi / Volkswagen selects transceivers from Austriamicrosystems for their ECUs
TSMC leads in making automotive embedded flash IP available in 0.18 micron
Infineon tops automotive market due to rise in power semiconductors in cars
Robust market demand for semiconductor devices in 2010
Latest semiconductor market stats from SIA and IDC
The market growth to continue for semiconductor industry in remaining quarters of 2010
$900 worth of semiconductor devices in today's electric/hybrid car
Micronas and ihr GmbH are in for a silicon and software co-operation on LIN interface
Fujitsu and Inova Semiconductor partners to develop graphic display in automotives
Electric vehicles to drive automotive semiconductor market
Ford cars employ Broadcom's BCM4325 chip for wireless connectivity
Automotive-grade semiconductor manufacturing by TSMC
CTS wins $22 million production program from Japanese automotive manufacturer
Audi's car audio systems powered by NXP's HD radio chips
Joint AUTOSAR 3.0-compatible solution from NEC Electronics and KPIT Cummins
CTS to supply throttle position sensor to one of the India's leading motorcycle maker
New consortium to drive automotive DSI bus standard for automotive electronics
New AUTOSAR 3.0-compatible solution for various hardware platforms
FlexRay is gaining ground as an accepted automotive bus interface
NXP and IBM testing a road user charging system to decongest the road traffic
austriamicrosystems and TTTech teamup to deliver better FlexRay devices
'Radar on Chip for Cars', a co-operated project of German automotive companies
Technology backgrounder on 1394 automotive standard for in-vehicle communication
Components from Analog Devices and Infineon connect to form automotive safety systems
CTS to supply electronic throttle Control accelerator to a German car maker
MathWorks gets an award for its support to EcoCAR automotive design contest
TI Microcontroller is embedded in Sensys wireless vehicle detection system
Magna Electronics and Brusa to collaborate on electric and hybrid car applications
Q&A session with Praveen Acharya of KPIT Cummins Infosystems
Q4 2008 revenues freeze semiconductor industry to a dope less silicon
Infineon high dependency on automotive and wireless sucks its revenues
National Instruments is platinum sponsor for EcoCAR design challenge
OKI developed mobile phone inter vehicle communication systems based on DSRC
Cost saving Radar chip from Infineon is used in Bosch's automotive safety system
Smart automotive exhaust sensors jointly by Innovate Technology and CoorsTek
DSRC Packet Sniffer, a vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology is under demo
Scaleo chip and Tata Elxsi partner to build AUTOSAR-based automotive platform
Multifunctional car key developed by BMW and NXP can handle e-transactions
QNX announces its market leading figures in Automotive RTOS market
KPIT Cummins and VaST team up to deliver virtualization tools for automotive apps
India's automotive electronic growth opportunities
Hyundai Motors and Infineon to jointly work on automotive electronics
Magna Systems and IBM sign agreement to develop new embedded electronic systems for automotives.
New Products
Stand-Alone LIN transceivers from Microchip for automotive applications
VI Technology develops test systems for Ford's SYNC system
Graphics SoC from Fujitsu for modular automotive display designs
New automotive protection controller with external MOSFETs from Maxim
Dual-tuner IC with reception diversity for automotive TV applications
Fail-safe magnetic rotary encoder IC from Austriamicro for automotive safety apps
700mA step-down converter with dual 300mA LDO from Maxim in chip-scale package
MLX81150 from Melexis, a single die device with on-chip high voltage component
New vehicle tracking SIM card from Vodacom based on sierra's inSIM technology
Self-oscillating half-bridge driver IC from IR for automotive apps
Fanless Embedded system for In-Vehicle applications from Acrosser
200 MHz MCU with 3750 KB on-chip flash for automotive engine control apps
Dual die magnetic rotary encoder IC for microcontroller-based automotive apps
Maxim’s 24-channel switch-contact monitor for automotive applications
ST's new Cartesio+ processor for automotive infotainment and portable navigation systems
LNA for remote keyless and tire pressure monitoring automotive applications
NXP launched two new HS-CAN transceivers for automotive ECUs
Power MOSFETs with current rating of 280 Amps for electric vehicle power controls
Full LIN interface networking nodes for automotives in SIP device
Freescale released new devices for automotive, industrial and consumer markets
NEC's exclusive SoC for car audio to play different songs for each seat
New dual-core SoC with image recognition function for automotives
White LED driver for automotive display backlighting applications
Audio processors with flexible signal routing for automotive systems
Automotive CMOS sensor for vision-based driver-assistance systems
High-speed CAN transceiver IC for automotive in-vehicle networking
Audio amplifier with fault detection for automotive instrument clusters
Automotive high voltage ICs for LIN networked sensor and actuator slaves
Programmable Hall-effect sensor for automotive & industrial applications
Digital temperature sensor with high accuracy for automotive applications
8-bit microcontrollers for automotive and industrial designs
MOSFET power switches for automotive lighting applications
Automotive-certified LIN/SAE J2602 transceivers MCP202X from Microchip
IR's new AUIRS212xS family driver ICs for automotive application
Vishay launches new high-bright amber and yellow LEDs for automotive applications New Bluetooth development kit from Mindtree for automotive market
New low cost half bridge driver IC from Atmel for Automotive apps
Fujitsu launched 40-GB hard disk drive for automotive applications
Infineon's SP35 monitors type pressure MLX80103 is the new member in the family of LIN Slave ICs from Melexis Atmel develops a chip to detect and transmit the tyre pressures in automotives. Infineon released " Design kit " for next-generation transmission design to enhance the fuel efficiency in automotives.
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