SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it will manufacture advanced automotive semiconductors for U.S. chip design company Ambarella. Samsung will produce the Santa Clara-based chip company’s automotive AI central domain controller CV3-AD685, using its 5-nanometer (nm) process technology. Ambarella’s CV3-AD685 System-on-Chip (SoC) is used for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, which [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday unveiled three new automotive chips as demand for advanced chips is growing among global carmakers to produce cars with better connectivity and more sophisticated infotainment features. The South Korean tech giant said its latest chip products are designed to enable faster 5G connectivity needed [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) – SK hynix Inc., South Korea’s second-largest chipmaker, is in talks with German auto parts giant Robert Bosch GmbH over a long-term supply of automotive memory semiconductors, industry sources said Wednesday. SK hynix, the world’s No. 2 DRAM vendor, is reportedly seeking to supply automotive DRAM chips to Bosch for [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s automobile and semiconductor business groups on Wednesday said they will join forces in developing key automotive chips domestically, as the global supply shortages of key automotive chips are anticipated to disturb the production of cars. The Korea Semiconductor Industry Association and the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association inked [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to invest more than 200 billion won (US$176 million) in developing automotive chip-making technology by 2022 in an effort to nurture the next-generation vehicle sector, the finance minister said Wednesday. Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki said the government plans to cooperate with local automakers to find ways [...]