The evolving landscape of semiconductors in automobiles

Disruptive trends, including electrification, autonomous driving, and connectivity, have redefined the traditional automobile over the past decade. Consequently, the modern vehicle is a sophisticated, software-defined system reliant on a very large, diverse and complex set of semiconductors to implement these functions.  The compute and sensing requirements for these semiconductors have steadily grown, while simultaneously imposing very stringent requirements for safe operation in the harshest of environments. This talk will survey the broader landscape of these semiconductors in automotive applications, focusing on a few key areas of particular relevance.