With Wind River
Samsung Electronics will develop automotive semiconductors in tandem with software developer Wind River. Wind River is an affiliate of U.S. autonomous driving technology developer Aptiv, which has a partnership with Hyundai.
According to industry sources on June 27, Samsung Electronics will use Wind River’s technology in its Exynos Auto V920 chipset, a processor for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) that will be delivered to Hyundai’s premium lineups in 2025.
Wind River develops software and cloud systems for the aerospace, rail, defense, and automotive industries and supplies them to 1,170 companies around the world. The collaboration will further enhance the capabilities of automotive semiconductors to be developed by Samsung Electronics, including high-quality in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) solutions, internal monitoring, and advanced assistance for drivers.
Aptiv took over Wind River in 2022 in order to develop integrated software for the autonomous driving era. In 2019, Aptiv is developing fully autonomous vehicles for robo-taxi services by forming Motional, a US$2 billion (2.4 trillion won) joint venture with Hyundai Motor Group.
Hyundai Motor Group affiliates, including Hyundai Mobis and Hyundai Autoever, also signed a strategic business agreement with Wind River in May to collaborate on developing automotive software frameworks, test automation capabilities, conduct intelligent software life cycle management, and others.
With the recent expansion of cooperation on cutting-edge foundry asset (IP) portfolios, Samsung Electronics will build a stronger foundry ecosystem. The Exynos Auto supplied by Samsung Electronics to Hyundai Motor is a deca-core processor equipped with the 10 latest automotive central processing units (CPUs) from British semiconductor IP company ARM. The new processor shows performances 1.7 times stronger than the previous version. It also supports LPDDR5, high-performance, low-power DRAM, so it can control up to six high-resolution displays and 12 camera sensors fast and efficiently.
In particular, the latest 5-nm process was applied to the production of the Exynos Auto so it is highly power efficient and can run multiple applications simultaneously to meet customer demand for low power consumption chips. It is also expected to respond appropriately to irregular errors that occur under harsh conditions.