Shares Chip Specifications with Local Design Companies

Hyundai Motor Group appears to be seeking to localize automotive semiconductors in cooperation with Korean system semiconductor companies.

Hyundai Motor Group has shared some of its vehicle semiconductor specifications with Korean system semiconductor companies.

Analysts say that the move reflects the Korean automaker’s intention to reduce dependence on foreign semiconductors and solve supply problems more quickly through cooperation with Korean chipmakers.

Hyundai Motor Co. and Hyundai Mobis recently shared some of the specifications for automotive semiconductors that they are using with Korean system semiconductor companies.

The list given by them includes eight types of analog semiconductors including micro controller units (MCUs), display driver integrated circuits and power management integrated circuits (PMICs). In particular, as for MCUs, they shared 32-bit chip specifications based on a 65-nm process.

Most of the chips are imported from overseas. They include a large number of chips made by foreign automotive semiconductor companies such as Germany's Infineon, Switzerland's ST Microelectronics, the Netherlands' NXP, and the United States’ Texas Instruments.

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