Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) is "expediting" auto-related products through its wafer fabs and reallocating wafer capacity, the company said on Thursday, amid a global shortage of auto chips.

Renesas takes over the production of ICs for TCXOs from AKM, which are used in cars. AKM's fab was destroyed by fire in October 2020.

Due to the global shortage of semiconductors, global foundry manufacturers such as TSMC and UMC are discussing raising the foundry prices of automotive semiconductors by up to 15%. At the same time, as foundries have been willing to increase prices, global automotive chip manufacturers including Renesas, NXP, STMicroelectronics, Toshiba, etc. have already considered raising the prices of many products by 10% to 20%.

Allegro MicroSystems has launched the ACS37800, a Hall-effect power monitoring IC for single-phase AC and DC solutions in a small PCB footprint.

NXP unveiled a major design win for its battery management systems: Volkswagen. The German auto maker will use the system for its EV car platform...

Nidec has announced that it has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire Omron Corp’s automotive electronics unit for about JPY 100 billion yen (EUR 791.74 million).

In the field of autonomous driving, GPU's powerful computing power is an option for autopilot chips, and it has also created NVIDIA's position in this field with the most powerful GPU. NVIDIA Xavier may also become the world's first automatic ISO26262 standard. Driving the chip.

Innovative technologies in the automotive industry have always been the highlight of the annual CES event. Especially in recent years, with the support of AI, IoT and pure electric technology, the connection between automobiles and semiconductors is getting closer and closer, thus driving the chip, wireless interconnection, sensors and various industrial chains such as electric drives and electric systems. A variety of innovations have emerged.

Arm announces the launch of the first integrated, functionally secure, multi-threaded processor, the Arm Cortex-A65AE, which is the latest addition to Arm's enhanced IP portfolio to more efficiently handle the next generation of vehicles. A variety of sensor data streams for safe and innovative driver experience.

The new controller supports thick cover glass and multi-finger touch to meet automotive functional safety requirements