Japanese automakers to jointly develop high-performance SoCs for mass-production cars

MANILA: Honda Motor Corporation, Mazda Motor Corporation, Nissan Motor Corporation, Subaru Corporation, and Toyota Motor Corporation joined forces with electrical component manufacturers and semiconductor companies to establish the Advanced System-on-Chip Research for Automotive (ASRA).

The Japanese automakers will be working with Denso Corporation, Panasonic Automotive Systems Corporation, Cadence Design Systems Japan, MIRISE Technologies, Corporation, Renesas Electronics Corporation, Socionext Incorporated, and Synopsys Japan. The group is led by Toyota Motor Corporation Senior Fellow Keiji Yamamoto.

Beginning in 2030, the companies will jointly conduct a study and develop high-performance System-on-Chips (SoC) that will be integrated in mass-production vehicles.

Every vehicle has around 1,000 semiconductors, with different types being utilized for different purposes. Among them, SoCs serve as vital semiconductors for automotive multimedia systems and autonomous driving technologies, which require leading-edge semiconductor technology to deliver advanced computing power.

The automakers involved in the collaboration will play a central role in order to achieve the highest levels of safety and dependability needed for vehicles.

Meanwhile, the technological and experiential expertise of electrical component and semiconductor industries will be combined to effectively apply cutting-edge technologies.

ASRA plans to use chiplet technology and combine several semiconductor types in the research and development of SoCs.

According to ASRA, the use of chiplet technology will help achieve higher performance and multi-functionality, higher yield chips, and timely commercialization of SoCs with functions and performance optimized for end-user requirements.

By 2028, ASRA aims to have the in-vehicle chiplet technology developed. It targets to integrate SoCs into mass-produced vehicles starting in 2030.

As a world-class technology research group, ASRA will collaborate with government, academia, and the private sector to foster domestic and international partnerships.

Photos from Nissan and Advanced System-on-Chip Research for Automotive

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