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Automotive industry software-defined vehicle partnerships

Overview

Major automotive and semiconductor companies are forming strategic partnerships to advance software-defined vehicle (SDV) architectures.

Elektrobit and Microchip Technology have collaborated to provide pre-integrated AUTOSAR software solutions, specifically targeting the reduction of complexity for OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers. This partnership utilizes an “integration-as-code” approach to automate integration tasks, with initial support for Microchip’s SAMA5 series microprocessors and future plans to expand into the Asian two-wheeler market and North American automotive sectors.

In a separate development, Volkswagen Group has partnered with NXP Semiconductors to integrate the S32K5 family of microcontrollers into its future SDV architecture. This collaboration aims to implement zonal control across all Volkswagen brands, consolidating vehicle functions into fewer electronic control units to reduce hardware complexity. This architecture is being developed through RV Tech, a joint venture between Volkswagen Group and Rivian, with the first vehicle utilizing this zonal architecture expected in 2027.

Entities

RV Tech · Elektrobit · Rivian · Jaganathan Rajagopalan · Mark Reiten

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Timeline

  1. [BUSINESS] 7 sources
    Volkswagen Group and NXP Semiconductors announce strategic chip partnership

    Volkswagen Group and NXP Semiconductors are partnering to use S32K5 microcontrollers in a new zonal vehicle architecture, with the first compatible vehicles expected in 2027.

  2. [TECHNOLOGY] 4 sources
    Elektrobit and Microchip partner on pre-integrated AUTOSAR software

    Elektrobit and Microchip Technology are collaborating to offer pre-integrated AUTOSAR software for automotive platforms, aiming to accelerate the development of software-defined vehicles.

Sources

alvolante.it · computable.nl · informadorpublico.com · newsable.asianetnews.com · rentokil.com · saffarazzi.com · web3wire.org