Hyundai Motor Group has taken the first step to replace CAN (Controller Area Network) and LIN (Local Interconnect Network), which have dominated in-vehicle communication standards for 40 years, with Ethernet.
The company has started technological cooperation with US semiconductor company Microchip Technology to connect vehicle end sensors and lighting through Ethernet. This is the second case in the world where a finished car manufacturer and a chip maker have collaborated in this field and publicly announced it, following German BMW and US Analog Devices (ADI) in March 2024.
On the 5th (local time), Microchip announced that it would cooperate with Hyundai Motor Group to introduce a vehicle network solution based on 10BASE-T1S single-pair Ethernet (SPE: Single Pair Ethernet).
The two companies plan to jointly develop next-generation architecture to respond to the advancement of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and connected car functions.
The market for Ethernet chips for vehicles has different leaders depending on the segment. NXP and Broadcom have dominated the backbone and intermediate segments, and Infineon joined the competition last year by acquiring Marvell's automotive Ethernet business unit for $2.5 billion. 10BASE-T1S at the end point is still in its early stage of market development, with ADI and Microchip forming a bipolar structure.
Source: THE ELEC (https://www.thelec.kr)
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