Chips on wheel - The backbone of vehicle

Cars talking to each other, talking to home appliances, talking to the service bay at the workshop, talking to the OEM for diagnostic solutions – these are not the future, these are already here. As cars increasingly become computers on wheels, the demands on semiconductors are growing.

- Kamal Goyal

Your car is a computer on wheels, a modern car is one of the most complex, software-driven gadgets in the world. Have you ever wondered a chip, the size of a thumbnail can make it run or stop it, how at the touch of a button the car window opens and closes, how if another vehicle comes closer your car’s sensors start beeping, how a slight push to the accelerator pedal can enhance the power delivery of the engine in a fraction of a second?

How are semiconductors helping the car industry?

Semiconductors are now driving the future development of in-car technology which have evolved over the last few decades to find use in nearly every corner of our everyday lives. As the car industry demands ever-more automation and sophistication, semiconductors will be increasingly incorporated in onboard systems for a wide variety of applications.

Where are chips in cars?

There is something working deep inside a car, software codes that make these physical acts possible. That software runs on a microprocessor. Then there is the microcontroller, which includes the microprocessor and some peripherals. This microcontroller controls automatic functions needed to run a car from sending the right amount of fuel to the engine to controlling brakes, and from controlling the Human-Machine Interface (HMI) display to operating automatic seats, windows, mirrors, and so on.