Will RISC-V reduce auto MCU's future risk?
By going RISC-V, suppliers of automotive MCUs based on proprietary processor cores hope to avoid getting designed out by OEMs and excluded from the huge Chinese market.
By Junko Yoshida for Yole Group (April 2, 2025)
Automakers are at a crossroads. An open platform is inevitable even among traditionally conservative automakers. OEMs demand flexibility in software choices, hardware architecture and supply chains. First to take the plunge was Infineon Technologies (Infineon), the world’s largest automotive MCU supplier, unveiling its plans for a real-time automotive microcontroller family based on RISC-V.
With billions already sunk into its proprietary TriCore MCUs, Infineon’s RISC-V shift reflects a huge change in the company’s strategy.
![]() |
E-mail This Article | ![]() |
![]() |
Printer-Friendly Page |
|
Related News
- Fabless semiconductor startup Mindgrove launches India's first indigenously designed commercial high-performance MCU chip
- Renesas Introduces Industry's First General-Purpose 32-bit RISC-V MCUs with Internally Developed CPU Core
- VeriSilicon's industry-leading embedded GPU IP powers HPMicro's high-performance HPM6800 series RISC-V MCU
- New Breakthroughs in China's RISC-V Chip Industry
- Quintauris launches the first RISC-V profile for today's real-time automotive applications
Breaking News
- NEXT Semiconductor Technologies Collaborates with BAE Systems to Develop Next Generation Space-Qualified Chips
- QuickLogic Delivers eFPGA Hard IP for Intel 18A Based Test Chip
- Premier ASIC and SoC Design Partner Rebrands as Aion Silicon
- Baya Systems, Imagination Technologies and Andes Technology to Present on Heterogeneous Compute Architectures at Andes RISC-V CON Silicon Valley
- Aion Silicon Joins Intel Foundry Accelerator Design Services Alliance to Deliver Next-Generation Custom SoCs at Scale
Most Popular
- TSMC Unveils Next-Generation A14 Process at North America Technology Symposium
- BOS Semiconductors to Partner with Intel to Accelerate Automotive AI Innovation
- BrainChip Extends RISC-V Reach with Andes Technology Integration
- Alphawave Semi Delivers Foundational AI Platform IP for Scale-Up and Scale-Out Networks
- Siemens to accelerate customer time to market with advanced silicon IP through new Alphawave Semi partnership