Denso to develop key components for autonomous driving

Denso Corporation has announced that it will set up a new company, NSITEXE Inc, to design and develop semiconductor IP cores, which are key semiconductor components enabling automated driving.

Advanced electronic controls are vital for in-vehicle environment and safety technologies, such as ADAS and automated driving in next-generation vehicles.

When automated driving becomes the norm, high-performance, low-power semiconductors will be required to monitor the situation around the vehicle by processing large amounts of data from sensors and external communications at high speed. This data will help make decisions for automated driving functions.

The new company will develop a next-generation processor which can quickly and efficiently analyse large amounts of data from sensors and external communication to determine the optimal vehicle operation. The semiconductor IP cores optimised for in-vehicle applications will be licensed to in-vehicle microcomputer and SoC manufacturers.