Audi have joined the SEMI, an international industry association focusing on semiconductor design and manufacturing. The move highlights the rising significance of semiconductors for the automotive industry.
The SEMI membership will give Audi access to the association’s competencies in developing international standards and harmonising technology roadmaps. It also will enable the carmaker to leverage the global SEMI platform to promote industry alignment across supply-chain segments.
Audi are founding members of the SEMI Global Automotive Advisory Council (GAAC). Anchoring the SEMI Smart Transportation vertical market platform, GAAC members address automotive technology issues such as device and system reliability and connectivity, promote industry standards, and align roadmaps of carmakers with adjacent industries to accelerate time to market. GAAC has chapters in Europe, the U.S., Japan, and Taiwan.
Audi have been instrumental in establishing priorities for the European chapter and helped grow the chapter to 17 companies representing the entire automotive electronics ecosystem including carmakers, device manufacturers, foundries, design companies, and equipment and materials suppliers. Founding members of the GAAC Europe chapter include Audi and parent company Volkswagen as well as Bosch, Cadence, Imec, Globalfoundries and Synopsys.
Smart Transportation is one of five SEMI “Vertical Application Platform” initiatives focused on building communities and activities around critical and emerging electronics markets. Its objective is to connect the automotive electronics supply chain, including auto manufacturers, tier 1 and tier 2 automotive electronics suppliers, to maximize business opportunities, share technology developments and roadmaps, and speed new automotive electronics applications to the marketplace.
