The Need for Chiplets, and UCIe in Automotive

By Untether AI

May 15, 2024

For many years, the vision of autonomous vehicles was firmly positioned at the peak of inflated expectations on the Gartner Hype Cycle – a chart that plots industry trends and the projected impact for that given trend. The Gartner Hype cycle recognizes that many technology trends go through different phases where they are typically overhyped, and in time, when practicality sets in, they move from being at the peak of the hype cycle to going through the trough of disillusionment where, over time, if the trend continues to exist, it makes it to a point where the trend or technology sees deployment, but typically not at a level that was initially expected when this trend was at its peak.

For some time now, the auto industry has been going through a major transformation, not only by going electric and being connected, but also by offering the promise of providing self-driving technologies.  Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) have provided great strides in helping to reduce accidents – capabilities like blind spot detection, or smart headlights – to name a few – have had a profound impact on improving driver and passenger safety. These technologies – as stated – assist the driver, but still rely on a driver to have primary control over the vehicle  Level 4 autonomous vehicles support conditional autonomy – where it is expected at some point, a driver may need to take over control of the vehicle, or may be restricted to only operating in a geo-fenced area.  Level 5 autonomous vehicles assume that there is no driver intervention ever required and this vision is considered the ultimate destination for future vehicles.

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