Automotive Semiconductors in the Case Era

CASE (Connected, Autonomous, Sharing & Service, Electric) is a keyword of future mobility society. In the CASE era, semiconductor technologies play an important role, and will continue to advance in each of the C, A, S and E domains respectively. While semiconductors for large-scale data processing and communication technology vital to the digital society can utilize the result of other industry (Mobile phones, etc.), those used in power devices for EVs, peripheral monitoring sensors for autonomous driving, and SoCs for driving control have many requirements specific to automobiles. It is therefore critical that automobile and parts manufacturers have the capacity to develop these technologies themselves. This paper describes the technical trends of power devices, sensors, and SoC technology in the context of CASE.