Aug. 10, 2018 –
Not long ago, the mobile industry was the master who led chip vendors around on a leash, commanding them to sit, heel, and roll over. Lately, the leash has been passed on to the automotive industry.
Level 4 and Level 5 autonomous vehicle designers are asking for in-vehicle connectivity at multi-gigabit speed, to which a host of industry alliances and standards bodies – ranging from Networking for Autonomous Vehicles (NAV) Alliance to MIPI and HDBaseT group – are all saying that they are ready to roll over.
Fully automated vehicles are, of course, not here yet. But their heavy reliance on high-resolution sensors including vision, lidars, and radars is destined to vastly expand the volume of data that must pass through vehicles. This prospect compels every industry group that has ever developed high-speed connectivity technologies for data centers, enterprise infrastructure, or professional studios to see golden opportunity in the automotive market.