Chiplets are already a reality for high-performance compute semiconductors in data centers. In contrast, when will carmakers start craving auto-grade chiplets— ? at prices OEMs can afford?
(Source: Imec)
What’s at stake:
We’ve all heard promises about “Lego block” chiplets, supposedly enabling customers to snap together chiplets from different manufacturers to build a custom SoC. Our recent interviews, however, reveal that such an open chiplet ecosystem doesn’t exist. Companies like Intel and Tenstorrent are pursuing automotive chiplets within single-company ecosystems. Have automotive chiplets already splintered into proprietary fragments? At stake is how effectively Imec, with its Automotive Chiplet Program (ACP), could herd the cats now rampant in the automotive and semiconductor industries.