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New design centre in Seoul opened to develop automotive electronic systems

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Infineon Technologies and Hyundai Motor Company have announced a strategic cooperation for the development of automotive electronics. The companies have also unveiled a joint innovation centre.

Infineon Technologies and Hyundai Motor Company have announced a strategic cooperation for the development of automotive electronics. The companies have also unveiled a joint innovation centre. Hyundai Motor Company selected Infineon as a semiconductor partner for this long -term strategic cooperation in order to develop automotive electronic system solutions for Hyundai and Kia vehicles.

The cooperation includes the development of automotive electronics system architecture and related semiconductors, along with enhancements of Hyundai's current automotive electronic systems, based on the synergy of Hyundai's automotive electronics technology and Infineon's semiconductor knowledge.

In addition to Infineon's chipset solutions and technology portfolio, the company will contribute its expertise in automotive semiconductor development. Hyundai's responsibilities will include automotive electronic system architecture development, electronic system partitioning and electronic control units (ECU) design, and evaluation. The two companies have also opened a joint innovation centre.

The Hyundai Infineon Innovation Centre (HIIC) will work on the functional and cost optimisation of car electronics systems, as well as develop automotive electronic system architecture, including the design of ECU and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) in powertrain, safety and body applications for Hyundai and Kia vehicles. The innovation centre is located at the Yangjae-dong headquarters of the Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group in Seoul and will be co-managed by both companies. At the beginning, development activities will focus on automotive electronics system architecture and related automotive electronics products in body applications, such as light modules, HVAC (heating, ventilating and air conditioning) and door modules. The companies expect the first jointly developed products to be used in Hyundai and Kia cars starting 2010.

Based on semiconductor technology, the companies will cooperatively analyze existing Hyundai and Kia applications regarding cost optimisation and system quality improvement by integration of functions and reduction of components using application specific standard products (ASSPs) or ASICs.

"With the ever-increasing amount of semiconductors in cars, a close cooperation between automotive manufacturers and semiconductor manufacturers is absolutely indispensable, if we want to ensure maximum reliability and durability of electronics systems in our vehicles," said Dr. Hyun-Soon Lee, Chief Technology Officer and President of the Hyundai-Kia R&D Division about the strategic partnership.

"Today's major challenge facing the automotive industry is to offer the highest quality with innovative technologies at attractive prices," added Peter Bauer, Member of the Board and head of the Automotive, Industrial and Multimarket business group at Infineon Technologies. "Partnership at every stage in the value chain must be very close with the semiconductor manufacturer to be involved early in the predevelopment phase. Being selected by the Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group to enter this strategic cooperation allows Infineon to understand the Hyundai-Kia application roadmap to offer the right product at the right time into the market."

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