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Silicon fuses help simplify vehicle wiring harnesses and reduce weight by eliminating user-accessible fuse boxes and its associated cabling and installation. The savings in weight contributes to ...

The importance of functional safety in automotive systems. Requirements for vehicle functional safety. The role and applications of FPGAs in automotive safety systems. The automotive industry is ...

Protection against electrostatic discharge (ESD) events is an extremely important aspect of integrated circuit (IC) design and verification, particularly for 2.5/3D designs targeted for automotive ...

Kia America found a clever way to protect newly assembled vehicles from hail. The hail protection system that’s being installed at its factory in Georgia integrates solar panels. The 17,000 solar ...

However, not all innovations are equal and nor do they follow a constant upward trend. Instead, their evolution takes the form of an S-shaped curve that reflects their typical lifecycle from early ...