Submission + - Chipmakers to carmakers: Time to get out of the semiconductor Stone Age (fortune.com) 1
BoredStiff writes: Chipmakers turned their production back toward the automaker because many of the micro chips used in everything from electronic brake systems to airbag control units tend to rely on obsolete technology often over a decade old, and when the pandemic hit, these processors where in short supply. Chipmakers are telling car companies to wake up and modernize their micro's, however, most systems in cars are safety-critical and need to perform in practically every situation regardless of temperature, humidity, vibrations, and even minor road debris, because of that, the tried and true is better than new and improved.
