Qualcomm acquires chip maker Autotalks for about 47.2 billion yen to prevent car collisions and improve traffic conditions
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Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) is a general term for wireless communication technology that connects everything including automobiles, automobiles, pedestrians, and infrastructure. V2X technology is expected to play an active role not only in traffic safety, but also in many other fields, such as alleviating traffic congestion, reducing environmental impact, and providing comfortable mobility.
Israel-based Autotalks is a fabless semiconductor manufacturer founded in 2008 that not only researches and develops V2X chipsets, but also provides technology for automakers to easily integrate V2X functionality into their vehicles. . There are two types of technical standards for the V2X function provided by Autotalks: ' C-V2X ' and ' DSRC '.
C-V2X is based on LTE technology, which smartphones use to connect to carrier networks, and vehicles exchange data over carrier networks and radio signals to provide each other with data about their current location. can be shared.
DSRC can also mutually share data on the current location of the vehicle, but C-V2X uses LTE technology, whereas DSRC uses Wi-Fi. , the vehicle shares its current position, direction and speed with nearby vehicles up to 10 times per second.
Technologies such as C-V2X and DSRC enable vehicles to detect obstacles around corners. According to Autotalks, in the future it will be possible not only to share the current position with nearby vehicles, but also to share data about obstacles detected by the vehicle with other vehicles.
In addition, Autotalks offers a module called '
We announced that we have reached an agreement to acquire such Autotalks by Qualcomm Technologies, a subsidiary of Quallcomm. The purchase price is expected to be $ 350 million (about 47.2 billion yen) to $ 400 million (about 54 billion yen). Qualcomm plans to integrate Autotalks' V2X technology into its automotive SoC 'Snapdragon Digital Chassis'. Qualcomm aims to use Autotalks technology to improve traffic efficiency and accelerate the development and adoption of V2X solutions that help keep drivers, pedestrians and other road users safe.
'Qualcomm has been investing in the research, development and deployment of V2X technology since 2017, and as the automotive market matures, road user safety will continue to grow,' said Nakul Dugugal, senior vice president of automotive at Qualcomm. We believe that standalone V2X secure architectures will be needed to power smart transportation systems.”
“By incorporating Autotalks’ decades of experience in researching V2X technology with a focus on solving road safety problems, we are making safety an important part of modern society,” said Duggal. We look forward to providing a global V2X solution enabling technology.'
Autotalks CEO Hagai Jisoo said, “Our mission at Autotalks was to revolutionize automotive transportation and safety in the automotive industry through V2X solutions. We believe that we can not only provide powerful V2X products that improve the transportation efficiency and safety of people, but also accelerate the adoption of V2X.Together with Qualcomm, we will provide V2X services to the automotive industry and provide the best technology. We look forward to bringing it to market.”
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