Infineon Technologies Collaborates with Aurora Labs

At the CES 2024 event, Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) and Aurora Labs have made the announcement of introducing a suite of AI-based solutions aimed at enhancing the long-term reliability and safety of crucial automotive components. This collaboration focuses on critical systems such as steering, braking, and airbags, utilizing Aurora Labs’ award-winning Line-of-Code Intelligence™ (LOCI) AI technology implemented on Infineon’s 32-bit TriCore™ AURIX™ TC4x family of microcontrollers (MCUs). The primary objective is to empower automotive manufacturers to deliver safer, more reliable vehicles while improving performance throughout the vehicle’s lifetime.

Infineon Technologies AG operates in semiconductors, specializing in power systems and the Internet of Things (IoT). Focused on advancing decarbonization and digitalization, Infineon offers a range of innovative products and solutions. With a workforce of approximately 58,600 employees worldwide, the company achieved a revenue of approximately €16.3 billion in the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2023. Infineon is publicly listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol IFX and on the OTCQX International over-the-counter market in the USA with the ticker symbol IFNNY.

Zohar Fox, CEO and Co-founder of Aurora Labs, emphasized the impact of this collaborative solution on the automotive industry, stating, “For car manufacturers, this new jointly offered solution promises a safer driving experience by using AI-driven automated processes throughout the software lifecycle of a vehicle. The solution supports real-time monitoring and response to software failures at the MCU- and ECU-level according to WP29 requirements. By protecting applications and over the air (OTA) updates, the joint solution helps prevent malicious attacks and hardware safety failure.” Mr Fox further said, “We have partnered with Infineon to ensure an improved driver experience based on predictive safety maintenance using AI capability. Our solution streamlines OEM software development at lines-of-code and hardware peripheral resolution to enable them to develop safer systems in accordance with ASIL-D.”

Thomas Schneid, Senior Director Software, Partner and Ecosystem Management of Infineon, expressed enthusiasm about the collaboration, stating, “As a leader in automotive semiconductors, we are very happy to team up with Aurora Labs to bring a new level of safety to predictive maintenance applications for vehicles. With the combination of Infineon’s proven AURIX MCUs, along with Aurora Labs’ software to prevent silent data corruption and software misbehavior in chipsets, our new solution gives car manufacturers and drivers an extended level of safety confidence for critical automotive applications such as steering, braking and airbags.”

The newly introduced solution leverages Infineon’s AURIX TC4x family of MCUs, known for their real-time safety and security performance. These MCUs are purposefully designed for next-generation eMobility, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), automotive electrical/electronic (E/E) architectures, and affordable artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Aurora Labs’ AI- and machine learning-based features are integrated into the AURIX TC4x Parallel Processing Unit (PPU), serving as a specialized AI accelerator that operates independently of the OEM applications running on the CPU.