indie Semiconductor and GlobalFoundries Announce Strategic Collaboration to Accelerate Automotive Radar Adoption
March 12, 2025 | GlobalFoundriesEstimated reading time: 2 minutes
indie Semiconductor, an automotive solutions innovator, has announced a strategic collaboration with GlobalFoundries (Nasdaq: GFS) (GF) to develop its portfolio of high-performance radar systems-on-chip (SoC). These SoC’s – manufactured on GF’s 22FDX® platform – will target 77 GHz and 120 GHz radar applications for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and adjacent industrial applications. Automotive radar adoption is being accelerated by global vehicle safety regulation, new car assessment programs, and consumer demand for convenience features. As a result, new vehicles will feature at least four radar sensors, and this is expected to double in next-generation platforms to meet the growing use cases.
indie’s 77 GHz SoCs are used in systems for both longer-range detection to monitor surroundings and detect obstacles, enabling use cases including forward collision warning (FCW), automatic emergency braking (AEB), and shorter-range applications such as blind spot detection (BSD), cross-traffic alert and automated parking. The 77 GHz radar solution is at the advanced design-in stage with a Tier 1 customer, supporting multiple automotive OEMs.
The 120 GHz solutions will target in-cabin applications requiring higher resolution and precision over shorter ranges, such as occupant monitoring and detection of vital signs such as heartbeat and respiration. indie’s 120 GHz SoC supports antenna-in-package designs, enabling smaller systems to be developed without compromising performance, cost or in-cabin aesthetics. First customer samples of the 120 GHz solution are already available. For both product lines, the key challenges to overcome for Tier 1 integrators and OEMs were to deliver high performance without compromising hardware, software and system integration for the lowest total cost of ownership. indie has solved these challenges, delivering class-leading performance while driving a step change in solution cost and footprint relative to competing solutions, making this key safety technology more affordable and ubiquitous in mass-market vehicles.
The design innovation and functional integration of analog, digital, RF, power management and memory functions in indie’s radar solutions are enabled by GF’s automotive-qualified 22nm fully depleted silicon-on-insulator (SOI) process technology. For automotive ADAS and processing applications that rely on responsive, always-on wireless connectivity, GF’s 22FDX platform offers FinFET-class performance and energy efficiency in a planar technology with state-of-the-art PPA (Power, Performance, Area) and RF performance.
“indie has been working closely with GlobalFoundries for several years, and this strategic collaboration for our high-performance radar portfolio builds on the success of an established relationship,” said Michael Wittmann chief operating officer at indie. “Our goal is to keep our customers at the forefront of technology in the increasingly competitive automotive sector, and the combination of indie’s design innovation and the foundry’s manufacturing leadership will enable safety-critical radar-based ADAS technologies to be deployed cost-effectively across automotive and industrial mobility applications.”
“Our strategic collaboration with indie is bringing exciting and innovative product solutions to the automotive and industrial mobility markets,” said Ed Kaste, senior vice president of GF’s ultra-low power CMOS product line. “As GF continues to invest in capacity and technology differentiation in our 22FDX platform and build on this partnership for indie’s next-generation solutions, customers will mutually benefit from GF’s purpose-built, automotive-grade technologies and indie’s best in class radar design innovation, ultimately delivering the highest-integrated silicon solutions that drive down the total system cost and power consumption for faster and ubiquitous market deployment.”
Testimonial
"In a year when every marketing dollar mattered, I chose to keep I-Connect007 in our 2025 plan. Their commitment to high-quality, insightful content aligns with Koh Young’s values and helps readers navigate a changing industry. "
Brent Fischthal - Koh YoungSuggested Items
EV Group Achieves Breakthrough in Hybrid Bonding Overlay Control for Chiplet Integration
09/12/2025 | EV GroupEV Group (EVG), a leading provider of innovative process solutions and expertise serving leading-edge and future semiconductor designs and chip integration schemes, today unveiled the EVG®40 D2W—the first dedicated die-to-wafer overlay metrology platform to deliver 100 percent die overlay measurement on 300-mm wafers at high precision and speeds needed for production environments. With up to 15X higher throughput than EVG’s industry benchmark EVG®40 NT2 system designed for hybrid wafer bonding metrology, the new EVG40 D2W enables chipmakers to verify die placement accuracy and take rapid corrective action, improving process control and yield in high-volume manufacturing (HVM).
ROHM Develops Ultra-Compact CMOS Op Amp: Delivering Industry-Leading Ultra-Low Circuit Current
09/11/2025 | ROHMROHM’s ultra-compact CMOS Operational Amplifier (op amp) TLR1901GXZ achieves the industry’s lowest operating circuit current.
I-Connect007 Launches New Podcast Series on Ultra High Density Interconnect (UHDI)
09/12/2025 | I-Connect007I-Connect007 is excited to announce the debut of its latest On the Line With... podcast series, which shines a spotlight on one of the most important emerging innovations in electronics manufacturing: Ultra-High-Density Interconnect (UHDI).
I-Connect007 Launches New Podcast Series on Ultra High Density Interconnect (UHDI)
09/10/2025 | I-Connect007I-Connect007 is excited to announce the debut of its latest podcast series, which shines a spotlight on one of the most important emerging innovations in electronics manufacturing: Ultra-High-Density Interconnect (UHDI). The series kicks off with Episode One, “Ultra HDI: What does it mean to people? Why would they want it?” Host Nolan Johnson is joined by guest expert John Johnson, Director of Quality and Advanced Technology at American Standard Circuits (ASC).
KYZEN to Feature High-Reliability MICRONOX Chemistries at IMAPS Symposium
09/10/2025 | KYZEN'KYZEN, the global leader in innovative environmentally responsible cleaning chemistries, is pleased to announce its participation at the International Symposium on Microelectronics or IMAPS Symposium, taking place September 29-October 3 at Town & Country Resort in San Diego, CA.