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Automotive, the Electronics Industry’s New Driver
May 16, 2018 | Patty Goldman, I-Connect007Estimated reading time: 1 minute
The automobile industry is becoming a combination of most of the traditional electronics segments: It’s a consumer product with a computer, communications center, and a few medical monitoring-type tendencies (measuring your alertness, heart rate, etc.), all rolled (no pun intended) into one incredible machine that is influencing our industry as none other.
As automotive electronics quickly becomes the number one market everyone is talking about, we realize that the actual vehicle is only one part of that—think about the massive amount of infrastructure that will need to evolve on highways, in cities and especially the more rural areas, plus the incredible computing power, cameras, etc. Then think about the level of reliability that will be required.
So, as I drive down the street in my small town (without yellow lines or yellow curbs) in the snow at dusk, I am just a little concerned that some automotive companies are looking to 2020 for the first autonomous vehicles to hit the road (another (un)intended pun). That’s less than two years! Can we be ready? Have those companies really thought through the requirements, not to mention the necessary reliability of the huge number of parts that must work seamlessly and faultlessly every time without fail? The amount of electronics required (along with the painted lines and numerous other road guides) is staggering—all to basically duplicate our human brains and bodies. Feel smart and special? Scientists certainly become more amazed by our brains every day.
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