At a special event at CES 2024, Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) announced a deal to buy Silicon Mobility SAS, a fabless silicon and software company that makes SoCs for EV energy management, for an undisclosed amount.
The development aims to bring AI efficiencies to electric vehicle (EV) energy management.
The acquisition news came alongside another Intel announcement of a family of AI-enhanced software-defined vehicle (SDV) system-on-chips (SoCs) with Geely’s Zeekr brand, which will be the first OEM to use Intel’s new family of SDV SoCs.
Further, the company also announced a commitment to deliver the industry’s first open automotive chiplet platform for SDV, enabling customers to integrate their own chiplet into an Intel Automotive product.
To fuel a faster, smoother transition to EVs and a sustainable SDV, Intel and SAE International announced a committee to deliver an automotive standard for vehicle platform power management. Intel will chair the committee.
“The acquisition of Silicon Mobility aligns with our sustainability goals while addressing a critical energy management need for the industry,” said Jack Weast, vice president and general manager of Intel Automotive.
“Intel’s AI-enhanced SDV SoCs combine the best of AI PC and Intel data center technologies necessary to support a true software-defined vehicle architecture,” he added.
