Valens Semiconductor and Intel Foundry Services (IFS) announced that IFS will fabricate Valens Semiconductor?s MIPI A-PHY chipsets using its advanced process nodes, aiming to address the robust demand in the market for this innovative connectivity solution. This collaboration furthers the strategic relationship between Valens and IFS that starts with the development of next generation of A-PHY in the automotive industry based on Intel leading-edge technology. MIPI A-PHY is the first automotive industry standard developed for in-vehicle high-speed sensor connectivity.

Since its release in 2020, it has attracted a growing ecosystem of companies designing products based on the technology. Valens Semiconductor, a key contributor to the standard, was the first on the market to offer A-PHY-compliant chipsets with its VA7000 product family. MIPI A-PHY is the first automotive industry standard developed for in-vehicle high-speed sensor connectivity.

Since its release in 2020, it has attracted a growing ecosystem of companies designing products based on the technology. Valens Semiconductor, a key contributor to the standard, was the first on the market to offer A-PHY-compliant chipsets with its VA7000 product family. As part of this strategic collaboration, Valens Semiconductor will utilize Intel?s leading edge process technology to produce its second generation of A-PHY chipsets.

Intel?s ecosystem and advanced processes will enable significant cost and power reductions for this chipset family while achieving the highest-performance and flawless Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC). With the significant increase in bandwidth and other architecture requirements, this unique set of capabilities ensure link performance and passenger safety are maintained at all times. This collaboration will play a significant role in boosting the vision for a chiplet architecture in the automotive industry.

With its reliance on advanced package integration and the use of standardized interfaces such as UCIe, the chiplet architecture will be complimented by MIPI A-PHY as the standardized connectivity interface. This is the best way to meet the automotive market?s requirements for high reliability, high performance, and low latency, and MIPI A-PHY will be a key enabler of this next-generation silicon architecture.