In the automotive market, the adoption of electric vehicles and active safety continue to accelerate the strong growth of power semiconductor and sensor businesses.

In 2020, the transformation of mobile transportation will continue. Overall, we have seen disruptive developments,

If you live in the city, the necessity of owning a car is even lower for commercial shared services such as electric scooters to cars in the city.

In certain regions and situations, cars are transitioning from a pure ownership model to a 'pay per trip' model.

This trend will inevitably lead to higher car utilization rates, putting greater pressure on the reliability of cars until the final stage. Nowadays, semiconductors are crucial for automotive OEMs - they are the key driving force behind this revolution and account for a significant portion of automotive costs.

As OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers now see the benefits and value of closer collaboration with semiconductor manufacturers, traditional supply chains are undergoing changes.

At a lower level, this will affect engineers, and we have also seen changes.

The continuous electrification of powertrain and the development towards autonomous vehicle are fundamental developments, affecting the design, manufacture, use and recycling of vehicles.

Throughout 2020, this will continue to drive demand for semiconductor solutions designed specifically for this growing application field. The reduction of automobile emissions will continue to accelerate to meet stricter government regulations. The concern for the environment is also raising consumer awareness.

In the coming years, more than half of the world's cars will be electrified in some way - from mild hybrid to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs)/pure electric vehicles (BEVs).

The innovation of traditional silicon technology and wide bandgap technology will drive performance improvement, thereby further reducing carbon dioxide emissions, increasing vehicle driving range, and shortening charging time.

Improved battery technology and cost also help improve vehicle performance and make these cars more affordable for more consumer groups.

Due to the market penetration of electric vehicles, the demand for power devices will double in 2020 (and beyond).

Anson Semiconductor is one of the leaders in this technology and is crucial for the continued development of hybrid/electric vehicle (HEV/EV) technology.

Power transistors based on super junction high-voltage MOSFETs, silicon IGBTs, silicon carbide (SiC), and gallium nitride (GaN), which are essential for high-voltage applications, have been released in the market.

Anson Semiconductor is one of the few companies that can provide a completely independent, vertically integrated supply chain (from substrates to packaged devices), with a wide manufacturing footprint worldwide (including the recently acquired 300mm wafer fab in East Fishkill, New York).

Of course, another significant change is autonomous driving, as the number of pilot projects increases and enabling technologies continue to develop. Although we can't expect to see Level 5 autonomous vehicle in 2020, vehicles above Level L2/Level 2.5 are accelerating to launch on the market. These vehicles have the ability to operate at level L4 in specific situations/use cases.

The ecosystem developed around autonomous vehicle also needs to be expanded. Vehicles are no longer a collection of independent subsystems, but rather interrelated functions aimed at close collaboration.

The data needs to be detailed, redundant, and shared by multiple systems and users.

These data need to be available locally and centrally; Used to train machine learning algorithms and make decisions while the vehicle is running.

The data is generated by various sensors (complementary and redundant).

The demand for advanced sensors and sensor fusion is increasing, which provides vehicles with the inputs they need to perceive their surrounding environment more.

This data will also be shared externally (with other vehicles and the cloud) through the V2X network.

This is crucial for autonomous driving at levels 2 and above/2.5 to 5, as vehicles not only perceive their surroundings but also must be able to take action in unpredictable road conditions.

This change will not happen overnight, but the technology supporting this vision has been integrated into the vehicle to provide level 1 and level 2 autonomous driving.

This mainly focuses on using ultrasonic, visual, radar, and LiDAR sensors for perception.

Anson Semiconductor is actively developing and acquiring new sensing technologies to address this growing demand, which we expect to accelerate in 2020. Based on current developments, the natural progression of perception technology will empower future levels of automation. Our way of thinking about cars is already changing and will continue to change as we strive to achieve a 'zero vision' world without road fatalities, accidents, breakdowns, and emissions.

Anson Semiconductor is the seventh largest semiconductor supplier in the automotive electronics industry, committed to a cross industry "zero vision" plan and driven by the company's own "zero defect" strategy.

This concept is applied to all automotive products we design, manufacture, supply, and support.

As the global leader of power semiconductor and perception technology, Ansome Semiconductor has contributed to the continuous electronization of vehicle functions and the development of Advanced Driving Assistance System (ADAS)/auto drive system.

In 2020 and the near future, ON Semiconductor will continue to focus on and drive innovation in power management, in vehicle networks, and advanced sensing.