LG Innotek develops world's first 2nd-gen communication module for connected cars

By Park Sae-jin Posted : August 31, 2017, 14:49 Updated : August 31, 2017, 14:49

[Courtesy of LG Innotek]



LG Innotek, a South Korean chipmaker, developed a second-generation communication module for connected cars for the first time in the world.

V2X (Vehicle To Everything), is a module used by a connected car when it communicates with its surroundings such as traffic lights, other traffic and pedestrians. The first-generation of the communication modules were bulky in size but the electronic parts giant minimized the second-generation module's size to one-thirds of the size of a credit card.

"By using the second-generation V2X full module, carmakers and parts makers no longer need to assemble separate parts together to make a module," said LG Innotek in a statement on Thursday. "The new module has secured security, product quality and wireless communication performance."

V2X has a security module, application processor and a unit that controls protocols integrated into a single part, making it ideal to be fitted into any parts of a connected car. The chipmaker said it seeks to boost its speed in securing its share in the V2X market.

World's V2X industry is growing with the electric vehicle industry and the autonomous car industry. According to data from Lux Research, a market research group, the size of the V2X market is speculated to reach 6.5 billion US dollars by 2020.



 
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