FlexRay membership aids in-vehicle networking

In a move that will further strengthen the company's support for in-vehicle networking applications, AMI Semiconductor has signed up as an Associate Member of the FlexRay Consortium.

In a move that will further strengthen the company's support for in-vehicle networking (IVN) applications, AMI Semiconductor has signed up as an Associate Member of the FlexRay Consortium.

Formed in September 2000, the FlexRay Consortium is responsible for driving the adoption of an open standard for high-speed bus systems for X-by-wire and other distributed control vehicle applications.

As a manufacturer of IVN ASSPs and advanced SoC solutions based on mixed-signal technologies for the automotive sector, the applications that the FlexRay standard is enabling are key strategic targets for AMIS.

By becoming an Associated Member of the Consortium, AMIS has the right to use the FlexRay technology, with a free-of-charge, royalty-free licence for automotive applications.

In addition, the company will have access to early information and the results of FlexRay developments, and to the FlexRay related IP of all other FlexRay members.

Discussing the company's registration as an Associate Member of the Consortium, Hervi Branquart, AMI Semiconductor's Worldwide Marketing Manager of Integrated Mixed-Signal Products for Automotive comments: "Becoming an Associate Member of the FlexRay Consortium supports our objectives to continually strengthen our portfolio of IVN products and will enable us to design custom SoC solutions that are optimised to the requirements of the growing X-by-wire and safety critical applications market".

AMIS, with its transceiver products portfolio, including VAN, CAN (high speed and fault tolerant), and LIN components, has supplied the automotive IVN market for more than a decade.

Automotive is a key market focus for AMIS, where the company has a share exceeding 25% of its 2002 revenue.

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