Inova Semiconductors has announced that it intends to produce its ISELED smart LED controller products at the Samsung Foundry in Korea using it as an additional resource to their existing foundry. The start of long-term mass production is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2024.
Inova's ISELED technology – ‘Digital LED’ – is already being used by numerous car manufacturers in Europe, but above all in Asia.
Due to its simplicity - there is no need for binning or user-calibration – and the trend towards central/domain-based architectures, ISELED has successfully penetrated the automotive market.
According to Robert Kraus, CEO of Inova, "With the high acceptance of ISELED especially in Asia and the enormous growth rates which far exceed even optimistic expectations we simply have to ensure that we can always reliably supply our global automotive customers. As more we are happy that we soon can strengthen our supply chain through Samsung Foundry as an additional source with CoAsia SEMI as DSP (Design Solution Partner) of Samsung Foundry supporting the effort”.
Gibong Jeong, Executive Vice President and head of Foundry Business Development Team at Samsung Electronics commented, "Automotive semiconductors are a field that requires technological stability and reliability based on research and development experience. We hope that new automotive customers like Inova can lead the innovation and technological development of next-generation future cars based on Samsung Foundry's process technology leadership."
