Vitesco Technologies and Infineon Technologies AG have agreed to strengthen further their long-time partnership.

Accordingly, Vitesco Technologies will use the AURIX™ TC4x microcontroller family from Infineon in its next generation of master and zone controllers. The main applications for this are electric-electronic vehicle architectures (E/E architectures). In addition, Vitesco will also use them in its new electrification system solutions.

The multi-year agreement takes effect starting in 2027. Statements from both companies said the order volume will reach more than one billion euros.

Technological, Manufacturing Capacities

The companies intend to work together to further improve efficiency and system costs. Especially, for future electrified vehicles while taking functional safety and cybersecurity in compliance with ISO 26262 and ISO/SAE 21434. The deal guarantees Vitesco Technologies a long-term supply of important components for the transformation of the automotive industry to electromobility. At the same time, the company will benefit from the broad high-performance product portfolio of Infineon’s microcontroller family AURIX.

In addition, Vitesco Technologies will be able to leverage Infineon’s system expertise and investments in manufacturing capacities for increased supply reliability.

 “Microcontrollers are core components in our electronic systems. Our partnership with Infineon gives us the tremendous advantage of being able to define at an early stage the properties and capabilities that future automotive microcontrollers will have,” said Thomas Stierle, member of the Executive Board and head of the Electrification Solutions division at Vitesco Technologies.

In addition, Stierle stressed the partnership will proactively shape the path leading to the software-defined vehicle of tomorrow.

On the other hand, Peter Schiefer, President of Infineon’s Automotive Division, said the expertise of Vitesco Technologies will further propel its AURIX TC4x family as an important component in E/E architectures. “We are proud to further intensify our collaboration with Vitesco Technologies and to work together on the future of mobility.”

Next-Generation Software-Defined Vehicles

Microcontrollers are key components in the automotive industry. Particularly, by controlling and monitoring a wide variety of systems in the automobile such as electric powertrain, E/E architecture, ADAS, radar, and chassis.

Furthermore, the AURIX TC4x microcontrollers from Infineon combine power and performance enhancements with the latest trends in the fields of virtualization. Also, in AI-based modeling, functional safety, cybersecurity, and network functions. Thus, paving the way for new E/E architectures and the next generation of software-defined vehicles.