Audi will use Samsung Exynos socs for infotainment systems

Samsung announces a partnership with Audi for the use of Exynos-socs. The carmaker will use the chips of the South Korean manufacturer in future infotainment systems. Current cars use Qualcomm socs.

Samsung indicates that it will participate in Audi’s Progressive SemiConductor Program, which has been providing technology for the car brand’s infotainment systems since 2010.

According to Samsung, top models from the Exynos line will be used for the systems, which are able to display images on up to four screens in the car at the same time. The chipmaker does not specify which socs are involved.

Samsung’s Exynos line consists entirely of ARM socs, which are mainly deployed in the smartphones of the South Korean company. Apart from tablets, smartphones and some Chromebooks from Samsung, the chips are still little used in third-party devices.

Last year, Qualcomm announced that Audi’s 2017 models will feature the Snapdragon 602A soc. The new partnership with Samsung seems to indicate that Audi will no longer use Qualcomm’s chips for its infotainment systems. Within its Progressive SemiConductor, Audi is also collaborating with other chip manufacturers, including Nvidia and NXP.