LX Semicon lands first auto-chip deal with Hyundai, Kia

LX Semicon, South Korea's largest fabless chipmaker, has begun mass-producing its first automotive microcontroller unit and started shipping it to Hyundai Motor and Kia, the company said Monday. The Daejeon-based firm is part of the LX group, which was spun off from LG in 2021, and is best known as a supplier of display driver chips. The chip, called the LX61101, handles an essential job inside the car: Controlling small motors that move things like windows, mirrors and aerodynamic flaps. One ap

By The Korea Herald