Valens Semiconductor Ltd. (NYSE:VLN) reported on January 6 that it has secured a new design win for its VA7000 MIPI A-PHY-compliant chipsets. A premium global automotive manufacturer serving the Chinese market will use these chipsets in advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS).
MIPI A-PHY is the first standardized solution for high-speed sensor connectivity and is currently the only standard with design wins across multiple silicon suppliers. Valens Semiconductor now has four A-PHY design wins worldwide. The automotive manufacturer plans to integrate the VA7000 chipsets into its vehicles, with production scheduled to begin in 2027.
Previously, on December 2, Valens Semiconductor announced, with imavix engineering, the first production-ready platform based on the MIPI A-PHY standard for machine vision applications. The platform is intended to help camera vendors design smaller, more robust, and more cost-effective products than traditional machine vision cameras.
According to the report, CIS Corporation, a Japanese imaging solutions company, introduced the first A-PHY camera module for machine vision based on this platform. The new camera measures 22mm × 22mm × 22mm, less than half the size of commonly used machine vision cameras, with improvements in electromagnetic compatibility robustness.
Valens Semiconductor Ltd. is an Israeli fabless manufacturing company focusing on high-performance connectivity. The company provides semiconductor solutions to the automotive and audio-video industries.