Audi Becomes First Automotive OEM to Join SEMI

Membership with the automotive electronics association will increase the German automakers access to semiconductor and MEMS supply chains.

May 29, 2019

William Kucinski

Audi at the Consumer Electronics Show 2019 in Las Vegas (Image courtesy: Audi AG)

German luxury automobile maker, Audi AG has joined SEMI (formerly Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International) as a full member – becoming the first automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to join the Milpitas, California-based association. Through the membership, Audi will give Audi access to SEMI’s core competencies in developing international standards and harmonizing technology roadmaps, while enabling the automaker to leverage the global SEMI platform to promote industry alignment across supply-chain segments, particularly in semiconductors and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS).

SEMI serves the global electronics manufacturing and design supply chain and previously listed Audi as a founding member of its Global Automotive Advisory Council (GAAC). Anchoring the SEMI Smart Transportation vertical market platform, GAAC members address automotive technology issues such as device and system reliability and connectivity, promote industry standards, and align roadmaps of carmakers with adjacent industries to accelerate time to market.

William Kucinski is content editor at SAE International, Aerospace Products Group in Warrendale, Pa. Previously, he worked as a writer at the NASA Safety Center in Cleveland, Ohio and was responsible for writing the agency’s System Failure Case Studies. His interests include literally anything that has to do with space, past and present military aircraft, and propulsion technology.

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