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average of 200 to 300 semiconductors

fits in a

car.

I'd like to use this a lot for things, but when you park, you need a sensor that detects obstacles, when you check the pressure of your tires, when the airbags work, and when you do this, semiconductors are indispensable.

This is a general car story, and there are two to three times more semiconductors in electric vehicles.

In particular, it is said that more than 2,000 semiconductors are contained in a single self-driving vehicle currently under development.

However, at present, Korea relies on imports for almost all of the semiconductors for vehicles.



Reporter Lee Seong-hoon pointed out why Korea, which is said to be a semiconductor powerhouse, lacks automotive semiconductors.



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Toyota, Honda, Ford, and Volkswagen.



It is estimated that this year, the global automotive industry will suffer a loss of $61 billion, or about 69 trillion won, due to production disruptions due to shortage of automotive semiconductors.



Semiconductor powerhouses such as Korea, the United States, and Japan are also helpless because automotive semiconductors have a high risk of recalls, even though their profitability is low.



[Kim Joo-hong/Vice President of Korea Automobile Industry Association: Since we were producing small quantities of various types, it was not easy to localize because profitability was low, and safety and reliability were difficult to build.] The



problem is that semiconductor supply and demand

difficulties are difficult for

automakers, as well as steel and parts. , Battlefield, and all related industries are'domino blow'.



When we surveyed domestic auto parts makers, nearly 50% said they were being nourished by the disruption in supply and demand for automotive semiconductors.



Of these, 36% of parts production fell to less than ten thousand times.



[Won-Seok Oh/Chairman of the Automobile Parts Industry Promotion Foundation: Even parts companies that do not directly use semiconductors are expected to reduce their sales if automakers reduce their production.]



As the proportion of electric vehicles and autonomous vehicles increases, the automotive semiconductor market is growing. It is expected to grow to $41.5 billion in 2023.



[Lee Hang-gu / Research Fellow, Korea Automobile Research Institute: As the demand for semiconductors is increasing gradually, it is time to establish a supply chain that can produce and supply semiconductors for vehicles in Korea.] As



concerns over the semiconductor crisis in the information and communications industry were sparked, the US and China , EU, etc. are competing for semiconductor supremacy.



The government and industry are in an urgent need to reorganize their industrial strategies in order not to lose control of the semiconductor market supply chain.



(Video editing: Hongmyeong Lee, VJ: Mingu Jung)   



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