Valens Semiconductor has partnered with ESWIN Computing in China to accelerate the evolution of the automotive industry’s communications infrastructure by deploying chipsets that support the MIPI A-PHY automotive high-speed connectivity standard for the Chinese market.
🟦 Israel Valens and ESWIN Fully Deliver A-PHY Solution for China
On April 22, 2025, Valens Semiconductor announced a partnership with Chinese semiconductor company ESWIN Computing to bring chipsets that support the MIPI A-PHY automotive high-speed communication standard to the Chinese market. This will enable Chinese automakers to take advantage of locally produced MIPI A-PHY chips that enable fast and reliable connectivity to sensors and displays.
MIPI A-PHY is the first industry-standard interface for connecting automotive devices such as cameras, radars, and displays in a high-speed, noise-immune manner, and Valens is a technology leader in this field. Through this partnership, the company will be able to deploy A-PHY chipsets, including the company’s VA7000 series, to the Chinese market more quickly.
🟦 Background to the Accelerating Introduction of A-PHY in China and the Alliance
China is the world’s largest automotive market, and the adoption of EVs and autonomous driving technologies is growing rapidly. As a result, the bandwidth and reliability required for connections between automotive sensors and displays are increasing year by year. MIPI A-PHY is the first standard designed to address these needs, and seven silicon vendors have already completed interoperability testing, and an industry-wide ecosystem is in the works.
Valens was a key member of the MIPI A-PHY formulation and was the first compliant product to be mass-produced, the VA7000 series. When entering the Chinese market, we will establish a rapid supply system that meets the needs of local customers by joining hands with ESWIN, which has local manufacturing and market responsiveness. This makes sense for a policy that emphasizes production in China and a cost-effective automaker as well.
🟦 Summary
Valens Semiconductor has partnered with ESWIN Computing in China to accelerate the development of high-speed communications infrastructure for automobiles by fully deploying MIPI A-PHY compliant chipsets to the Chinese market. This collaboration, which leverages the technologies and local capabilities of both companies, is a move that will greatly support the spread of the A-PHY standard.
In the field of high-speed automotive communications, proprietary standards such as GSML and FPD-Link have traditionally been dominant, but in the Chinese market, options such as MIPI A-PHY, an open and standardized standard, are becoming more welcome due to concerns about international trade tensions and technology restrictions. The partnership between Valens and ESWIN is a good response to the needs of this market.
