Hyundai Mobis Expands Semiconductor Forum as Partners Nearly Double to 53
Hyundai Mobis has turned its Auto Semicon Korea forum into a full-cycle collaboration drive, with 53 companies and institutions now working to take Korean-made automotive chips from design to mass production.
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- 20 million units
What Happened
Hyundai Mobis held its second automotive semiconductor forum, Auto Semicon Korea (ASK), at DoubleTree by Hilton Seoul Pangyo in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, on October 21. More than 90 people attended, including Hyundai Mobis President Lee Gyu-suk, CEO-level leaders and other executives from major companies, and representatives from government, academia and industry associations. The event opened with a welcome address by Lee and a congratulatory speech from Minister of Trade, Industry Kim Jung-kwan, followed by an update on ASK's achievements over the past year and the launch ceremony of a task force on automotive semiconductor localization led by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources, Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Mobis and LG Electronics. Participants then discussed competitiveness in localizing system semiconductors, next-generation power semiconductor development, government policy and automaker roadmaps.
Hyundai Mobis acquires Hyundai Autron's semiconductor business and expands its R&D portfolio around two pillars: power semiconductors and system semiconductors.
Hyundai Mobis launches the Auto Semicon Korea (ASK) forum as a collaboration platform for Korea's automotive semiconductor industry, drawing 27 participating companies and institutions.
Second ASK forum is held in Seongnam with 53 participating companies and institutions, and a government-industry task force on automotive semiconductor localization is launched.
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- IP (design intellectual property), testing and evaluation, functional safety
Since launching ASK last year, Hyundai Mobis has worked with Korean companies to identify 19 collaboration projects in system semiconductors, and development is now underway on 13 chips from that list. For nine of those 13, the company has selected the vehicle models the chips are intended for, and in power semiconductors it has begun joint reviews to raise development capabilities, quality and mass-production competitiveness. Hyundai Mobis wants ASK to turn demand into projects, projects into development and development into mass production, with a follow-up consultative body assigning owners and schedules to the projects presented and managing their progress. It also plans to share automaker demand and technology roadmaps from the earliest stages so Korean chipmakers can align technology development and investment with real vehicle applications. In a pre-event media briefing, Lee said last year's forum focused on extending Korean companies' home appliance, mobile and industrial semiconductor technologies to automotive applications, while this year moves to a more advanced stage by confirming the potential for actual product development, vehicle application and commercialization.
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16 types of in-house-developed system semiconductors made through external foundries, covering power supply, actuation, communication, sensors and data processing.
“As a company that uses automotive semiconductors, Hyundai Mobis will actively share the wide range of know-how it has accumulated. We will connect each company's strengths and build a full-cycle collaboration structure in which we share responsibility from development through verification to mass production, so that no individual company has to bear the high barriers to entry in automotive semiconductors on its own.”
“We will proactively establish requirements and technology roadmaps for key future semiconductors from a system and controller perspective. By working closely with automakers at an early stage to define functions, quality standards, deployment timelines, and target vehicle models, we aim to strengthen a demand-driven development framework that carries semiconductor technologies through validation and mass production to real business results.”
Previously from Hyundai Mobis
Hyundai Mobis has been building out the electrification hardware that these chips feed into: in September 2026 it began mass-producing PE systems, the integrated electric powertrains it calls the heart of the EV, at a new plant in Novaky, Slovakia, its first such facility in Europe. Earlier, in May 2026, it unveiled a 160-kW PE system for general-purpose EVs, completing a lineup ranging from 120 kW to 250 kW.
- Hyundai Mobis Opens First European Plant for Power Electric Systems in Slovakia
- Hyundai Mobis Unveils 160-kW Power Electric System for All EV Models
Background drawn from MotorClaw's earlier coverage of Hyundai Mobis's official releases.
Why this matters
The push is aimed at strengthening Korea's automotive semiconductor supply chain and bringing more Korean-made chips into actual vehicle development. It involves automakers, parts suppliers, fabless companies, foundries and design houses on the platform, plus government bodies backing the localization effort.
Terms in This Story
- Fabless
- A chip company that designs semiconductors but outsources their manufacture to a foundry.
- Foundry
- A factory that manufactures chips designed by other companies.
- Design house
- A company that specializes in designing chips or chip blocks for others.
- Tier 1 supplier
- A supplier that sells complete systems or modules directly to automakers.
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