April 20, 2026 -
Bosch said it delivered over 10 million cockpit computers to global OEMs using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon system-on-chips.
By Eric Walz, WardsAuto
For decades, vehicles were built with dozens of individual modules often from different suppliers and running embedded software for systems such as infotainment, instrument clusters and safety. Bosch, for example, has been a Tier 1 supplier of specialized computing units, processors, ABS hardware and semiconductors to global OEMs for years.
However, as vehicles become more advanced, this approach adds a high level of complexity and costs to vehicle design. As the auto industry shifts toward electrification and software-defined vehicles, automakers are now working on zonal architectures supported by a smaller number of more powerful, centralized processors.