Term · Automotive
E/E architecture (Electrical/Electronic architecture)
The overall plan describing how a vehicle's controllers, sensors, actuators, networks, power distribution and software functions are partitioned and interconnected.
It sets how many computers a car has, what each one owns, and how they talk.
- Also known as
- EE architecture, Vehicle electrical architecture
- Type
- Term
- Domain
- Automotive, E/E architecture
Notes
The single most consequential platform decision an OEM makes; it locks semiconductor content and supplier choices for roughly a decade.
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