ECU is a computer that controls one or many electrical systems in a vehicle. Modern ECUs employ both microprocessors and microcontrollers depending on the computational requirements. The operation of an ECU is similar to that of the basic input/output system (BIOS) of a computer. The ECU receives inputs from on-board the sensors and provides instructions to the electrical systems and sub-systems based on the received inputs. A modern vehicle may have as many as 80 ECUs to manage its electrical systems.

PART 01: Executive summary

PART 02: Scope of the report

Market overview

Report coverage

Top-vendor offerings

PART 03: Market research methodology

Research methodology

Economic indicators

PART 04: Introduction

Key market highlights

Value chain analysis

Product life cycle

PART 05: Market landscape

Market overview

Market size and forecast

Five forces analysis

PART 06: Market segmentation by application

Global automotive ECU market for safety systems

Global automotive ECU market for chassis electronics

Global automotive ECU market for powertrain

Global automotive ECU market for entertainment

Global automotive ECU market for communication and

navigation

PART 07: Market segmentation by geography

Automotive ECU market in EMEA

Automotive ECU market in Americas

Automotive ECU market in APAC

PART 08: Market drivers

Technological push

Regulatory mandates

Growing demand for driver assistance and other safety

systems

Increased focus of OEMs toward development of

autonomous vehicles

Introduction of infotainment systems in mid- and massproduced

segments

Increasing demand for fleet management solutions in

logistics sector

PART 09: Market challenges

Shorter product lifecycle

Increasing cost pressure on tier-1 suppliers

Data security issues

Connectivity issues in developing countries may hinder

growth of telematics control units

PART 10: Market trends

Electrification of vehicle components

Advent of autoplug services

OTA updates for ECUs

Rise of container technology in software development

Increasing use of agile application development

methodologies

Use of SoC and virtualization to centralize processing

power

Rising focus on intelligent transportation systems

PART 11: Vendor landscape

Competitive benchmarking

Other prominent vendors

PART 12: Key vendor analysis

Autoliv

Robert Bosch

Continental

Delphi Automotive

DENSO

PART 13: Appendix

List of abbreviations

PART 14: Explore Technavio