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Communicating cars, with other vehicles and RSU system modules. The SOM is Unex’s first
related infrastructure, sounds like a concept iteration of integrating the V2X system into a 5.1 x
pulled out of a sci-fi movie, however, with 5G 3.65cm-sized Mini-PCIe module. The design allows
communications technology catching up and clients to quickly integrate the V2X system into their
becoming more popularized, smart transportation own platforms, as well as develop add-on plugins.
and smart city capabilities seem closer to us than Unex has said there are already domestic and
ever. overseas clients using the system. For ease of use
and initial setup, Unex also designed default profi les
Taiwan’s government has also shown a into the system, which includes settings for specifi c
similar initiative, seeing how one of the island’s regions, such as Europe’s C-Roads specifi cations.
most competitive industries is electronics: On the other hand, Unex has also developed and
the Transportation Ministry had passed a released a software development kit for its platform,
smart transportation system development and called V2Xcast SDK, which helps clients speed up
infrastructure initiative in 2020, signaling increased their own internal development of applications and
budget from 2021 to 2024 in related infrastructure software integration.
projects. Projects included a field test area in
New Taipei City’s Danhai New, which will focus on Unex has called its design, the world’s first
strengthening and developing the domestic 5G and Global V2X, as the most versatile V2X structure, as
Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) industry clusters. In it supports C-V2X, and ITS-G5 technology, which
other countries, recent years have seen increased is more commonly found and used in Europe.
investment and collaboration between different Through many iterations over the years, Unex was
industries in terms of V2X-related technologies: able to develop software that ticks off boxes for
for example, globally-known auto brands and many new industry standards and specifications.
telecommunication providers, or fi eld test areas for V2Xcast technology was designed with both
technology certifi cation, such as Mcity in the U.S. service-oriented and technology focuses in mind by
adhering to market demand, and new generation
At the Taipei AMPA show, V2X were the must- auto electronics/electronic structures, and C-ITS
see technologies showcased at the pavilions, as smart traffi c technologies.
it has emerged to become a better-known trend
outside the industry. An example is the mobility While V2X is still in its infancy, integrating
Taiwan Automotive Research Consortium (mTARC), software across different platforms and hardware
an entity under the Economic Ministry Department is still a huge challenge for the industry. Unex’s
of Industrial Technology, which showcased EV offering makes it easier for clients to implement
and self-driving vehicle technologies developed by into their existing products and maintain R&D
domestic companies and research institutions. That momentum, as it combines all the hardware and
included a V2X offering from Hsinchu-based Unex software required for V2X, as well as its V2Xcast
Technology Corporation’s V2X System-on-Module, services.
OBU, and RSU.

V2X is the primary application that facilitates
communication collaboration between vehicles,
vehicles to road-side traffic signals, and vehicles
to pedestrians. One of the main features is low
latency, making communication between vehicles
safer and more comprehensive without blind spots.
Years of testing and verification of the technology
have proved to lower driving incidents. While V2X
technology is still in its emerging status, it’s sure to
become a key technology for self-driving vehicles in
the future.

Unex’s new product is the second-generation
V2X system-on-module (SOM), including OBU, Photo courtesy of CENS