October 29, 2012, Seoul - Mobileye, the global leader in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), and STMicroelectronics, a leading global semiconductor company and world-class automotive electronics component provider, announced that their jointly developed vision-processor SoC utilizing Mobileye's EyeQ™ technology has been deployed in over 1 million vehicles worldwide. With increasing adoption by major automakers such as BMW, GM, Volvo, and Ford, both companies' market positions in automotive safety are expected to expand continuously.

Ziv Aviram, CEO of Mobileye, stated, "This millionth device deployment represents a significant milestone in Mobileye's development and growth, and clearly demonstrates the strength of our partnership with ST. More importantly, it reflects the growing tendency of global automakers, regulators, and consumers to prioritize driver safety as a top priority, and we should all take pride in this."

Mobileye and ST have been collaborating on driver safety technology development since 2005. Leveraging Mobileye's advanced collision avoidance technology and ST's automotive-grade manufacturing technology and expertise, they implemented the second-generation vision processor, which enables real-time interpretation of situations and immediate assessment delivery to drivers and vehicles. The third-generation EyeQ3™ is currently under development and is expected to be introduced by automakers as early as 2014.

Paul Grimme, Senior Vice President and Head of Sales and Marketing for ST's EMEA Business Unit, stated, "The milestone of surpassing 1 million chips is just one example of the strong partnership between our company and Mobileye. We take great pride in continuing this important collaboration with Mobileye, and we look forward to creating new areas of driver assistance applications together and providing enhanced automotive safety."

The EyeQ vision processor, combining ST's industry-recognized automotive IC design and manufacturing capabilities with Mobileye's world-class collision avoidance system based on advanced artificial vision technology, continuously monitors driving conditions ahead of the vehicle and alerts drivers when potential collisions with other vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists, or motorcycles may occur, or when the vehicle is unintentionally drifting out of its lane. It can detect speed limit signs, and intelligent high beam control functionality can be added for nighttime driving with high and low beam control. The EyeQ vision processor has provided lane departure warning since 2007, intelligent high beam control since 2008, radar fusion pedestrian detection since 2010, and camera-only forward collision warning since 2011. Next-generation devices will offer camera-only automatic electronic brake systems as well as various functions implemented through autonomous driving technology.