Molexannounced that it has been honored as a recipient of the 17th annual Chicago Innovation Awards. The awarded Molex Automotive Ethernet Platform was developed to support the rigorous autonomous vehicle design challenges faced by vehicle manufacturers.
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The award, which is a fourth win for Molex, was announced at an event held at Chicago’s Harris Theater on October 29, with nearly 1,500 business, civic leaders, and supporters of innovation in attendance. Celebrating its 17th year, the Chicago Innovation Awards is the region’s foremost recognition of innovative new products or services brought to market each year. “Chicago’s innovators continue to demonstrate the breadth of innovation found in the Chicago region, cutting across all industries, sectors and sizes,” said Tom Kuczmarski, co-founder, with Chicago journalist Dan Miller, of the awards. “The 2018 winners are pioneers in healthcare, construction, communications, food and nutrition, education, information technology, transportation, fashion, law, real estate, childcare, workforce development, museums and exhibits, nanotechnology and social services.”
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Per the awards program, "Top-tier automakers are facing new challenges as they build next-generation, intelligent vehicles. They require agile connectivity solutions with seamless end-to-end network integration across hardware, software and services. The Molex 10 Gbps high-speed Automotive Ethernet Platform fully integrates mission-critical applications such as highly reliable signal integrity, network traffic prioritization, system scalability and security – all essential to optimal autonomous vehicle performance."
