The camera and display system is designed to address a growing visibility problem on vehicles that need widened front pillars to meet mandatory safety test standards.

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Infineon Technologies, NXP Semiconductors and Microchip Technology are among those building hardware security into chips as car manufacturers move to remotely upgrade the hundreds of millions of lines of code inside vehicles, similar to how smartphones are updated. They are also adding security to microcontrollers and other chips used to send messages around the car using Ethernet, CAN and other technologies.

Remotely updating the software that controls everything from the windshield wipers to the infotainment system and door locks to the

autonomous driving functions could cut down on recalls related to malfunctioning code. But giving cars the ability to communicate with

each other and the cloud—and giving electronic control units (ECUs) the ability to share the same information—also raises the possibility of car-hacking.