Cruise, under General Motors, will develop its own self-driving car chip.
2022-09-16
Cruise, under General Motors, will develop its own self-driving car chip.
Recently, overseas media reported that Cruise, General Motors' autonomous driving division, has begun independently developing chips tailored for self-driving vehicles—and has already created four models in a single development effort. Cruise is reportedly set to partner with a leading Asian chip manufacturer for mass production, with plans to integrate these cutting-edge chips into vehicles by 2025.
Company executives stated that their goal is to reduce vehicle costs and scale up production. Currently, Cruise is following Tesla’s path by gradually phasing out NVIDIA chips and shifting toward in-house production of custom-designed chips to power its vehicles. Carl Jenkins, Cruise’s head of hardware, remarked: "Since we produce only a limited number of models, we don’t have the leverage to negotiate with chip suppliers. That’s why we must take our future into our own hands."
This week, Cruise unveiled details for the first time about its custom chips, which will power the company’s driverless Origin vehicles—vehicles designed without human-operated controls like pedals or a steering wheel. Carl Jenkins noted that developing these in-house chips requires significant investment, but scaling up vehicle production will help recoup those costs. He declined to disclose the company’s exact investment amount for the project.
According to reports, Cruise has developed four types of chips: a central computing chip, a sensor data-processing chip, a radar chip, and one additional undisclosed chip. From the chips already developed so far, the sensor chip and the computing chip are expected to reduce power consumption, thereby helping to extend vehicle range. Editor's summary: For automakers, autonomous-driving chips are essentially their secret weapon—and the quality of these chips directly determines the upper limit of a vehicle's autonomous capabilities. However, as the computational power of autonomous-driving chips continues to rise, their costs are also steadily increasing.
Translated from Sina Auto
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Cruise, under General Motors, will develop its own self-driving car chip.
2022-09-16
Cruise, under General Motors, will develop its own self-driving car chip.
Recently, overseas media reported that Cruise, General Motors' autonomous driving division, has begun independently developing chips tailored for self-driving vehicles—and has already created four models in a single development effort. Cruise is reportedly set to partner with a leading Asian chip manufacturer for mass production, with plans to integrate these cutting-edge chips into vehicles by 2025.
Company executives stated that their goal is to reduce vehicle costs and scale up production. Currently, Cruise is following Tesla’s path by gradually phasing out NVIDIA chips and shifting toward in-house production of custom-designed chips to power its vehicles. Carl Jenkins, Cruise’s head of hardware, remarked: "Since we produce only a limited number of models, we don’t have the leverage to negotiate with chip suppliers. That’s why we must take our future into our own hands."
This week, Cruise unveiled details for the first time about its custom chips, which will power the company’s driverless Origin vehicles—vehicles designed without human-operated controls like pedals or a steering wheel. Carl Jenkins noted that developing these in-house chips requires significant investment, but scaling up vehicle production will help recoup those costs. He declined to disclose the company’s exact investment amount for the project.
According to reports, Cruise has developed four types of chips: a central computing chip, a sensor data-processing chip, a radar chip, and one additional undisclosed chip. From the chips already developed so far, the sensor chip and the computing chip are expected to reduce power consumption, thereby helping to extend vehicle range. Editor's summary: For automakers, autonomous-driving chips are essentially their secret weapon—and the quality of these chips directly determines the upper limit of a vehicle's autonomous capabilities. However, as the computational power of autonomous-driving chips continues to rise, their costs are also steadily increasing.
Translated from Sina Auto
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