CES Intelligent Driving Competition Starts Chip Factory Comes to center stage

Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily (Editor Zheng Yuanfang), today, the 2022 International Consumer Electronics Exhibition (CES 2022) kicked off, and the cutting-edge technology of the automotive industry is still hot. With the addition of large factories in the industrial chain, the future technology trend of automobile electrification and intelligence has also attracted more and more attention.

On the whole, it is not the car companies that are more popular, but the major chip giants that have entered the "cross-border" market. Whether it is Volkswagen, Ford, Toyota and other established car companies, or Weilai, Extreme Kr and other car-making rookies, they all choose to "hug" chip factories that master the core technology.

Specifically, in terms of intelligent driving:

Intel's autonomous driving division Mobileye announced the launch of a number of intelligent driving chips, but also revealed the cooperation process with a number of car companies. In terms of chips, it has released three products:

The EyeQ Ultra system integration chip can meet the needs and application scenarios of L4 autonomous driving, while also effectively reducing costs and energy consumption; samples are expected to be available at the end of 2023 and mass production will be achieved in 2025.

The other two EyeQ series chips (EyeQ 6L and EyeQ 6H) are primarily used in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). The former began providing samples last year and is expected to be mass-produced in mid-2023; the latter is the most advanced ADAS system integration chip in the series, which is expected to start providing samples this year and achieve mass production by the end of 2024.

At the same time, the company also revealed the latest cooperation trends with Geely, Ford, Volkswagen and other car companies. thereinto

Mobileye will cooperate with Geely's smart electric brand, Extreme Kr, to launch the world's first L4-level consumer-grade intelligent driving electric vehicle in 2024, equipped with 6 Mobileye's EyeQ 5 chips and using Mobileye map data;

Ford and Volkswagen will also begin using Mobileye (some) map data products.

NVIDIA revealed today that it has reached agreements with a number of Chinese electric vehicle industry chain manufacturers.

Automakers, Jixing, Xiaopeng, Nio, Zhiji, Ideal, R Auto and other manufacturers will all be equipped with NVIDIA's DRIVE platform; among automotive suppliers, Desay Group will also use this platform.

Mobile phone chip giant Qualcomm demonstrated its own intelligent driving "family barrel" at the meeting - Snapdragon digital chassis, which supports high customization and consists of an open and expandable platform, including Snapdragon driving platform, Snapdragon auto intelligent connection platform, Snapdragon driving vision system, Snapdragon cockpit platform, Snapdragon auto cloud service, etc. thereinto

Snapdragon driving platform can meet the needs of L2-L3 level automatic driving;

The Snapdragon Driving Vision System will begin mass production in 2024.

From the perspective of cooperative car companies, Qualcomm's "circle of friends" lineup is quite "luxurious", with a total of 37 manufacturers, including Chinese car companies such as Weilai, BYD, and Great Wall Motors.

NXP has launched two new automotive radar processors (S32R41 and S32R45) for smart driving at L2+ to L5 levels, which have been adopted by 20 OEM leaders around the world.

Among them, the flagship new S32R45 is the industry's first 16nm imaging radar processor, which has been put into mass production.

Sony announced the establishment of "Sony Mobility" at the meeting, focusing on mobility and exploring the commercialization process of electric vehicles. At the same time, it also released the company's first SUV concept car, equipped with 40 sensors, including ultrasonic radar, lidar, and cameras.

Compared with the crowds of smart drivers driving the runway, the movement of electric vehicles is less dense.

Mercedes-Benz unveiled the all-electric concept model "Vision EQXX" with a range of more than 1,000 kilometers, and it is expected that commercially available vehicles based on this will be available in 2025.

Stellantis, the world's fourth-largest car company, showcases its Chrysler Airflow concept car, Citroën Ami electric car and other new products.

GM unveiled a new Chevrolet Silverado electric car with a range of up to 644 kilometers.

Among the battery manufacturers, Panasonic announced that it will purchase battery copper foil from Redwood Materials for the production of batteries made from recycled materials for the production of batteries at the Nevada Gigafactory, and eventually supply them to Tesla. It is worth mentioning that JB Straubel, the founder of Redwood, is also one of the co-founders of Tesla.