Accelerated front-loading mass production of on-board computing platform Horizon and United Electronics reached a strategic cooperation

On February 14, Horizon and Automotive Electronics Technology Company United Electronics held a strategic cooperation signing ceremony in Shanghai. The two sides will rely on their respective industrial resources and technical advantages in the field of automotive electronics and artificial intelligence, and cooperate on the research and development of cross-domain converged in-vehicle computing platforms that can be mass-produced, fully realize complementary advantages, create a sustainable strategic partnership, and accelerate the realization of software-defined vehicles.

Xiong Weiming, General Manager of United Electronics, Guo Xiaolu, Deputy General Manager, Yu Kai, Founder and CEO of Horizon, Chen Liming, President of Horizon, and heads of relevant business departments of both sides attended the signing ceremony, and Wang Qinghua, General Manager of United Electronics Cross-Domain Control Business Department, and Xu Jian, Chief Ecological Officer of Horizon, signed on behalf of both parties.

According to the cooperation agreement, the two parties will cooperate in depth in the fields of AI chips, basic software architecture and SOA service based on the Horizon Journey series of chips, software algorithms and toolchains, and actively respond to the needs of customer customization, and jointly create high-performance, high-reliability and continuous iteration of the cross-domain convergence industry trend to create a high-performance, high-reliability and continuous iteration of the on-board computing platform and solution. At present, the on-board computing platform solution based on the Horizon Journey 3 chip of the two sides has been mass-produced by the domestic head car company.

At present, smart cars are setting off an electronic and electrical architecture revolution, from a distributed computing architecture to a centralized, cross-domain converged computing architecture. The United Electronics Cross-Domain Control Business focuses on providing cross-domain converged in-vehicle computing platform hardware solutions for car companies. Horizon focuses on the innovation, upgrading and application of artificial intelligence computing platform, and actively explores the intelligent path of the whole vehicle.

Xiong Weiming, general manager of United Electronics, said: The automotive industry is experiencing major changes unprecedented in a century, and cross-domain integration and ecological cooperation have become the key to the rapid development of the industry. On the basis of consolidating the traditional business, United Electronics strategically invests in the business field of 'two modernizations and two new' (electrification, intelligent networking, new architecture, new software), and builds an ecosystem with industry partners with an open attitude. This time, we are very pleased to reach a strategic cooperation with Horizon, the leader of intelligent computing chips, in the field of AI chip application and SOA ecological cooperation, and the two sides will integrate superior resources to achieve a win-win situation.

Yu Kai, founder and CEO of Horizon, said: The cross-domain integration of automotive electronic and electrical architecture will enable the quality of automobile intelligence to achieve qualitative improvement, which is a necessary condition for intelligent driving to land. As a leading supplier of automotive electronic systems in China, United Electronics has achieved innovative development in the field of cross-domain integration of automotive electronic and electrical architectures, while Horizon has the world's leading intelligent driving AI chip and algorithm strength, providing key technical support for the landing of cross-domain integration. The two sides will jointly explore an open and win-win industrial cooperation model, fully collaborate in the field of cross-domain integration, and continue to lead the development of the intelligent driving industry.

With a soft-hard, flexible and open business cooperation model, Horizon works with a wide range of partners to drive new business value. This time, Horizon and United Electronics have reached a strategic cooperation, which will accelerate the large-scale front-loading mass production of cross-domain integrated in-vehicle computing platforms and create a better future of smart mobility.