Samsung to produce self-driving chips for Tesla

Recently, according to foreign media reports, Samsung Electronics will supply semiconductors to the US electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors, which will also prepare to cooperate with Samsung to jointly develop and produce self-driving function chips for Tesla cars. Samsung will also be responsible for the foundry manufacturing of chips.

According to previous reports, Tesla once cooperated with Mobileye, an Israeli computer vision recognition company, and obtained some semiconductor design technology. However, in the middle of this year, the first Tesla autopilot system caused the death of a driver in the United States. After the incident, Tesla believed that the system provided by Mobileye was not up to standard, and the two sides had a dispute, and then the two companies parted ways. Therefore, because this matter is very serious, it hopes to obtain chip design help from Samsung Electronics' technology.

According to sources, this cooperation is a good thing for Samsung. In the past, Samsung did not have much experience in the field of automotive electronics. Designing chips for Tesla will help train Samsung's talents and improve its technical accumulation. The cooperation between Samsung Electronics Semiconductor Division and Tesla will be a long-term one. It will take about three years to design chips, develop prototypes, and mass produce them.

Finally, last month, Samsung Electronics announced a shocking M&A deal: it spent $8 billion to acquire Harman, an American auto parts manufacturer. It seems to prove that this acquisition will provide Samsung Electronics with good technical assistance in the fields of automotive technology, automotive parts, and automotive chips, and will help it launch self-driving chips as soon as possible, becoming the world's strongest chip manufacturer.

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