Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

CTOnews.com July 24, according to South Korean media BusinessKorea reported that Samsung, Nvidia, Qualcomm and TSMC are competing fiercely for the dominant position in the self-driving semiconductor market. Recently, car companies such as Hyundai and Tesla have also joined the competition to develop their own self-driving chips.

According to a recent report released by ▲ source Pexels McKinsey, the global self-driving semiconductor market is expected to grow from $11 billion in 2019 to $29 billion in 2030 (CTOnews.com Note: currently about 208.51 billion yuan). In addition, the application of autopilot technology is expanding from cars to ships, airplanes and robots.

Intel bought Israeli start-up Mobileye in 2017, which is often considered a leading developer of self-driving chips. Mobileye is a pioneer in advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS), developing a camera-based autopilot chip EyeQ and supplying it to automotive semiconductor companies and first-tier auto parts manufacturers. The company plans to launch LiDAR-based autopilot chips in 2025.

Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon Ride Flex chip on CES 2023 in January, which integrates ADAS, infotainment systems and autopilot functions. Last year, Qualcomm also bought Veoneer, a Swedish self-driving company, for $4.5 billion (currently about 32.355 billion yuan). In January, Qualcomm announced that it would supply self-driving chips and co-develop software to Hyundai Mobis.

Nvidia entered the field through an "autopilot platform" made up of autopilot chips and software. European carmakers that lag behind in self-driving technology and data are particularly keen to adopt Nvidia's self-driving platform. The company is offering Nvidia Drive self-driving platforms to companies such as Mercedes-Benz and Volvo and plans to supply Lucid, the US electric car company, next year and Jaguar Land Rover from 2025.

The workload of contract manufacturers is increasing as competition for the development of self-driving chips intensifies. Samsung Electronics plans to provide dedicated 4nm process services for autopilot chips following the existing 14nm, 8nm and 5nm processes. Tesla and Ambarella are considered potential customers of 4nm processes. TSMC is seriously considering setting up a contract factory in Dresden, Germany, directly targeting carmakers there, the end customers of self-driving chips.

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