Chinese autonomous-driving chipmaker Horizon Robotics has launched its first 5-nanometer automotive-grade processor that integrates smart-cabin and self-driving capabilities into a single chip, reports Caixin. The new product aims to help carmakers cut costs amid an intensifying price war.
The release of the Starry chip and a companion in-car AI agent positions the company to compete directly with global heavyweights such as Nvidia and Qualcomm in the race to power the next generation of highly automated vehicles.
Unveiled Wednesday by founder and chief executive officer Yu Kai, the Starry 6P is a 5-nanometer, automotive-grade processor—described by the company as the first China-made chip of its kind—that integrates smart-cabin and self-driving functions on a single chip and controller. It delivers 650 tera operations per second (TOPS) of computing power and 273 gigabytes per second of bandwidth.