Samsung and Tesla were working on a 5nm chip for autonomous driving, according to a report.
Samsung and Tesla had joined hands as they’re currently working on a 5nm chip for autonomous driving, according to a report.
In a report on Korea-based Asia Economy Daily, Samsung and Tesla were currently working together in order to manufacture and use 5nm chips for autonomous driving.
Electronics — including chipsets — had been experiencing a global shortage because of the coronavirus pandemic and United States restrictions to Huawei.
Aside from the coronavirus pandemic, the increase in expansion and adoption of electric vehicles had also increased the demand for the chipsets for autonomous driving.
Gizguide reported that Samsung sought these as opportunities to grow in the chipset market.
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Asia Economy Daily also reported that the 5nm chipset was currently in the “research and development stage” at the Samsung Foundry division and will be mounted on Tesla’s autonomous vehicles soon.
In addition, the said partnership wasn’t new as Samsung and Tesla had worked on self-driving chips with the 14nm chips.
The difference between the auto-pilot and autonomous driving was that Auto-pilot systems required the driver to continue thinking about the road while driving, while autonomous systems were designed to do the thinking for the driver.
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In a report on Gizguide, Samsung had also recently reorganized its organizational structure while relocating its manpower to the “Advanced Driving Assistance System” that was focused on autonomous driving technology.
Samsung could grow to be a bigger threat to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) if new developments worked out.
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