Chinese carmakers are rushing to cut their dependence on foreign chips in an echo of how their dominance of battery technology gave them an upper hand in making electric vehicles. Underlining the Chinese ambitions, BYD, the Shenzhen-based world’s biggest EV producer, in May unveiled the Xuanji A3, the first autonomous-driving chip designed by its 7,000-strong semiconductor research team.
“BYD is now capable of supplying all the key chips required for intelligent vehicles,” said BYD founder Wang Chuanfu at an event where he plucked the AI chip from his breast pocket and held it aloft. “Whatever computing power we need in the future, we will be able to provide it ourselves.” Chinese companies rely on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, South Korea’s Samsung and Germany’s Infineon to fabricate almost all the high-end AI chips they use, analysts say.

Full report : BYD, Nio, and other Chinese carmakers are rushing to design and increase the use of locally developed chips with AI functions in a bid for chip self-sufficiency.