Partnerships between technology companies continue to increase, resulting in better products and less time and money wasted. The last of these partnerships is between ZTE and autonomous driving computing processor developer Black Sesame Technologies. The two companies will work together on ZTE’s first autonomous driving chip and shape the future together.

Black Sesame Technologies partners with ZTE for self-driving cars

Self-driving and other modern features continue to spread in the auto industry. This situation attracts the attention of big tech companies. Companies like Apple and Huawei are entering the auto industry, challenging decades-old manufacturers, one of these brands is ZTE. While the company has been investing in self-driving technologies for a while, it will speed up the process thanks to its collaboration with Black Sesame Technologies.

Black Sesame Technologies and ZTE partnership announcement
Black Sesame Technologies and ZTE partnership announcement

According to the agreement between Black Sesame Technologies and ZTE, the two companies will use their accumulated knowledge in autonomous self-driving computing chips and vehicle operating systems to develop ecosystems. This will result in local chips and software that meet market demands. Currently, Black Sesame Technologies has a comprehensive product portfolio that supports automakers in every step of production.

Including proprietary automated image processing ISP, auto-grade deep neural network accelerator NPU, Huashan series high-performance autonomous driving computing chip, Shanhai artificial intelligence development platform, Hanhai autonomous driving middleware, auto-grade integrated detection algorithm, BEST Data closed-loop solution and BEST Drive autonomous driving solution.

These technologies have been very useful for the company as well. Earlier in August, Black Sesame Technologies closed its C+ funding round, raising over $500 million in the combined C and C+ rounds. Based on this, it is possible to say that ZTE has chosen a strategically successful partner. It is a question of interest when this partnership will bear its first fruit.

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