With self-driving vehicles becoming increasingly common on everyday roads, automobile manufacturers are looking to collaborate with leading chip manufacturers that can synchronize effectively with their ADAS, or advanced driver assistance systems. Samsung has recently announced that it will be utilizing its cutting-edge 5-nanometer (nm) node to manufacture Ambarella’s latest SoC for self-driving cars. The Ambarella CV3-AD685 SoC is equipped with the latest AI engine called Cvflow, which is designed specifically for ADAS in autonomous cars.
This new chip family is built for ADAS and features a high-performance, power-efficient, and scalable design, complementing a wide range of solutions for assisted driving while advancing vehicle automation. The integrated CV3-AD685 SoC fuses information from various sensors for robust L2+ to L4 autonomous driving, and can interpret data from cameras and radars to determine driving scenarios. For reference, L2 autonomous driving refers to partial automation, while Level 4 Automation refers to high-level automation, where a car can pull over using guided sensors even without human intervention.
Samsung Foundry, with its industry-leading process technology and advanced 3D-packaging solutions, is powering many of the latest mobile, HPC, and automotive solutions. Samsung will be applying its automotive IPs, latest processes, and packaging technologies on top of its 5nm node to make the chip high-performance and low-power, and the company credits the application of its 5nm node for the chip’s performance jump, which is almost equivalent to 20 times its original performance scale. Additionally, Samsung plans to start offering its 4nm node for automotive applications in the near future.
Samsung has set an ambitious goal to have non-mobile products account for over 50% of the revenue generated from its foundry business by 2027. Although the majority of the revenue of Samsung Foundry comes from contract-producing mobile application processors for smartphones designed by Samsung and Qualcomm, the company has been growing significantly during the pandemic from the chip shortage, culminating in its highest annual revenue to date in 2022.
While the global economic downturn has caused demand for chips to drop, Samsung remains committed to its innovative technology and is determined to stay at the forefront of the semiconductor industry. With the collaboration between Samsung and Ambarella, we can expect to see more advanced technology being utilized in autonomous vehicles in the near future.
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