China's EV Tech War Heats Up with Custom Smart-Driving Chips
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- Chinese carmakers are increasingly designing their own smart-driving chips, turning custom silicon into a key weapon in the EV tech war.
- Li Auto's new Mach M100 AI chip, tailored for autonomous driving, highlights this trend.
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A new front has opened in China’s electric-vehicle tech war as carmakers design their own smart-driving chips, turning custom silicon into the industry’s weapon of choice in the world’s largest auto market.
The latest salvo came on Monday after Li Auto unveiled the Mach M100, a 5-nanometre artificial-intelligence chip tailored for autonomous driving.
The announcement followed a string of breakthroughs by its rivals.
Higher TOPS allow a vehicle’s computers to make split-second driving decisions by simultaneously crunching feeds from various sources such as radar and lidar sensors.






