On July 18, Horizon Robotics announced a deepened strategic partnership with SAIC Motor and Tengsheng Technology. Based on Horizon’s powerful AI chip for automotive-grade, the two sides will jointly build a future-oriented intelligent driving computing platform, and promote the development and application of high-level intelligent driving products.
Around SAIC’s “Galaxy” intelligent automobile full-stack solution (including computing platform, electronic architecture, software platform, intelligent cloud platform, and cabin-driving fusion digital experience products), Horizon and SAIC will work together to build an intelligent driving computing platform with the Journey 5 chip, as well as a domestic computing platform for the fusion of cabin-driving with the next-generation high-power chip Journey 6. It is expected that mass-produced models of the two computing platforms will be available in 2023 and 2025, respectively. At the same time, both sides also plan to jointly research and develop future-oriented high-power chips and computing platforms.
As a subsidiary of SAIC, Tengsheng Technology is positioned as a platform-type technology company, focusing on the development of intelligent car technology platforms to provide customers with full-stack or platform solutions. The intelligent driving computing platform that will be mass-produced by SAIC and Horizon in 2023 will be based on the Journey 5 chip, fused with full-stack electronic architecture, high-real-time software computing platform, BEV algorithm, and full-scenario closed-loop data workshop, and is the core component of the SAIC “Galaxy” solution technology platform, covering high-speed, parking, and urban area scenarios to achieve data-driven end-to-end fusion of intelligent driving functional products.
In fact, Horizon and SAIC had already started their cooperation back in 2017. In 2019, SAIC participated in Horizon’s series B financing and became the largest institutional shareholder. In 2020, the two sides established the “SAIC and Horizon Robotics Joint AI Laboratory”, and Dr. Yu Kai also serves as the Chief Adviser to the General Manager of SAIC Passenger Vehicle Company. Currently, many SAIC branded vehicles such as SAIC Passenger Vehicle and SAIC MAXUS have adopted Horizon’s Journey series chips.
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