Tesla Motors, a market leader in electric vehicles, will partner with Samsung to develop the next generation of full self-driving chipsets.
This is according to a recent report that first appeared in Asia-E (in Korean).
Tesla Motors is the largest player when it comes to self-driving technologies and has pioneered the tech in its state-of-the-art vehicles. Samsung on the other hand is the de facto market leader when it comes to the manufacturing of high-tech semiconductors, through it’s arm, the Samsung Electronics Foundry Division.
It, therefore, comes as no surprise that the Seoul-based tech giant is partnering with Tesla Motors in a move that will propel the next age of autonomous vehicles. Other large tech companies that have worked with Samsung include Qualcomm and Apple.
A chipset is often the most powerful component of a tech gadget since it’s the brain that directs the other components. The importance of chipsets is, however, more prominent in self-driving vehicles.
This is in the context that whereas a smartphone chipset malfunction could lead to a minor inconvenience, a self-driving chipset malfunction could lead to injuries, or worse, multiple fatalities.
Mass productions for the chipsets are planned for the last quarter of 2021 and therefore, the chipset could start appearing in mass production cars in late 2022.
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