SAIC Motor, SemiDrive put in joint efforts for intelligent connected vehicle advancement

Beijing (Gasgoo)- China’s automotive processor supplier SemiDrive shared its business layout and its cooperation with SAIC Motor at a summit held by the latter through Oct.19-20. 

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According to SemiDrive, its in-depth cooperation with SAIC Motor kicked off since 2021. The duo officially launched their first collaborative vehicle model equipped with SemiDrive’s chips this year, and plans to further their partnership to bring out more vehicle models powered by SemiDrive’s high-performance automotive chips. 

As a supplier for high-performance and highly reliable auto-grade chips for intelligent mobility development, SemiDrive’s chip products and solutions cover four major business segments, namely smart cockpit, intelligent driving, central gateway, and high-performance MCU, targeting essential application scenarios of future intelligent vehicles.

The company’s smart cockpit chip X9 supports "one chip for ten screens", and is available for multiple in-cabin components such as dashboard, center control, electronic rearview mirror, entertainment, DMS, 360-degree surround view +APA, voice system, etc. Up to now, the X9 has successfully won over dozens of procurement orders for major vehicle models, and realized mass production via multiple models from SAIC Motor, Chery Auto, and others.

Currently, SemiDrive has served more than 260 customers, which accounted for 90% of carmakers in China, including Great Wall Motor, Changan Auto, FAW Group, SAIC Motor, Dongfeng Motor, BMW, and Volkswagen.