ECARX, FAW Group to build smart cockpit based on SE1000 SoC from SiEngine

Beijing (Gasgoo)- On February 7, Geely-backed mobility technology provider ECARX announced with its affiliated automotive chip company, SiEngine, the strategic collaboration with FAW Group to build a smart cockpit platform based on SiEngine’s SE1000 SoC.

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According to the announcement, the collaborative smart cockpit is scheduled for mass production and expected to be deployed onto an FAW vehicle model by the end of 2023.

Built on ECARX's high-performance digital cockpit computing platform (code named E04), which is embedded with SiEngine’s SE1000 7nm SoC, FAW Group and ECARX will jointly develop a next-generation smart cockpit for future FAW vehicle models. 

The platform is the first computing platform to ride on the SE1000 chip and ECARX's self-developed hardware computing module, integrating globalized onboard operating system and software stack together. As a global oriented company, ECARX’s smart cockpit platform also supports Android Automotive and GAS-based Google services. The platform is planned to go into mass production by the end of 2023. 

On the other hand, the SE1000 SoC utilizes a 7nm AI processor combined with 8.8 billion transistors. It adopts an industry-leading multi-core heterogeneous architecture design and high-performance computing cluster, with 8-core CPU, 14-core GPU, and an independent NPU with 8 TOPS of AI computing power.