Samsung said on Tuesday that it will use its 5 nanometer (nm) node to produce the latest SoC from US AI chip company Amarella that powers self-driving cars.
Ambarella’s CV3-AD685 is powered by the company’s latest AI engine called Cvflow and is aimed at vehicles’ advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS).
The South Korean tech giant says the chip can read input provided by cameras and radar to identify driving situations.
Samsung says it will apply automotive IPs, the latest processes and packaging technology on the 5nm node to create a chip with high performance and low power consumption.
The Korean tech giant says the CV3-AD685’s performance has increased more than 20 times. Samsung has credited its 5nm node adoption for achieving this leap in performance. The company says it also plans to start delivering the 4nm node for automotive applications.
Samsung said it plans to have non-mobile products account for more than 50% of revenue generated from its foundry or contract chip manufacturing business by 2027.
Company develop 5nm technology for the first time in 2019 and start mass production next year.
Currently, the majority of Samsung Foundry’s revenue comes from contract manufacturing of mobile application processors for smartphones designed by Samsung and Qualcomm.
Samsung Foundry has recorded high growth during the pandemic due to chip shortages, culminating in the business unit reaching its highest annual revenue to date in 2022. However, this will likely not be. occurred in 2023 as a global recession caused demand for chips to drop.
