During its AI Day event in Guangzhou, China, XPeng introduced a new AI Turing chip that would power its future autonomous driving system. The announcement aligns with its advanced EREV system.
The AI Turing chip isn’t limited to autos. It is intended to be beneficial in a range of applications, including robotics and flying cars. Yes, they did express that.
In any case, the chip’s 40-core processor has been tuned to enable LLMs. XPeng believes it will have the computing power to address the growing demand for autonomous driving. When integrated into a car, the chip will be entirely responsible for the autonomous driving system, with the general-purpose chips handling the remainder of the automobile’s functions. This manner, all systems will have enough computational power to go around.
The AI Turing chip will be connected to the Canghai neural network. The architecture is specifically built to support a L4 autonomous driving system. The Canghai Platform increases transmission bandwidth by 33x and speeds up image processing by 12x.
Ultra series automobiles will use many Turing CPUs and the Canghai Platform, enough to power a fleet of robotaxis. They will have up to 3,000 TOPS of computational power and L4 autonomous driving capabilities.
XPeng has been acknowledged as one of China’s premier businesses working on autonomous driving, but its most recent announcement is nothing short of audacious. We are excited to watch how this plays out.
