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Waymo development of custom autonomous driving chips

Overview

Waymo, an Alphabet subsidiary, has developed a custom 5-nanometer application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) manufactured by TSMC to power its next-generation autonomous vehicle platform, Project Ojai.

The custom silicon is designed for real-time sensor fusion, processing data from 13 cameras, four lidars, and six radars. The hardware delivers over 1,000 trillion operations per second (TOPS) of machine learning performance, enabling decision-making in less than 10 milliseconds. To ensure safety, the system utilizes a redundant, liquid-cooled architecture where two ASICs operate in parallel.

This move toward vertical integration aims to reduce latency and lower manufacturing and maintenance costs. While the custom chip handles latency-critical sensor processing, Waymo will continue to use third-party components from partners including Nvidia, AMD, Samsung, and Micron for other computing needs.

Entities

Waymo · AMD · Alphabet · Marvell · Nvidia

Timeline

  1. 19 days ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 4 sources
    Waymo develops custom 5nm chips for autonomous robotaxis

    Waymo has developed a custom 5nm ASIC chip to power its sixth-generation robotaxis, aiming to boost processing power to 1,000 TOPS and significantly reduce hardware costs through vertical integration.

  2. 22 days ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 15 sources
    Waymo unveils custom 5nm AI chip for robotaxi sensor fusion

    Waymo has introduced a custom 5nm ASIC manufactured by TSMC, delivering over 1,000 TOPS to optimize real-time sensor fusion and reduce latency for its next-generation robotaxi fleet.

Sources

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