SemiDrive Expands Globally with European Automotive Chip Deal

• SemiDrive to supply its X9 cockpit SoC to a European automaker by late next year.
• The deal marks SemiDrive's first mass-production partnership outside China.
• Over 8 million SemiDrive chips have been deployed in over 100 vehicle models since 2021.

Chinese automotive chipmaker SemiDrive has said that it will provide its cockpit system-on-a-chip (SoC) to an unspecified European automaker in the second half of next year.

The chips will be fitted in different models in the form of sedans and SUVs that will be sold in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The cars are projected to have SemiDrive X9 SoC, with CPUs, GPUs, AI accelerators, and video processors on advanced cockpit jobs.

This joint project means that this will be the first cooperation with an external original equipment manufacturer (OEM) in mass-produced vehicles not located in China according to general manager Eugene Wang. With headquarters in Nanjing, SemiDrive was founded in 2018 and focuses on smart cockpit and (MCUs) automotive grade chips.

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It has been providing chips to over 100 vehicle models (with more than 8 million chips) since 2021, mainly to Chinese car manufacturers. Less than 10 percent of such chips have been applied in export targeting vehicles and the European deal is a milestone in the global strategy of SemiDrive. The investors to the company are SAIC Motor, Sequoia Capital, Walden International and, matrix partners.