In recent years, due to problems such as supply chain and rising production costs, chip prices have soared and supply has fallen short of demand. Under such circumstances, many companies have begun to develop their own chips in order to maintain normal operation and reduce the restrictions brought by chips in subsequent development. Recently, Zhichepai learned that Cruise, a subsidiary of General Motors, will begin to independently develop self-driving chips.

General Motors' self-driving unit, Cruise, has begun developing its own chips for self-driving cars, which are expected to begin deployment in 2025. GM officials said that the reason why they started to develop chips for self-driving cars is to reduce vehicle costs and increase production scale.

According to GM, Cruise's self-developed chips can power Origin's self-driving vehicles without human driver controls such as pedals or steering wheels. The division has developed four in-house chips, including a computing chip called Horta that will act as the vehicle's main brain, while a chip called Dune will process data from sensors. In addition, it also has a chip for radar and a "hidden version" chip that has not yet released relevant information.

GM said that the chips developed by Cruise can not only effectively save vehicle production costs and increase production, but also reduce vehicle power consumption and improve vehicle cruising range. In addition, the head of General Motors said that the company is currently working with an Asian chip manufacturer to discuss matters related to the mass production of self-developed chips.