"Rivian Automotive Inc. has developed its own artificial intelligence chip, replacing Nvidia Corp. technology as part of a broader push to add and enhance automated-driving features in future vehicles. The automaker will equip its upcoming R2 sport utility vehicles with Rivian Autonomy Processor 1 chips and a new lidar sensor. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. will produce the chips that, combined with the new sensor and AI model developments, will bolster Rivian's efforts to eventually offer autonomous driving capability."
"This is not a bet one takes lightly, this is a huge commitment that's taken us years, Rivian Chief Executive Officer RJ Scaringe said in an interview. Usually, you can't lower cost and improve performance. But here, we improved performance dramatically and simultaneously lowered cost by hundreds of dollars per vehicle. Rivian shares were down 3.7% as of 12:35 p.m. in New York, paring an earlier decline of as much as 7%."
Rivian developed an in-house artificial intelligence chip, Rivian Autonomy Processor 1, and will pair it with a new lidar sensor for upcoming R2 SUVs. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. will manufacture the chips, which aim to support eventual autonomous-driving capability through improved AI models and sensing. Two RAP1 chips will power the Autonomy Compute Module 3, processing five billion pixels per second and delivering four times the performance of Rivian's current Nvidia-powered system. The move reduced hardware cost by hundreds of dollars per vehicle while increasing performance. Most automakers rely on specialist chipmakers, while Nvidia dominates data-center AI silicon.
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