Black Sesame launches the latest products and solutions based on the Huashan No. 1 A500 chip

 January 8th news, recently, at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show (2020CES) held in Las Vegas, the United States, Black Sesame Intelligent Technology brought the latest products and solutions based on the Huashan No. 1 A500 chip.

News body: Black Sesame Intelligent Technology is an Al chip development company focusing on visual perception technology and independent IP, and is committed to becoming a global leader in embedded artificial intelligence platforms. Its main areas of focus are embedded imaging and computer vision, and its core business is to provide an embedded visual perception chip computing platform based on light control technology, image processing, computational imaging, and artificial intelligence, providing a complete commercial implementation solution for ADAS and autonomous driving.

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Recently, Heizhima has frequently signed important news with OEMs and upstream and downstream partners. First, it reached a strategic cooperation with China FAW in Changchun, and then signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Thundersoft, the industry leader in intelligent vehicle operating systems. This has laid a solid foundation for the commercialization of Heizhima's intelligent driving products in 2020.

At this exhibition, Black Sesame Intelligent Technology showcased front- and rear-end products equipped with Black Sesame algorithms and chips, a visual perception platform provided to partners, and complete solutions such as ADAS, DMS, and Localization based on the Huashan No. 1 A500 chip.

It is reported that in August last year, Heizhima released the first automotive-grade autonomous driving chip Huashan No. 1 A500, which has reached the industry-leading level in key performance indicators such as computing power, energy efficiency ratio and computing power utilization. In December, Heizhima signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China FAW, and the two parties plan to carry out all-round cooperation in the fields of autonomous driving chips, visual perception algorithms and data. 

2020 will be the year for Heizhima's technology and products to be put into use. The cooperation with FAW is a good start. In 2020, Heizhima will cooperate with more car companies and partners to further accelerate the mass production and application of autonomous driving technology. The second-generation automotive-grade autonomous driving chip "Huashan No. 2" will be sent to customers for sampling in the first half of this year and will be put into mass production next year.

It is understood that the computing power of Huashan No. 1 A500 is 5-10TOPS, and the computing power utilization rate can reach 80%. Compared with the FSD chip independently developed by Tesla, the computing power utilization rate of the Black Sesame Huashan series chips is higher, reaching 80%, surpassing Tesla's 55%, while the cost is only one-third of Tesla FSD. On the premise of meeting the requirements of automotive-grade design, the computing power utilization rate and energy efficiency ratio of "Huashan No. 1" have reached the world's leading level.

At present, the Huashan No. 1 A500 chip adopts TSMC's 28nm process, mainly considering the strict requirements of the automotive grade, so a mature and stable process is adopted. The second-generation Huashan No. 2 will adopt a 16nm process, and samples will be sent to customers in the middle of this year, and mass production is expected to be achieved in the first quarter of next year. Huashan No. 2 can provide 40TOPS of computing power, with an energy efficiency ratio of more than 6TOPS/W, and is aimed at L3 and above. As for future products targeting L4 and L5 levels, Shan Jizhang said that Heizhima is already in the R&D plan.

At the end of December last year, Heizhima announced a strategic partnership with China First Automobile Group Co., Ltd. The two parties plan to carry out all-round cooperation in the fields of autonomous driving chips, visual perception algorithms and data, and jointly promote the mass production of autonomous driving technology in FAW's series of models. This is seen by the outside world as a substantial breakthrough for Heizhima in promoting the mass production of product technology.