Horizon Robotics' L4 autonomous driving chip was successfully taped out and is expected to be mass-produced and launched in 2022

On May 9, AI chip company Horizon Robotics disclosed that the company's third automotive-grade chip, Journey 5 (J5), was successfully taped out and lit up ahead of schedule. The Journey 5 series chips are Horizon Robotics' third-generation automotive-grade products, targeting L4 high-level autonomous driving, and will be officially released this year. According to previous official information, mass production of cooperative models based on J5 is expected to begin in 2022.

It is understood that the J5 single-chip AI computing power is as high as 96 TOPS, and the computing power of the intelligent driving computing platform based on J5 integration will reach 200 Tops-1000 Tops. According to Yu Kai, founder and CEO of Horizon Robotics, Horizon Robotics will launch a series of intelligent driving central computers with the industry's highest FPS (frame per second) performance and the lowest power consumption based on J5. He also said that with the launch of J5 this year, Horizon Robotics has also become the industry's only provider of full-scenario vehicle intelligent chip solutions covering from L2 to L4. Yu Kai also specially thanked chip partners TSMC and ASE.

With the launch of Horizon's Journey 5 series chips, Horizon's product line will cover full-scenario applications from L2 to L4 autonomous driving, smart cockpits, etc. At the same time, this also means that in the field of L4 autonomous driving chips, the "monopoly" of Tesla FSD and Nvidia Orin is expected to be broken.

In August 2019, Horizon Robotics launched the first generation of automotive chips, the Journey 2 series, and in September last year, the second generation of automotive chips, the Journey 3 series, which have been pre-installed in a number of models, including Changan UNI-T, UNI-K, Chery Ant, Zhiji Auto, GAC Aion Y, GAC Trumpchi GS4 Plus, Dongfeng Lantu FREE, JAC Sihao QX, SAIC Maxus MIFA concept car, etc. Last year, the shipment volume of Journey 2 chips exceeded 160,000 pieces. Yu Kai previously stated that Journey 2 chips have successfully signed double-digit mass production designated models, and it is expected that the installation volume will exceed one million by 2022.

At the Shanghai Auto Show not long ago, Horizon Robotics signed many cooperation agreements. OEMs such as GAC, Chery, Dongfeng Lantu, Zhiji, JAC, and Ideal, as well as Tier 1 companies such as Continental, Asia Pacific Holdings, Neusoft Reach, ADAYO Huayang, Desay SV, and Will Semiconductor have all joined hands with Horizon Robotics to cooperate.