New U.S. sanctions on China’s AI and supercomputing sectors could curb the development of self-driving cars in China. Writes about it DigiTimes Asia.
According to experts, most commercial drones in China support second level of autonomy. Many manufacturers are ready to present more advanced systems, but the government has not approved the rules for their operation.
Analysts suggest that China can find a solution on its own and develop the self-driving car industry. However, sources in the supply chain say that the operation of robotic vehicles is closely connected with cloud services, data centers, 5G and others.
The US ban on the export of high-end Nvidia and AMD chips directly affects the above infrastructure. Therefore, manufacturers need to first solve this problem in order to lay the foundation for self-driving cars. third level and higher.
The sanctions list of 31 companies also includes Chinese companies for the inspection of auto components. As the cars of the future are described as mobile high-performance computers, the US will try to curb internal and external vehicle intelligence, experts said.
Sources in the supply chain acknowledged that for the production of automotive chips, it is enough to master mature technical processes like 40–90 nm. If the auto industry stops at 28 nm, China will have a chance to replace American products with its own. However, future restrictions could jeopardize this possibility as well.
Despite the fact that China has mastered the 28nm process technology, the quality of the chips still does not meet the requirements of the automotive industry. This is probably due to more stringent requirements in terms of durability, reliability and safety. Therefore, automotive chips are still heavily dependent on imports, experts said.
According to local media, the share of Chinese microcontrollers in the global market is about 1%, and IGBT and memory chips – less than 10%. This probably also indicates a strong dependence on chip imports.
Recall that in October the US government introduced new restrictions on the supply of AI chips to China.
In September, Nvidia and AMD were banned from selling processors for supercomputing and processing artificial intelligence tasks to Chinese firms.
That same month, experts speculated that China would quickly create an alternative to American technology.
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New U.S. sanctions on China’s AI and supercomputing sectors could curb the development of self-driving cars in China. Writes about it DigiTimes Asia.
According to experts, most commercial drones in China support second level of autonomy. Many manufacturers are ready to present more advanced systems, but the government has not approved the rules for their operation.
Analysts suggest that China can find a solution on its own and develop the self-driving car industry. However, sources in the supply chain say that the operation of robotic vehicles is closely connected with cloud services, data centers, 5G and others.
The US ban on the export of high-end Nvidia and AMD chips directly affects the above infrastructure. Therefore, manufacturers need to first solve this problem in order to lay the foundation for self-driving cars. third level and higher.
The sanctions list of 31 companies also includes Chinese companies for the inspection of auto components. As the cars of the future are described as mobile high-performance computers, the US will try to curb internal and external vehicle intelligence, experts said.
Sources in the supply chain acknowledged that for the production of automotive chips, it is enough to master mature technical processes like 40–90 nm. If the auto industry stops at 28 nm, China will have a chance to replace American products with its own. However, future restrictions could jeopardize this possibility as well.
Despite the fact that China has mastered the 28nm process technology, the quality of the chips still does not meet the requirements of the automotive industry. This is probably due to more stringent requirements in terms of durability, reliability and safety. Therefore, automotive chips are still heavily dependent on imports, experts said.
According to local media, the share of Chinese microcontrollers in the global market is about 1%, and IGBT and memory chips – less than 10%. This probably also indicates a strong dependence on chip imports.
Recall that in October the US government introduced new restrictions on the supply of AI chips to China.
In September, Nvidia and AMD were banned from selling processors for supercomputing and processing artificial intelligence tasks to Chinese firms.
That same month, experts speculated that China would quickly create an alternative to American technology.
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