--- title: "Chip Maker NVIDIA is Bringing Its AI Driving Chip to China" description: "NVIDIA has signed deals with three Chinese autonomous car startups to use their self-driving car platform." date: "2018-11-21" modified: "2018-11-21" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/chip-maker-nvidia-bringing-ai-driving-chip-china" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" tags: - "artificial intelligence" - "autonomous car" - "NVIDIA" - "Self-driving cars" --- # Chip Maker NVIDIA is Bringing Its AI Driving Chip to China ![NVIDIA has signed deals with three Chinese autonomous car startups to use their self-driving car platform.]() *\Image: NVIDIA\* ## Autonomous Commute Being able to take your eyes off the road to read a newspaper while your car drives itself seemed like a distant future just a couple years ago. But thanks to U.S. graphics chip maker NVIDIA, that dream could become a reality as soon as the year 2020. The Chinese electric car companies XPeng Motors, Singulato Motors and SF Motors have signed a deal with the chipmaker to useNVIDIA's Xavier AI chip to bring Level 3 autonomous driving — meaning that you can take your eyes off the road but still have to be able to react — to upcoming EVs in China, as reported by [*Reuters*](). In October, Swedish multinational car maker Volvo [officially signed up]() to useNVIDIA's self-driving car platform as well. Volkswagen and Uber have [also signed]() similar deals. ## Heavy Lifting NVIDIA [introduced]() the autonomous driving platform**,** including a Xavier developer kit**,** back in September. The NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Xavier car computer that comes with the kit is capable of taking care of a self-driving car's heavy computational load — obstacle recognition, driver monitoring, and other aspects of autonomous driving. These tasks are very hardware intensive, and according to [NVIDIA's press release](), AI-powered self-driving cars "cars must rely on numerous deep neural networks running simultaneously." ## Hands Off the Wheel The chip maker also [released]() an autonomous driving safety report back in October, to prove to federal regulators that their platform is safe to use. The race is on to bring a mainstream NVIDIA DRIVE self-driving car to the market — whether it'll be in the U.S. or China. **READ MORE:** [U.S. chipmaker Nvidia to provide AI platform for Chinese EV start-ups]() \[Reuters\] **More on NVIDIA's self-driving car platform:** [NVIDIA Has Designed a Compact AI Computer to Drive Fully Autonomous Vehicles]() ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()