Samsung Electronics and Ambarella are expected to elevate the safety level of next-generation driver assistance systems based on high-performance, low-power artificial intelligence semiconductors in the autonomous vehicle sector.

Samsung Electronics announced on the 21st that it will produce semiconductors for autonomous vehicles from Ambarella, a US AI semiconductor company, using its advanced 5nm foundry process.

The semiconductor Samsung Electronics is producing this time is Ambarella's latest SoC, 'CV3-AD685', which is installed in ADAS.

The CV3-AD685 is equipped with Ambarella's next-generation artificial intelligence engine (CVflow), and serves as the brain of an autonomous vehicle, judging and controlling driving situations input through cameras and radar.

Samsung Electronics is producing high-performance, low-power semiconductors for autonomous vehicles by concentrating its advanced 5nm process, automotive-specific IP, the latest processes, packaging technology, and know-how.

Ambarella's CV3-AD685 boasts AI performance that is more than 20 times better than its predecessor, thanks to Samsung Electronics' advanced 5nm process.

“We are excited to collaborate closely with Samsung Electronics to produce Ambarella’s latest CV3-AD685 SoC on our advanced 5nm process,” said Fermi Wang, CEO of Ambarella. “Samsung’s proven automotive process will enable us to deliver autonomous driving advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) from Level 2+ to Level 4&.”#39; We have been able to achieve the high level of artificial intelligence performance and power efficiency required for implementation,” he said.

“Samsung Electronics’ advanced 5nm process will bring unprecedented performance improvements to autonomous vehicles,” said Sangpil Shim, Executive Vice President of Foundry Business at Samsung Electronics. “We look forward to many automotive customers experiencing the outstanding performance of the CV3-AD SoC in the future.”

Meanwhile, Samsung Electronics plans to strengthen its foundry process technology leadership by expanding its latest 4nm process to automotive applications, and continue to expand new customers in the autonomous vehicle sector. It also plans to increase the sales proportion of non-mobile product groups in its foundry business to more than 50% by 2027.