On October 6, at the Xpeng AI Day event, company CEO He Xiaopeng outlined his vision for the company. In his speech, he mentioned that it takes time for technology to change the world, that he believes AI will change the world, and that he wants to position Xpeng as a pioneer in AI and car making.
The new self-developed Xpeng Turing AI chip will aid the company’s transformation in the near term. The chip is specially designed for AI, with a 40-core processor, a large model that can run 30B parameters locally, and has an integrated 2 NPU, and a domain-specific architecture for neural networks.
According to He Xiaopeng’s speech, one Turing chip has the equivalent capability of three Nvidia Orin X chips or two FSD chips. The Turing chip enables AI car safety Plus, creates an independent safety island, and real-time detection of vehicle safety. There are 2 independent image ISPs, which can cope with poor light situations such as dark nights, rainy days, backlights, and perceive more clearly. This sounds like the single-pixel Lofic architecture as used by the AI Hawk system used in the new P7+.
There appear to be different versions of the Turing chip for uses such as AI cars, AI robots, and flying cars. Furthermore, it seems that it will power smart driving and the car’s system, so there will no longer be a need for another chip for the human-machine interface (HMI).
It’s claimed that the computing power can reach 100% utilization and that AI cars will be equipped with at least 3 Turing chips in the future.
Sources: Xpeng, Fast Technology
