TSLA Competitor? Xiaomi Joins NIO in Race to Build In-House Chips for Self-Driving Cars - XIAOMI CORP by
Xiaomi has unveiled the Xring D100 for in-house self-driving: a 3‑nm design with a 20‑core CPU and 16‑core NPU, plus local execution of 200B‑parameter LLMs. Its EVs currently rely on NVIDIA Thor chips, but Xiaomi plans commercial rollout in 2027. NIO’s William Li and Tesla’s Elon Musk tout their own chip efforts, though Ross Gerber questions HW4/AI4 support for Full Self-Driving as Tesla builds a 2‑nm, no-clean-room semiconductor facility; XPeng targets Level 4 by 2028.