Samsung and Amba have reached a partnership to mass-produce the autopilot chip CV3-AD685 for the latter in a 5-nm process.

CTOnews.com, Feb. 21 (Xinhua)-- Samsung officially announced on Tuesday that it has reached a partnership with American chip designer Ambarella to mass-produce chips for the US chip designer Ambarella, which is used to support self-driving functions in cars.

Samsung officials say the CV3-AD685 system-on-chip (SoC) developed by Amba can act as the "brain" of self-driving cars, with 20 times the performance of the previous CV2. It reads and analyzes input data from cameras and radar and automatically selects the appropriate driving mode.

"this cooperation will help change the next generation of self-driving car safety systems and raise artificial intelligence processing performance, power and reliability to a new level," Samsung said in an official press release.

CTOnews.com also learned from Samsung's press release that the company plans to account for more than 50% of its wafer foundry or contract chip production revenue by 2027.