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Southern Metropolis Daily reporter Zhao Weijia reports from Shanghai On the afternoon of July 27, Li Bin, founder, chairman and CEO of NIO, announced at the "NIO IN 2024 NIO Innovation Technology Day" in Shanghai that the world's first 5nm smart driving chip, the Shenji NX9031, was successfully taped out.

From the design to the mass production of a chip, tape-out is a very critical link. A reporter from Nandu learned from a semiconductor industry practitioner that the so-called tape-out is to manufacture chips through a series of process steps like an assembly line. This link is in the middle stage between chip design and chip mass production, and is a key link in chip manufacturing. "But whether it can be mass-produced later is the key. For this 5nm-level chip, the successful tape-out is only the first step in a long journey."

Li Bin shows the parameters of NIO's NX9031. Photo by Zhao Weijia, a reporter from Southern Metropolis Daily

Li Bin demonstrated the performance of NIO's NX9031 on site. In low light, two photos were taken using the NX9031 and the industry's flagship smart driving chip, both equipped with an 8-megapixel smart driving camera of the same specification. It can be seen that the performance of the NX9031 is more advanced in low light conditions. Li Bin emphasized that this is of great significance to smart driving.

Performance comparison in dark environment. Photo provided by the organizer

As the industry's first high-end smart driving chip manufactured using 5nm automotive-grade technology, the NIO Shenji NX9031 has independently designed both its chip and underlying software. It is reported that the Shenji NX9031 has more than 50 billion transistors. Whether in terms of comprehensive capabilities or execution efficiency, a self-developed chip can achieve the performance of four industry flagship chips. The specific actual performance will be announced later.