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it is reported that xpeng motors is increasing its presence in shanghai: the chip team has exceeded 200 people

2024-09-27

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it house reported on september 27 that according to 21st century business herald, xpeng motors ceo he xiaopeng recently held an all-staff meeting at the xpeng motors shanghai r&d center. he said that in order to become a global ai automobile company, the shanghai r&d center must continue to leverage its advantages in talent highlands, globalization, and ai technology. at present,xpeng's chip team has more than 200 people and has settled in the shanghai r&d center. the turing chip it developed "will be available soon"

sources close to xpeng revealed that the xpeng chip team has "poached talents from a number of chip companies and is continuing to recruit." michael is the head of xpeng’s chip team, and only his english name is displayed internally by xpeng.

xpeng’s r&d departments include internet center, data intelligence center, autonomous driving center, etc.the main r&d center is in guangzhou. the r&d departments involved in shanghai include employees of some internet centers, autonomous driving centers, and chip teams.

according to the above-mentioned people, xpeng chose to increase its chips in shanghai this time because of the aggregation effect of shanghai's new energy vehicle companies and tier1 suppliers (it house note: automobile first-tier suppliers) and the gathering of scientific and technological talents.

at the "xpeng 10 years of love night and xpeng mona m03 launch conference" in august this year, he xiaopeng announced the successful tape-out of xpeng's turing chip. this new product is said to be built for the l4 autonomous driving field and is suitable for automobiles/ scenes such as robots.

according to reports, this chip has a 40-core processor, can run up to 30b parameter large models, supports 2 independent isps, and is said to be clear "dark nights, rainy days, and backlighting".