Chips and operating systems are the two peaks of information technology today. On the afternoon of July 27th, NIO IN 2024 NIO Innovation and Technology Day, NIO released its vehicle wide operating system SkyOS · Tianshu, and announced the successful chip production of NIO's first automotive grade 5nm intelligent driving chip, the Shenji NX9031.
Li Bin, the founder, chairman, and CEO of NIO, showcased the NIO Shenji NX9031 on site. This is the industry's first advanced intelligent driving chip manufactured using 5nm automotive technology. The NIO Shenji NX9031 chip and underlying software have been independently designed.
It is understood that the Shenji NX9031 has over 50 billion transistors, and in terms of comprehensive capability and execution efficiency, one self-developed chip can achieve the performance of four industry flagship chips.
Li Bin demonstrated the image processing capability of this chip in low light at the scene. Under the same specifications of an 8-megapixel intelligent driving camera, two on-site photos were taken using the Shenji NX9031 and the industry flagship intelligent driving chip. In low light environments, the photos processed by Shenji are clearer. He stated that the significance of this for intelligent driving is enormous.
The specific performance of this self-developed chip will be announced later, "said Li Bin.
In addition, SkyOS · Tianshu, the comprehensive operating system for the entire vehicle, has achieved a breakthrough in the industry. Wang Qiyan, Vice President of NIO Digital Systems, stated that NIO has both "core" and "soul" capabilities, achieving a close integration of hardware and software, computing power and algorithms, and has the ability to support NIO's intelligent electric vehicles in continuously creating more extreme user experiences, helping to continuously enhance China's global industrial competitiveness in the automotive industry.
Li Bin also released a brand new NIO Phone on the same day, stating that there was no stock available several months before the release of the NIO Phone last year.
The new generation of NIO Phone basically continues last year's design, adopting a 6.82-inch equally deep quad curved screen with the deepest bending depth. The entire series comes standard with the third-generation Snapdragon 8 flagship processor, and up to 16GB+1T memory and storage combination can be selected.
"I really can't bear not to be the main engine." Li Bin said that while upgrading the configuration, the price was the same as that of last year, starting at 6499 yuan. This year, it was not only sold in Weilai App, but also in JD and Tiktok.