Intel has plans for two new chip fabs in Europe over a decade at a cost of nearly $95 billion, CEO Pat Gelsinger emphasized in an address at IAA Mobility in Munich on Tuesday.
The CEO said such production capacity will be important as semiconductors used in new vehicles will grow by five times in coming years. Chips as a portion of a new premium vehicle’s bill of materials were 4% in 2019 and will reach 20% by 2030.
Also, the total addressable market for car chips will more than double by 2030 to $115 billion, Intel noted, making up about 11% of the entire global silicon market.
In addition to Gelsinger’s address, the company’s subsidiary Mobileye also showed for the first time a production autonomous vehicle with Mobileye Drive, a self-driving system that will be branded under MoovitAV mobility services.
Mobileye and Sixt SE of Munich also announced plans for an autonomous robotaxi service in Germany in 2022.
Germany has first-mover status since it passed a law earlier in 2021 to enable commercial operation of driverless AV services.
The Mobileye AV, with seating for six, will be used for commercial driverless ride-hailing in both Munich and Tel Aviv in 2022. Mobileye also has plans to collaborate with Schaeffler to build a self-driving chassis for autonomous shuttles.
In July, Mobileye described an AV test along the streets of New York City.
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The Mobileye Drive self-driving system, shown below, includes the AVKIT58 with 8 EyeQ 5 SoCs…It measures 324 x232 x 89 mm and produces 192TOPS with 650watts. It is water cooled and features a Level 4 compute system with redundant PCBs.
