Valens Semiconductor Partners with Black Sesame Technologies to Add MIPI A-PHY Connectivity to Black Sesame's Innovative ADAS and Cross-Domain Compute Platforms
Valens Semiconductor and Black Sesame Technologies have partnered to integrate A-PHY connectivity into Black Sesame's Huashan-2 A1000 autonomous driving chip and the Wudang C1200 cross-domain computing platform. This collaboration aims to offer enhanced connectivity solutions for automotive OEM and Tier1 customers, showcasing Valens' VA7000 chipsets. The Huashan-2 A1000 is already in vehicles from major Chinese automakers, while the Wudang C1200 Series provides high MCU computing power for intelligent functions in vehicles. MIPI A-PHY, the industry's first automotive standard for high-speed sensor connectivity, is expected to bring significant benefits to OEM customers.
Valens Semiconductor and Black Sesame Technologies partnership aims to provide enhanced A-PHY connectivity solutions for automotive customers, leveraging Valens' VA7000 chipsets.
The integration of A-PHY into the Huashan-2 A1000 chip and Wudang C1200 platform demonstrates commitment to innovation and addressing the evolving needs of the automotive industry.
The adoption of MIPI A-PHY as an industry standard reflects the forward-thinking approach of both companies and their focus on delivering cutting-edge solutions to customers.
While the partnership with Black Sesame Technologies is positive, there may be challenges in ensuring widespread adoption of the A-PHY connectivity standard across the automotive industry.
Competitors in the market could also develop similar solutions, posing a threat to the market share of Valens Semiconductor and Black Sesame Technologies in the future.
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The Huashan-2 A1000 is an automotive-grade SoC for L2/L2+ ADAS solutions, supported by a comprehensive and mature mass-production ecosystem. In mass production, the A1000 is featured in vehicles from
MIPI A-PHY is the first automotive industry standard developed for in-vehicle high-speed sensor connectivity. Since its release, it has attracted a growing ecosystem of companies designing products based on the technology. Valens Semiconductor, a key contributor to the standard, was the first on the market to offer A-PHY-compliant chipsets with its VA7000 chipsets.
"We are delighted to enable Black Sesame Technologies to capitalize on the benefits of MIPI A-PHY connectivity in their cornerstone Huashan Series A1000 and Wudang C1200 Series platforms," Gideon Kedem, SVP and Head of Automotive Business at Valens Semiconductor, "This collaboration demonstrates the growing adoption of A-PHY as the standard for in-vehicle high-speed video transmission, and the value that our VA7000 chipsets bring to the automotive market.
"We decided to move forward with this implementation because of the significant interest for MIPI A-PHY connectivity, both within
The Huashan-2 A1000 autonomous driving computing chip with A-PHY connectivity will be showcased at Black Sesame Technologies' booth (E113) at the Beijing Auto Show from April 25 to May 5.
About Valens Semiconductor
Valens Semiconductor (NYSE: VLN) is a leader in high-performance connectivity, enabling customers to transform the digital experiences of people worldwide. Valens' chipsets are integrated into countless devices from leading customers, powering state-of-the-art audio-video installations, next-generation videoconferencing, and enabling the evolution of ADAS and autonomous driving. Pushing the boundaries of connectivity, Valens sets the standard everywhere it operates, and its technology forms the basis for the leading industry standards such as HDBaseT® and MIPI A-PHY. For more information, visit https://www.valens.com/.
About Black Sesame Technologies
Black Sesame Technologies is a leading automotive-grade computing SoC and Soc-based intelligent vehicle solution provider. The company started with the Huashan Series high-computing power SoCs for autonomous driving and recently introduced the Wudang Series cross-domain SoCs to address more diverse and sophisticated demands for advanced functionalities of intelligent vehicles. Black Sesame Technologies' proprietary automotive-grade products and technologies empower intelligent vehicles with mission-critical capabilities, such as autonomous driving, smart cockpit, advanced imaging and interconnection. The company offers full-stack autonomous driving capabilities to meet broad customer needs through SoCs and SoC-based solutions, powered by in-house developed IP cores, algorithms and support software.
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