Full Self-Driving Chip (FSD Chip, previously Autopilot Hardware 3.0) is an autonomous driving chip designed by Tesla and announced in early 2019.
History
Design and planning for the FSD chip started in 2016 when the Tesla claims they saw no alternative solution that fits their problem of addressing autonomous driving. The FSD chip project was led by Pete Bannon. The design team was formed in February 2016. Development was done over the course of 18 months. In August 2017, the chip was released for manufacturing with first silicon coming back in December 2017 fully working. A number of additional modifications were done to the design, requiring respinning. B0 stepping was released to manufacturing in April 2018. Full production of B0 started shortly after qualifications in July 2018. In December 2018, Tesla started retrofitting employee cars with the new hardware and software stack. In March 2019, Tesla began volume shipping the FSD chip and computer in their Model S and Model X cars. Production shipment in the Tesla Model 3 started in April 2019.
Overview
Full self-driving computer (FSD Computer)
See also
Bibliography
- Tesla Autonomy Day, Apr 22, 2019
- Tesla, personal communication, April 25, 2019
