South Korean media: China has long surpassed South Korea in autonomous driving technology! On April 23, the South Korean media "Edaily" published an article stating that China's autonomous driving car semiconductor industry is also showing rapid growth, attracting much attention. With a strong domestic market and full government support for semiconductors, it is establishing its position. It is assessed that China has already surpassed South Korea in autonomous driving technology. According to industry insiders, Chinese companies BYD, XPeng, NIO, and Li Auto are heavily investing in autonomous driving technology, leading the popularization of autonomous driving. BYD announced it will invest 100 billion RMB in developing autonomous driving technology including semiconductors. BYD established a semiconductor subsidiary and is independently producing semiconductors. By developing advanced chips for smart cabins, it is strengthening digitization and connectivity within vehicles. Moreover, BYD, Geely, and over 20 other mainstream car manufacturers announced cooperation with the generative AI model "DeepSeek", seeking to promote strategies to enhance intelligent cabin levels using DeepSeek. Through DeepSeek, the integration between automobiles and artificial intelligence is progressing at an extremely fast pace. The advanced semiconductors used by Chinese auto companies for autonomous driving are chips from NVIDIA or Intel subsidiary Mobileye. Additionally, Huawei and Chinese startup Horizon Robotics have entered the market, making competition increasingly fierce. The rise of China's technology can also be seen from chip design. China is actively promoting the construction of intelligent transportation infrastructure based on AI and 5G networks to create favorable conditions for autonomous driving cars. China also supports increasing the share of domestically produced semiconductors in the automotive industry to 25%. Through this, China's semiconductor foundry company SMIC is mass-producing vehicle semiconductors, even for traditional products. China's semiconductors are comprehensively accelerating their growth, not only with financial support but also with industrial policies. Professor Lee Jong-hwan from Sangmyung University said, "DeepSeek is an example of China creating a generative AI model using its own talent and capital. It can be predicted that China will occupy a large portion of the semiconductor market in the future, and its speed is gradually accelerating." Original source: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1830158607119360/ Disclaimer: This article represents the author's personal views.