Chery’s Ziwei automotive chip line reshapes design-in and sourcing choices

Chery introduced C100 computing, S1500 silicon carbide and M-series vehicle-control chips, offering engineers new options for AI processing, power electronics and platform packaging.

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  • Chery introduced the Ziwei lineup with C100 computing, S1500 silicon carbide and M-series vehicle-control chips. (S1)
  • The C100 is rated at up to 2,400 TOPS and 600GB per second of memory bandwidth. (S1)
  • The S1500 is rated for 1,500V, while eight-inch silicon carbide wafer mass production has reduced costs by over 30%. (S1)

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Reported by Pandaily on 2026-10-20. Summarized and analyzed by XAIPART Editorial.

What happened

Chery introduced its Ziwei automotive chip lineup at its global innovation conference on October 20. The portfolio includes C-series central computing chips, S-series silicon carbide chips and M-series vehicle-control chips, extending the automaker’s semiconductor capabilities in computing and power electronics.S1

The C100 central computing chip targets on-device physical AI and is described as capable of delivering up to 2,400 TOPS with 600GB per second of memory bandwidth. Chery says this performance supports complex physical-world models with 100 billion parameters.S1

Chery also presented the S1500 silicon carbide chip, rated for 1,500V, alongside plans for mass production of eight-inch silicon carbide wafers. The source says these developments have reduced costs by over 30%. Five chip-packaging families tailored to Chery vehicle platforms were also introduced, while no further timeline was disclosed at publication.S1

MetricReported valueSource
C100 compute performanceUp to 2,400 TOPSS1
C100 memory bandwidth600GB per secondS1
Physical-world model scale100 billion parametersS1
S1500 voltage rating1,500VS1
Silicon carbide wafer formatEight-inchS1
Cost reductionOver 30%S1
Chip-packaging familiesFiveS1

Background timeline

  1. - Chery introduced the Ziwei automotive chip lineup at its global innovation conference.S1

XAIPART take

Technical impact

XAIPART analysis The C100 creates a new design-in question for engineers evaluating whether on-device inference can move closer to vehicle sensors and actuators without relying on cloud processing. Buyers should request validation data for memory bandwidth, model support, thermal behavior, software toolchains and functional-safety evidence before treating the stated TOPS figure as an application-level performance guarantee.

XAIPART analysis The S1500 and eight-inch wafer announcement point toward a vertically integrated power-electronics roadmap, but component engineers still need package details, current ratings, switching-loss data and qualification results for their target operating environment.

Market impact

XAIPART analysis Chery’s move gives suppliers a clearer automotive design-in target spanning compute, control and high-voltage power devices. Sourcing teams may benefit from a broader opportunity to qualify modules and packaging around a named vehicle platform, rather than relying only on general-purpose automotive semiconductors.

XAIPART analysis The reported cost reduction could improve the economics of silicon carbide adoption, but the source does not disclose lead times, volume commitments, pricing, wafer output or a broader component-availability schedule. Procurement teams should therefore avoid assuming immediate capacity availability from the launch announcement alone.

Action

XAIPART analysis Request C100 samples or evaluation access, software documentation and thermal-test results, and ask Chery or its authorized channel partners about the five packaging families. For S1500 opportunities, compare device ratings and packaging against incumbent power modules before beginning a design-in.

XAIPART analysis Build a supply plan that separates confirmed technical samples from production allocations, since the source disclosed neither a commercial-release schedule nor a lead-time commitment. A second-source plan for both compute and power-electronics content can reduce exposure to an unproven internal silicon roadmap.

XAIPART Forecast

XAIPART analysis By Q2 2027, XAIPART expects Chery to provide at least one documented vehicle-platform qualification reference for the Ziwei portfolio; if the company still discloses no production timing or customer validation data by 2027-03-31, this forecast is wrong. This is a procurement-readiness expectation, not a source claim.

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Sources

  1. Chery debuts Ziwei chips: C100 central computer, S1500 1500V silicon carbide and M-series MCUs — https://robottoday.com/industry-briefing/chery-launches-new-automotive-chip-lineup-featuring-ai-and-silicon-carbide-technologies/16295 · rss · accessed

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