--- title: Xiaomi unveils custom 3nm chip for intelligent driving description: Xiaomi has unveiled the Xring D100, a custom in-house 3nm chip for intelligent driving that will replace Nvidia Drive hardware in its EVs starting in 2027. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/xiaomi-unveils-custom-3nm-chip-for-intelligent-driving-j6z74s6sj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Xiaomi unveils custom 3nm chip for intelligent driving | daily.dev og:description: Xiaomi has unveiled the Xring D100, a custom in-house 3nm chip for intelligent driving that will replace Nvidia Drive hardware in its EVs starting in 2027. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/xiaomi-unveils-custom-3nm-chip-for-intelligent-driving-j6z74s6sj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/J6Z74S6SJ.png og:image:alt: Xiaomi unveils custom 3nm chip for intelligent driving og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Xiaomi unveils custom 3nm chip for intelligent driving **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Xiaomi has unveiled the Xring D100, a custom in-house 3nm chip for intelligent driving that will replace Nvidia Drive hardware in its EVs starting in 2027. The chip features a 20-core CPU, 16-core NPU, and up to 160GB of unified memory, claimed to be enough to run a 200-billion-parameter model onboard. Xiaomi has invested over 21 billion yuan (~$3.1bn) in its chip program and employs nearly 3,000 people on the effort. No TOPS figure has been disclosed. BYD, Nio, Xpeng, and Alibaba are pursuing similar in-house silicon strategies to reduce Nvidia dependency, though all such chips, including Tesla's and Rivian's, are still fabricated via TSMC, since Europe's most advanced planned fab (ESMC in Dresden) will only handle 28nm down to 12nm nodes, far behind 3nm. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What chip is Xiaomi using to replace Nvidia Drive hardware in its electric vehicles? Xiaomi is replacing Nvidia Drive hardware with its own in-house Xring D100 chip starting in 2027. The D100 is built on a 3-nanometre process and includes a 20-core CPU and 16-core NPU, supporting up to 160GB of unified memory, which Xiaomi says can run a 200-billion-parameter model directly on the vehicle. _Teams weighing Nvidia versus custom silicon for automotive AI can track shifts like this on daily.dev._ ### How much has Xiaomi invested in developing its own chips? Xiaomi has invested more than 21 billion yuan, roughly $3.1 billion, since restarting its chip programme, and now employs a chip team of nearly 3,000 people. This investment covers the Xring D100 driving chip as well as the O100 accelerator and O3 mobile processor, also produced on a 3nm node by TSMC. _Engineers following chip independence trends in China can keep up with moves like this on daily.dev._ ### Can Europe manufacture 3nm chips like Xiaomi's Xring D100? No, Europe cannot currently manufacture 3nm chips. TSMC's flagship ESMC plant in Dresden, backed by more than €10bn in investment and €5bn in German state aid, will only produce 28 and 22-nanometre planar CMOS along with 16 and 12-nanometre FinFET processes, several generations behind the 3nm node used for the D100. _Developers tracking semiconductor supply chains and fab capacity gaps can follow updates like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [China's EV giants design own driving chips to cut Nvidia out](https://daily.dev/posts/china-s-ev-giants-design-own-driving-chips-to-cut-nvidia-out-qpklw67z9) · The Next Web · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [BYD unveils China's first 4nm driving chip and expands God's Eye](https://daily.dev/posts/byd-unveils-china-s-first-4nm-driving-chip-and-expands-god-s-eye-paxzzqup5) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Xiaomi’s new Xring O3 is built at TSMC, and aimed at a few hundred thousand phones](https://daily.dev/posts/xiaomi-s-new-xring-o3-is-built-at-tsmc-and-aimed-at-a-few-hundred-thousand-phones-ly2fl2zvd) · The Next Web · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#tech-news](https://daily.dev/tags/tech-news), [#nvidia](https://daily.dev/tags/nvidia) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/xiaomi-unveils-custom-3nm-chip-for-intelligent-driving-j6z74s6sj) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Xiaomi unveils custom 3nm chip for intelligent driving","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/xiaomi-unveils-custom-3nm-chip-for-intelligent-driving-j6z74s6sj","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/xiaomi-unveils-custom-3nm-chip-for-intelligent-driving-j6z74s6sj"},"datePublished":"2026-08-25T14:17:37.824Z","dateModified":"2026-08-25T14:18:03.145Z","description":"Xiaomi has unveiled the Xring D100, a custom in-house 3nm chip for intelligent driving that will replace Nvidia Drive hardware in its EVs starting in 2027. 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