--- 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 replacing Nvidia hardware in Xiaomi's cars and when? Xiaomi's own Xring D100 chip will replace Nvidia Drive hardware in Xiaomi vehicles starting in 2027. The D100 is built on a 3-nanometre process with 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 in the vehicle. Nvidia has powered every Xiaomi EV, including the SU7 and YU7, until now. _Track how automakers are swapping Nvidia for custom silicon on daily.dev before the next chip announcement lands._ ### Why can't Europe manufacture a 3nm chip like Xiaomi's Xring D100? Europe's most advanced planned semiconductor facility, TSMC's ESMC plant in Dresden, will only produce chips at 28 and 22-nanometre planar CMOS and 16 and 12-nanometre FinFET nodes, several generations behind the 3nm process used for the D100. The plant costs over €10bn, includes €5bn in approved German state aid, and is jointly owned with Bosch, Infineon and NXP. _Engineers evaluating chip supply chains follow fab capability gaps like this on daily.dev._ ### How much has Xiaomi invested in developing its own chips? Xiaomi has invested more than 21 billion yuan, about $3.1 billion, since restarting its chip programme, and now employs a chip design team of nearly 3,000 people. This investment produced the Xring D100 driving chip, the O100 accelerator, and the O3 mobile processor, the latter two also fabricated by TSMC on the same 3nm node. _Anyone weighing build-versus-buy silicon strategy can follow spending signals 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 - [TechCrunch Mobility: The custom chip driving Waymo’s robotaxi ambitions](https://daily.dev/posts/techcrunch-mobility-the-custom-chip-driving-waymo-s-robotaxi-ambitions-boiyxrjpx) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Baidu teases next-gen AI training, inference accelerators](https://daily.dev/posts/baidu-teases-next-gen-ai-training-inference-accelerators-gt3jvu8cf) · The Register · 0 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":"2026-09-14T06:19:49.831Z","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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