Tesla currently only uses AMD Ryzen chips for Model Y models in China
Recently, Tesla began to deliver Model Y Performance in China. Its manufacturing information shows that this model is equipped with an AMD Ryzen processor, which replaces the Intel Atom A3950 processor (quad-core/ 1.6GHz), which is the same as the 2021 Model S and Model X.
Source: r/ElonMusk
At this year’s Taipei Computer Show, AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su has confirmed that Tesla’s new cars will use AMD’s customized products. Subsequently, Elon Musk held the delivery ceremony of the new electric car at the California factory, where you can play Cyberpunk 2077 using the new in-vehicle infotainment system. After disassembly, the new version of the car infotainment system is equipped with AMD’s APU, which is a customized Ryzen V180F embedded chip, based on the Zen+ architecture, 4 cores, and 8 threads, 2MB of L2 cache, 4MB of L3 cache. The matching Navi 23 core is likely to be equipped with 28 CUs, with 1792 stream processors, and a frequency of about 2.8 GHz.
According to Brinkwire, Tesla currently only uses AMD Ryzen processors in the Model Y version sold in China. In the past, Tesla generally provided the same chips in similar models, whether it was a standard version or a premium version, but now the situation seems to have changed. Whether Tesla will use the same AMD solution in other regions in the future to fully replace Intel chips is not yet known.
In the past few years, Tesla has cooperated with Nvidia, Intel, and AMD. Tesla used Nvidia’s SoC in the original model, but it switched to Intel Atom processors on Model 3 and newer versions of Model X and Model S three years ago, and this year it began to switch to AMD’s customized products. Some insiders believe that the semiconductor industry has been facing the problem of insufficient production capacity recently, and AMD is very dependent on TSMC’s 7nm process. At this time, replacing the program and increasing the supply may have potential supply risks.
