According to a report from HiEV Garlic Granule Automotive Research Institute today, NIO’s first self-developed chip will be targeted at smart cockpits. People familiar with the matter said that NIO’s first self-developed chip uses a 7nm process technology and will be manufactured by Samsung. The R&D leader of its chip team comes from Huawei HiSilicon.

Compared with the currently popular autonomous driving chips, the competition in the field of smart cockpit chips is indeed relatively low-key. Many car manufacturers on the market choose Qualcomm cockpit chips, and self-developed cockpit chips are expected to make NIO’s car-machine interconnection more integrated, which is just right. Paired with the upcoming NIO phone.

According to official data released by NIO, as of the first quarter of 2023, NIO has applied for, disclosed and authorized more than 6,000 patents worldwide. NIO delivered 19,329 vehicles in August, a year-on-year increase of 81% and a month-on-month decrease of 5.5%.

It is worth mentioning that the much-anticipated NIO phone has recently been connected to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The model is N2301 and supports 100W fast charging. The applicant is NIO Mobile Technology Co., Ltd., and we have not yet found the ID photo.

Prior to this, NIO’s phone has passed the radio approval of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The model will support 2G, China Unicom 3G, CDMA, China Mobile + China Unicom 4G and 5G and other network standards, and supports UWB ultra-wideband technology, which means that NIO’s phone is expected to It can be used as a digital key for NIO cars or form short-distance linkage with other smart devices.

Prior to this, NIO founder Li Bin said that NIO planned to develop a new phone every year, like Apple. He revealed that NIO’s phone will be released and delivered in the third quarter of this year, and is expected to cost between 5,000 and 7,000 RMB.

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In November last year, the media reported that Azera had posted a job posting on its recruitment website for a smartwatch position, titled Smartwatch Product Manager. According to the job posting, the responsibilities of the position include outputting competitive product concepts, ensuring product competitiveness, leading product selling point mining, and providing bullets for marketing and sales. In the qualifications, it is written that the position requires at least 3 years of experience in the planning of wearable products from first-tier manufacturers, and experience in the smart hardware industry is a plus.

Nio has previously announced its entry into the cell phone market, and Nio CEO Li Bin said last November that the cell phone team has teams in Shanghai and Shenzhen, and that progress is still relatively smooth. Li Bin has also revealed that Azera’s cell phone is moving forward, developing a phone every year, just like Apple. However, Li Bin also said that Azera is a phone for car owners to use well and will not be the main business, Azera is still a community that starts with cars.

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