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On October 30, 2026, XHEART (Xinxinhangtu) unveiled the X7 Ultra, a new-generation automotive-grade chip for billion-parameter-level autonomous driving large models, in Suzhou. The chip delivers 700 TOPS of large-model compute and adopts a super-core NPU architecture. According to the company, measured using a partner's mass-produced Transformer autonomous driving model, compute utilization reached 98.7%; while delivering comparable model performance, memory bandwidth consumption dropped by 80% and inference energy efficiency improved by 100% compared with the industry's flagship chips. The X7 series has shipped more than 200,000 units cumulatively in eight months of mass production, is equipped on 10 mass-produced vehicle models, with the SAIC Volkswagen ID.ERA 9X as the first model to feature it, and has secured orders for more than 40 vehicle models. At the same event, Momenta unveiled the R7 Ultra world model, whose parameter count is 5 to 10 times higher than that of the previous generation.
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XHEART New Core Voyage Releases X7 Ultra Automotive-Grade Chip, 700TOPS Compute Already in Mass Production with Over 200,000 Units Shipped
XHEART New Core Voyage held a launch event in Suzhou for its flagship automotive-grade chip, the X7 Ultra, which delivers 700TOPS of large-model compute and adopts a super-large-core NPU architecture. According to the measured data it disclosed for mass-produced intelligent driving models, the chip achieves a compute utilization rate of 98.7%; at equivalent model performance, memory bandwidth consumption is 80% lower than that of industry flagship products, and energy efficiency is 100% higher. The X7 series chips have shipped more than 200,000 units cumulatively within 8 months of mass production, are deployed in 10 mass-produced vehicle models, and have secured orders for more than 40 vehicle models; the next-generation X9 targets 3000TOPS of compute and 700GB/s of per-chip memory bandwidth, aimed at L4 and embodied intelligence scenarios.
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XHEART New Core Voyage Releases X7 Ultra and Discloses X9 Goal of 3,000 TOPS per Single Chip
On October 29, XHEART New Core Voyage released the X7 Ultra for intelligent driving, with equivalent large-model compute of 700 TOPS, and disclosed that the next-generation X9 targets single-chip large-model compute of 3,000 TOPS and memory bandwidth of 700GB/s, with plans to launch it in 2027. The X7 series has shipped more than 200,000 units cumulatively in 8 months of mass production, is equipped on 10 mass-produced vehicle models, and has received orders for more than 40 vehicle models. The 3,000 TOPS of the X9 is a single-chip target, which differs from the vehicle-level total of 3,000 TOPS from XPeng's four self-developed Turing AI chips.
Shanghai Observer
XHEART New Silicon Journey Releases Large-Model Chip X7 Ultra, 700 TOPS Compute Accelerates Mass Production
XHEART New Silicon Journey released the large-model chip X7 Ultra, delivering 700 TOPS of large-model compute, with NPU compute utilization reaching 98.7%, memory bandwidth consumption reduced by 80% versus industry flagship products, and energy efficiency improved by 100%. The X7 series has been in mass production for 8 months, with cumulative shipments exceeding 200,000 units, deployed in 10 production vehicle models and having secured orders for more than 40 models; the company also announced R&D goals for its next-generation chip X9.
Phoenix Technology
XHEART New Core Voyage Releases 700 TOPS Automotive-Grade Chip X7 Ultra
XHEART New Core Voyage has released the automotive-grade chip X7 Ultra, with 700 TOPS of computing power, focusing on reverse-defining chip architecture and toolchains based on large-model requirements. The previous-generation X7 series has cumulatively shipped more than 200,000 units, is deployed in 10 mass-production vehicle models, and has secured orders for more than 40 vehicle models. The company also announced that its next-generation X9 targets 3,000 TOPS of computing power and 700GB/s single-chip memory bandwidth, with launch planned for 2027.
Phoenix Technology
XHEART Releases Large-Model Chip X7 Ultra with 700 TOPS of Compute
XHEART has released the X7 Ultra, a new-generation chip designed for billion-parameter-level smart-driving large models, with 700 TOPS of compute. The company says that in real-world tests using a partner's production Transformer smart-driving model, compute utilization reached 98.7%, and that while matching the model performance of industry flagship chips, memory bandwidth consumption dropped by 80% and inference energy efficiency improved by 100%. The X7 series has shipped a cumulative 200,000 units in 8 months of mass production, equipping 10 production vehicle models, with the first launch model being the SAIC Volkswagen ID.ERA 9X; at the same event, Momenta released the R7 Ultra world model, whose parameter count is 5 to 10 times higher than the previous generation.
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Momenta CEO Cao Xudong publicly reveals the third insight for the first time: large models define chips
At the XHEART New Core Voyage launch event, Momenta CEO Cao Xudong publicly revealed the company's third insight, "large models define chips," for the first time, stating that chips defined by large models deliver 10 times the performance of general-purpose chips. Scaled L4 requires models with 10 billion to 100 billion parameters, and general-purpose chips struggle to simultaneously meet power consumption, automotive-grade reliability, and cost constraints. On the same day, XHEART released the X7 Ultra chip designed specifically for large models, adopting a super-large-core NPU architecture and debuting mass production of an Armv9 automotive-grade CPU in China.
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Momenta Previews R7 Ultra World Model: Parameter Scale Expanded to 5 Times the Original
At the XHEART New Core Voyage launch event, Momenta previewed the upcoming release of the R7 Ultra world model, with its parameter scale expanded to 5 times the original and safety performance improved 5 times, billed as "from understanding the world to simulating the world." The model runs on-vehicle relying on the 700 TOPS large-model computing power and super-core NPU architecture of the XHEART X7 Ultra chip. The company says it can demonstrate driving capability comparable to or even surpassing experienced human drivers in complex scenarios such as multi-point U-turns, oncoming-vehicle negotiation, reversing to yield, and extreme parking. Momenta also plans to expand the parameter scale to 10 times the original in the future, with safety performance improved to more than 10 times.
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