Chery has shown its first family of self-developed chips under the Ziwei name. Unveiled on October 20 at the 2026 Chery Global Innovation Conference, the lineup spans three product series and five packaging formats, covering central computing, power semiconductors and vehicle control.
The headline part is the C100 central computing chip, which Chery says is designed for running physical AI on the vehicle itself. According to figures shown at the event, the CPUs in a two-chip configuration deliver 1,000K DMIPS, while the two NPUs in a vehicle provide a combined 2,400 TOPS. Memory bandwidth is quoted at 600 GB/s. Chery describes the platform as tailored for deploying a 100-billion-parameter physical world model on the car. The 2,400 TOPS figure is a vehicle-level number for two chips, not the rating of a single C100.
The second line is silicon carbide. The third-generation Ziwei S1500 SiC chip is rated for 1,500V, which Chery calls the highest automotive-grade voltage class in the industry, and module output current reaches 1,450A. Company materials list a specific on-resistance of 2.0 milliohm square centimeters, a maximum operating temperature of 200 degrees Celsius, a 2-microsecond short-circuit withstand time and peak efficiency of at least 99.6%. Chery says the chip meets ASIL-D functional safety requirements and will be used in electric drive systems.
Chery also said its 8-inch SiC wafers have entered mass production, and that the move to 8-inch wafers cuts production costs by more than 30%.
The third line is the M series of automotive control chips, which handle the many smaller control tasks spread across a vehicle. Chery did not release detailed M-series specifications at the conference. The five packaging formats are intended to cover the company's different vehicle platforms.
Chery did not disclose the process node or the foundry for any of the Ziwei chips, and it has not given a date for when the C100 will appear in production cars.
The launch puts Chery among a small group of carmakers bringing central computing, power semiconductors and control chips under one in-house program. Central compute chips set how much AI a car can run locally, while SiC power devices determine how efficiently an electric drive converts battery energy into motion. Developing both gives Chery more direct control over two of the components that most shape cost and capability in its next vehicles.
All performance figures are company claims and have not been independently tested.
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