Nvidia and electronics producer Foxconn introduced a partnership to develop autonomous automobile platforms.

Taiwanese contract producer Foxconn stated it is going to manufacture digital management items (ECUs) for automobiles based mostly on Nvidia’s Drive Orin chip made particularly for computing in linked and autonomous autos.

The ECUs will serve the worldwide automotive market, Foxconn stated.

Firms growing electrical and autonomous automobiles have struggled to deliver merchandise to the market in recent times as they grapple with rising prices and difficulties in ramping up manufacturing.

Nvidia stated its expertise, which incorporates chips to course of data from sensors in actual time, will assist Foxconn overcome a few of these challenges.

It sees a market alternative of $300 billion within the automotive sector and reported income of $251 million within the third quarter from the phase.

The chipmaker stated the tie-up will permit it to scale efforts to fulfill rising demand for chips made for autonomous and linked autos.

Foxconn, which operates a automobile manufacturing facility in Ohio, stated its autos will comprise ECUs based mostly on Drive Orin and Nvidia’s Drive Hyperion sensors for autonomous driving.

Taiwan-based Foxconn makes electrical autos for Lordstown Motors and has a contract to make Fisker’s second automobile mannequin, Pear.

It additionally manufactures Apple merchandise.

The corporate stated in October it hopes to ultimately make automobiles for Tesla because it ramps up electrical automobile manufacturing to diversify its enterprise.