Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has taken a major step toward the future of intelligent mobility by entering a joint development agreement with Mythic. Through this collaboration, Honda R&D Co. Ltd., the company’s research and development subsidiary, will license Mythic’s groundbreaking Analog Processing Unit (APU) technology. Together, the two companies will co-develop an automotive-grade AI system-on-chip (SoC) designed for Honda’s next-generation software-defined vehicles (SDVs), expected to roll out in the late 2020s and early 2030s.

This partnership directly supports Honda’s long-term commitment to safety, innovation, and sustainability. By integrating Mythic’s ultra-efficient analog compute-in-memory architecture, Honda aims to significantly enhance advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving features while keeping energy consumption extremely low. This is especially critical as Honda continues pursuing its global vision of achieving zero traffic collision fatalities involving Honda vehicles by 2050.

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“Mythic’s cutting-edge analog compute technology makes them a strategic partner for Honda as we develop the next generation of intelligent, safe vehicles,” said Atsushi Ogawa, Chief Operating Officer at Honda R&D Co., Ltd. “We are excited to collaborate with Mythic on the future of automotive computing. This relationship will continue to grow as we jointly develop, test & integrate Mythic’s unique capabilities across our future vehicle lineup, supporting Honda’s commitments to safety and innovation.”

As vehicles increasingly become power-limited systems, achieving next-level AI performance requires a dramatic leap in energy efficiency. Mythic’s technology offers around 100x better energy efficiency compared to traditional digital AI chips. By merging memory and computation into a single layer similar to how the human brain works Mythic enables far greater AI processing within the same power budget.

In fact, the collaboration envisions future Honda vehicles capable of delivering over 100,000 TOPS (trillions of operations per second) of AI compute, all while operating within a strict low-power envelope.

“Cars are quickly becoming petascale supercomputers on wheels – in the near future, the most powerful computer in your home will be parked in your garage,” said Dave Fick, Co-Founder and CTO of Mythic. “Vehicles will soon require computing performance on par with data centers, but with far tighter energy budgets. That’s exactly what Mythic’s analog technology delivers. We’re thrilled to partner with Honda to usher in a new era of energy-efficient automotive computing, where every vehicle can have the AI brainpower of a data center, without the power draw.”

The new AI SoC will also support cutting-edge machine learning models, including vision transformers for enhanced perception, physics-informed neural networks for vehicle control, and even cloud-free large language models powering next-generation in-car assistants.

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“Digital computing architectures simply cannot meet the combined performance and power-efficiency requirements of safe autonomous driving – but Mythic’s analog technology can,” said Taner Ozcelik, CEO of Mythic, and former Founder of NVIDIA’s Automotive Division. “Much as GPUs transformed computing by accelerating AI next to CPUs, Mythic’s incredibly energy-efficient APUs will be the accelerators that democratize full self-driving across all vehicles…”

Looking ahead, prototype chips from the Honda-Mythic partnership are expected to be tested in vehicles by the late 2020s/early 2030s, with production planned shortly after successful trials. Ultimately, both companies believe this collaboration will redefine automotive AI performance-per-watt and accelerate Honda’s mission of “Safety for Everyone.”

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