VW Will Design its own Self-Driving Chips

 Perhaps expected, adds some control, link to driving data

VW will design its own chips for self-driving cars in Engadget

It's borrowing its strategy from Apple and Tesla.

Volkswagen won't settle for off-the-shelf computing power with its self-driving cars. As Reuters (via Autoblog) reports, company chief Herbert Diess told Handelsblatt in an interview that VW will design its own high-performance chips for autonomous vehicles. It was a matter of eking out the best possible hardware, Diess said — much like Apple and Tesla, the move would give VW "higher competence" in defining its processors.  ... '