Baidu Launches a Second Chip and a Robocar

Baidu, the Chinese internet giant, presented its second artificial intelligence processor, its first "robocar," and a redesigned autonomous cab app, highlighting how these new technologies are critical to the company's potential development.

In the current competitive market and tough advertising industry in recent years, the firm has concentrated on broadening its operations outside marketing.

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Baidu's CEO, Robin Li, has sought to persuade financiers that the company's future rests in AI and related fields like driverless cars.

Baidu Second Chip and Robocar

Baidu unveiled Kunlun 2, the second-generation AI processor, during its annual Baidu World forum on August 18, 2021. The chip is intended to aid devices in processing large quantities of data and increasing computational capacity. The chip, according to Baidu, may be utilized in fields such as automated vehicles and is now in mass manufacturing.

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The first-generation Kunlun chip from Baidu was released in 2018. Baidu secured $2 billion in funding for its semiconductor unit earlier this year. China is attempting to increase its knowledge and capability in two important technologies: semiconductors and artificial intelligence. Alibaba and Tencent, two of Baidu's competitors, have recently invested in semiconductors.

Baidu also unveiled a "robocar," an autonomous vehicle with doors that open up like wings and a huge surface inappropriate for entertainment. It's only a prototype, and the institution made no mention of whether or not it'll be mass-produced.

The prototype car, on the other hand, exemplifies Baidu's goals for effective autonomous driving, which analysts predict will be a multibillion-dollar market for the Chinese internet giant.

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Baidu has also been testing purported robotaxi services in major cities such as Guangzhou and Beijing, where customers may hail an autonomous taxi using the company's Apollo Go app inside a constrained radius. Baidu renamed the program "Luobo Kuaipao" on Wednesday, and it appears to rotate retired robotaxis linked on a large scale.

Baidu announced a collaboration with state-owned carmaker BAIC Group in June to build 1,000 self-driving cars over the next three years and market a robotaxi service across China.

Baidu also revealed four new caller gadgets, including a smart surface and a TV with Xiaodu, the company's AI-powered personal assistant. For the firm, Xiaodu represents a new stage of maturity.

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