Black Sesame, Horizon Robotics unveil China's smart driving chip race

<p class="P1" data-start="5168" data-end="5696">China's intelligent driving market continues to surge, with Black Sesame Technologies and Horizon Robotics both reporting solid top-line revenue growth for the first half of 2026. Highlighting the rapid commercialization curve, Horizon Robotics announced on September 3 that cumulative mass production of its Journey series smart driving processors surpassed 15 million units&mdash;signaling that competition in China's automotive IC sector is shifting from raw computing battles to large-scale mass deployment and market penetration.