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Honda and Mythic Announce Joint Development of 100x Energy-Efficient Analog AI Chip for Next-Generation Vehicles
PALO ALTO, Calif., February 07, 2026--Honda Motor Co., Ltd. and Mythic announce a joint development agreement in which Honda R&D Co. Ltd., the R&D subsidiary of Honda, will license Mythic’s Analog Processing Unit (APU) technology and the companies will co-develop an automotive-grade AI SOC for deployment in Honda’s next-generation software-defined vehicles (SDVs) by the late 2020s/early 2030s. In line with Honda’s safety approach, Mythic’s intelligent, ultra-efficient analog compute-in-memory ar
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