NVIDIA is reportedly working on the Thor chip, its next-generation chip for electric vehicles (EVs) of the future. This new chip is set to be picked up by several Chinese EV companies, including BYD, SAIC Motors, Geely, and Li Auto.

The Thor platform, which is available in five versions, is designed to enhance computing power with the Blackwell architecture. This is aimed at a full transition by late 2025 or early 2026, as reported by the Commercial Times and TrendForce.

NVIDIA's entry into the automotive market is set for 2025, with the AI and GPU giant collaborating with high-end Chinese EV companies to implement its Drive Thor chip. The Thor platform is expected to provide significant improvements over the current Orin platform, with the new chip based on the Blackwell GPU architecture offering up to 9.2 TFLOPs of FP32 compute performance and 1000 TOPS of AI performance.

The Thor SUPER chip, also based on the Blackwell architecture, is expected to double the CPU, GPU, and AI power, offering 18.4 TFLOPs of FP32 compute performance, 28 CPU cores, and 2000 TOPS of AI workload power. NVIDIA plans to debut its new Thor platform in 2025.