Wedoany.com Report on Feb 7th, Tokyo, Japan — Honda Motor Co., Ltd. recently announced a strategic partnership with Mythic, a semiconductor technology company headquartered in Texas, USA, to jointly develop a new generation of System-on-Chip (SoC) for Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs). This collaboration aims to leverage the technical strengths of both parties to enhance the computing performance and energy efficiency of in-vehicle artificial intelligence, thereby advancing the evolution of next-generation intelligent vehicle platforms.
As part of the collaboration, Honda has made a strategic investment in Mythic. The company possesses original technology and a proven track record in the fields of analog computing and neuromorphic semiconductors. The two parties plan to rely on Honda's R&D subsidiary and Mythic's technical team to jointly advance the development of specialized SoCs for autonomous driving and advanced in-vehicle intelligent functions.
Honda emphasized in its statement that the company consistently places addressing environmental and safety challenges at the core of its strategy to continuously provide users with "the joy and freedom of mobility." As vehicle intelligence continues to deepen, high-performance, high-efficiency SDV SoCs have become a key technological foundation for achieving safer and more reliable intelligent driving experiences. To this end, Honda is continuously increasing its R&D investment in digital computing architectures, particularly in the field of neuromorphic computing inspired by biological neural principles.
Mythic, as a semiconductor startup focused on edge AI computing, has its core technology in using analog in-memory computing to achieve highly energy-efficient neural network processing. This technology can significantly reduce the need for data movement during computation, thereby maintaining high AI computing power while substantially lowering power consumption. The company provides a complete software development toolchain to support customers in efficiently deploying AI models.
Through this partnership, Honda aims to deeply integrate Mythic's analog computing technology with its own expertise in AI model design, electronic control units, and vehicle system integration to accelerate the development of specialized SoCs suitable for next-generation software-defined vehicles. This will not only help enhance the intelligence level of Honda's future models but also strengthen its long-term strategic flexibility in the global automotive industry's technological competition.
Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, USA, Mythic is led by CEO Taner Ozcelik and has long been dedicated to developing and selling neuromorphic processing units for edge devices. This collaboration with Honda marks the first systematic entry of its technology into the supply chain of a global mainstream automaker and also provides a new development direction for technological pathways in the automotive semiconductor field.
