China’s Black Sesame Says Its Self-Driving Chip Passed US Review

Black Sesame International Holding has won approvals from US Department of Commerce and US Department of Defense to sell its Huashan A2000 chip for autonomous driving globally, according to a company statement on its WeChat account on Sunday.

• Huashan A2000 chip is built with 7nm process: statement
  • Co. said in mid-2024 that it depends on TSMC to make all of its autonomous driving chips
• Huashan A2000 was taped out in January 2025 and was subject to US review due to its “ultra-high performance”: statement
• Co. won US approval after communicating with relevant agencies for almost a year, making it the ...