# Waymo details custom sensor-processing chip for robotaxis

_Wednesday, August 19, 2026 at 8:00 PM EDT · Robotics, Infrastructure · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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Waymo published details of a custom 5-nanometer ASIC that processes raw lidar, radar and camera data before a separate sensor-fusion inference engine. The company says the front-end ASICs provide more than 1,000 TOPS and form part of a redundant onboard computer. Waymo also named Nvidia, AMD, TSMC and four other suppliers; the chip adds to, rather than replaces, merchant components.

## Sources

- [The Next Web](https://thenextweb.com/news/waymo-custom-chip-robotaxi-tsmc-ojai)

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