Tesla's Full Self-Driving Computer is Now in All New Cars and a Next-Gen Chip is Already 'Halfway Done'

The Tesla computer, a new custom chip designed to enable full self-driving capabilities, is now in all new Model 3, X and S vehicles, CEO Elon Musk said during the company's Autonomy Day. From a report: Tesla switched over from Nvidia's Drive platform to its own custom chip for the Model S and X about a month ago and for the Model 3 about 10 days ago, Musk said. 'All cars being produced all have the hardware necessary -- computer and otherwise -- for full self-driving,' Musk said. 'All you need to do is improve the software.' Work is also already underway on a next-generation chip, Musk added. The design of this current chip was completed 'maybe one and half, two years ago.' Tesla is now about halfway through the design of the next-generation chip. Musk wanted to focus the talk on the current chip, but he later added that the next-generation one would be 'three times better' than the current system and was about two years away.

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