CES 2026 Special - Qualcomm Snapdragon | Nvidia & AVs | TI semiconductors | Kodiak & Bosch | Valeo & Seeing Machines | NXP ‘super-integration’

CES 2026 Special

Volume 6, Issue 1

Qualcomm celebrates Snapdragon advances at CES

At CES 2026, the company is rolling out a number of significant new advancements for its automotive business, primarily around the company’s Snapdragon Cockpit Elite and Ride Elite automotive platforms, with the most significant examples involving partnerships with Leapmotor, LG Electronics, and ZF.

Nvidia announces new open-source models and expanded AV developments

At CES 2026, the AI powerhouse released an open-reasoning VLA Alpamayo family of open AI models designed to tackle long-tail AV challenges, announced an expanded Drive Hyperion ecosystem, and said the ADAS in the Mercedes-Benz CLA signals the broader rollout of its full-stack software across the industry.

TI reveals new semiconductors for improved AI, perception, and networking

Helping automakers bring higher levels of autonomy to their entire fleet are a scalable high-performance compute SoC, a single-chip, eight-by-eight 4D imaging radar transceiver, and a new Ethernet networking physical layer device.

Kodiak makes deal with Bosch to scale autonomous trucking platform

Announced at CES 2026, with a truck on display at the Bosch booth, the partners will collaborate on a production-grade, redundant platform that integrates the hardware, firmware, and software interfaces required to bring Kodiak’s AI-powered driver to autonomous trucks at scale.

Valeo unveils advanced monitoring applications with Seeing Machines at CES

The demonstrations in Las Vegas this week include the Panovision head-up display with an adaptive warning system, a Safe InSight demonstration vehicle with a multi-layer approach to driver and interior monitoring, and SmartCluster helmet detection for two-wheelers.

NXP launches platform with ‘super-integration’ capabilities to address auto complexities

The S32N7 automotive processor series is said to transform vehicles into intelligent edge devices by centralizing software and data across all vehicle domains, solving complexity, and unlocking AI-powered vehicle capabilities.