MIIT hopes auto 'brain' can learn from ARM's experience

Priority to be given to vehicle-mounted controllers, smart computing chips

China's top industry regulator said on Monday that it is working hard to help develop a homegrown smart computing platform for autonomous driving, with a focus on cultivating competitive chip makers and car-control operating system developers.

Yang Xudong, an official at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said the ministry aims to help build an open, safe and reliable next-generation automotive computing platform, or "the brain", for internet-connected vehicles, by learning from what ARM has done in fostering an open smartphone ecosystem globally.