Most folks would think of Rivian as a runner-up to Tesla thanks to its aluminum unibody R1 vehicles, but the automaker has actually been making a tidy sum in software and services. True to that statement, Rivian today announced its Rivian Autonomy Processor chip and Autonomy Compute Module 3 platform, ready for integration in its own vehicles, and likely those of other automakers.
The Rivian Autonomy Processor (RAP1) is a bespoke in-house effort. The chip itself is an Armv9 design, with 14 Cortex-A720AE…