Chinese chipmaker Black Sesame Technologies said on Monday its high‑performance full‑scenario intelligent driving chip, the Huashan A2000, has received clearance from the U.S. Department of Commerce and Department of Defense and is now authorised for global sale and deployment.

The approval removes a major regulatory hurdle and paves the way for the A2000 to enter large‑scale commercial use, providing core computing power for advanced automated driving systems.

Built on a 7‑nanometre process, the Huashan A2000 integrates high‑performance CPUs, GPUs, NPUs and dedicated accelerators, supporting multiple precision formats including FP16, FP8 and INT4/INT8/INT16. It is compatible with Black Sesame’s BaRT AI toolchain, which streamlines development from model training to deployment.

The chip successfully completed tape‑out in January 2025 but drew scrutiny from U.S. regulators due to its high performance. After nearly a year of technical clarifications and inter‑agency exchanges, Black Sesame secured the approvals, becoming the only China‑based company to clear such a review for an advanced automotive computing chip.

The company said the clearance marks the start of the A2000’s scaled rollout and will support collaborations with automakers and third-party developers for mass-production vehicle programs.