REUTERS INTERVIEW - MERCEDES-BENZ SPINS OUT AUTONOMY CHIP TEAM AS ATHOS SILICON
SANTA CLARA, CA — Reuters interviewed Athos Silicon CEO Charnjiv Bangar following Mercedes-Benz's decision to spin out its Silicon Valley autonomy chip architecture group into the newly formed company. The piece highlights how the transition positions Athos Silicon to accelerate a safety-first, energy-efficient mSoC™ platform, purpose-built for autonomous systems beyond traditional monolithic designs.
The article underscores Athos Silicon's focus on functional safety, real-time hardware voting, modular chiplet integration, and collaboration with Mercedes-Benz as a strategic reference partner while the company engages broader mobility, robotics, and mission-critical markets.
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Athos Silicon, founded in 2025, is building the world's first functionally safe chiplet-based compute platform for real-time autonomy in robotics, automotive, and avionics. Its Multiple Systems on Chip (mSoC™) architecture enables modular scaling of compute resources with safety, determinism, and power efficiency. mSoC™ unlocks a new era of trusted, certifiable autonomy.