Physix FrontierPhysix Frontier · News Briefing Card (TMTPost · Oct 31, 2026)
Momenta-linked chip firm Xinxin Hangtu launches X7 Ultra, ships over 200K units in 8 months
KEY FACTS
- Xinxin Hangtu launched its automotive-grade AI chip X7 Ultra on October 29, delivering 700 TOPS of compute.
- Founded in late 2023, Xinxin Hangtu put its first chip, the X7, into mass production and onto vehicles in March 2026.
- In 8 months of mass production, the X7 has shipped over 200,000 units cumulatively, is deployed on 10 vehicle models, and has secured orders for more than 40 models.
- Xinxin Hangtu was spun out of an internal chip project at Momenta, and the two companies maintain close technical and business ties.
- Xinxin Hangtu has disclosed that its next-generation X9 chip targets 3000 TOPS and is planned for launch in 2027.
KEY DATA
700 TOPSX7 Ultra compute
over 200,000 unitsX7 cumulative shipments
10Models in mass production
over 40Model orders
PHYSIX OBSERVATION
In-house chips at smart-driving companies are moving from story to delivery, and 200,000 units shipped shows automakers are willing to pay for software-hardware co-design. But its customers still come mostly from its own ecosystem; whether it can independently win orders from a diverse set of automakers and sustain its toolchain and iteration cadence is the real watershed between being a Momenta affiliate and becoming a genuine chip supplier.
Source: TMTPost report