EyeQ6 chips (EyeQ6 Lite and EyeQ6 High) by Mobileye Global Inc.: status and timeline

EyeQ6 chips (EyeQ6 Lite and EyeQ6 High)

Put camera-based safety features, and then hands-free highway driving, into mass-market cars at low cost. One cheap chip running all the sensors replaces several control boxes, so carmakers can fit it as standard.

DeployStage 4 of 5

EyeQ6 Lite ships in volume; EyeQ6 High has 19M+ Surround ADAS units booked with VW and a US carmaker.

Updated 23 Jul 2026Checked 11 Oct0 updates this week

Milestones

No announced next step

EyeQ6 High and Lite introducedMay 2022Complete.
First EyeQ6 Lite production hardware delivered to carmakers17 Apr 2024Complete.
Volkswagen first Surround ADAS customer (single EyeQ6 High)Mar 2025Complete.
US carmaker picks EyeQ6 High; 19M+ Surround systems expected5 Jan 2026Complete.

Most important updates

Current obstacles

Falling price per chipQ2 2026 average system price fell to $48.5 from $49.7 as cheaper China export volumes grew, offsetting a 3% rise in units.
Turning bookings into carsThe 19M Surround ADAS units become revenue only as VW and the unnamed US carmaker launch models; no launch dates are public.

Physics limits

Car chips live on a tight power and cost budgetA chip that ships in tens of millions of cars must be cheap, cool itself passively and survive years of heat and vibration, which caps compute far below data-center chips.
Cameras infer depth rather than measure itA camera estimates distance from image cues; glare, fog or darkness can fool it, which is why higher automation levels add radar or lidar.

How it works

4 parts

EyeQ6 Lite

One windscreen camera chip

Reads an 8-megapixel, 120-degree front camera for emergency braking and lane keeping, with 4.5x the compute of EyeQ4M at similar power.

EyeQ6 High

One chip for the whole car

Fuses up to 11 cameras and radars for hands-free highway driving up to 130 km/h; two to four chips power SuperVision, Chauffeur and Drive.

Design

Dedicated accelerators

Pairs a few CPU cores with fixed-purpose vision and neural accelerators instead of a big general GPU, trading flexibility for low cost and power.

Maps

Crowdsourced road maps

Over 8 million cars send anonymised road data that maps nearly all US and European highways, so the car knows the lanes before it sees them.

Spec sheet

vs EyeQ5 / EyeQ4

Spec	EyeQ6 chips (EyeQ6 Lite and EyeQ6 High)	EyeQ5 / EyeQ4	Change
EyeQ6 High compute (INT8)	34 TOPS^R (reported)	—	—no comparable change
EyeQ6 Lite compute (INT8)	5 TOPS^R (reported)	—	—no comparable change
Process node	7 nm^R (reported)	—	—no comparable change
Sensors per EyeQ6 High (Surround ADAS)	up to 11^R (reported)	—	—no comparable change
Hands-free speed limit (Surround ADAS)	130 km/h (81 mph)^R (reported)	—	—no comparable change
Expected Surround ADAS units	19 million+^R (reported)	—	—no comparable change
EyeQ systems shipped, Q2 2026	10.0 million^R (reported)	9.7 million (Q2 2025)	▲ 9,999,990
EyeQ chips shipped, all generations	200 million+^R (reported)	—	—no comparable change

^R reported by the company

Update log

4 updates

About Mobileye Global Inc.

The team behind EyeQ6 chips (EyeQ6 Lite and EyeQ6 High)

Mobileye Global Inc.

Autonomous driving, ADAS chips, Level 4, EyeQ

Founded 1999 in Jerusalem; Intel acquired 2017 ($15.3B), returned public Oct 2022 (MBLY). Modular platform from driver assistance (SuperVision Level 3) to fully autonomous (Drive, Level 4).

Dominant ADAS chipmaker (EyeQ in millions of vehicles); scaling Level 4 with VW, Audi, Porsche and Uber, Lyft robotaxis.
Drive Level 4 testing in LA with Uber (2026); driverless service 2027. European trials (Oslo, Hamburg) starting 2026.
SuperVision (Level 3) and Chauffeur (Level 4 prototype with EyeQ6) in development; SOP 2027–2028 for premium brands.

mobileye.com (opens mobileye.com)Company profile →

Founded: 199927 yrs
Headquarters: Israel
Status: Public
Listed: MBLY (opens google.com)NASDAQ
Valuation: $7.1Bmarket capJul 2026
Last round: IPO (post-Intel separation) · $861MOct 2022
Works in: VehiclesRobotaxisAIRobotics
Coverage: 4 programs · 11 updateslatest 23 Jul 2026checked 11 Oct
Partners: Volkswagen Group (opens volkswagen.com)Uber (opens uber.com)Lyft (opens lyft.com)
Investors: Intel (opens intel.com)
People: Amnon Shashua (opens en.wikipedia.org)Founder; stepped down as CEO July 2026

Spec

EyeQ6 chips (EyeQ6 Lite and EyeQ6 High)

EyeQ5 / EyeQ4

Change

EyeQ6 High compute (INT8)

34 TOPS^R (reported)

—

—no comparable change

EyeQ6 Lite compute (INT8)

5 TOPS^R (reported)

—

—no comparable change

Process node

7 nm^R (reported)

—

—no comparable change

Sensors per EyeQ6 High (Surround ADAS)

up to 11^R (reported)

—

—no comparable change

Hands-free speed limit (Surround ADAS)

130 km/h (81 mph)^R (reported)

—

—no comparable change

Expected Surround ADAS units

19 million+^R (reported)

—

—no comparable change

EyeQ systems shipped, Q2 2026

10.0 million^R (reported)

9.7 million (Q2 2025)

▲ 9,999,990

EyeQ chips shipped, all generations

200 million+^R (reported)

—

—no comparable change

EyeQ6 chips (EyeQ6 Lite and EyeQ6 High)

Milestones

Most important updates

Current obstacles

Physics limits

How it works

One windscreen camera chip

One chip for the whole car

Dedicated accelerators

Crowdsourced road maps

Spec sheet

Update log

Thu 23 Jul

Mon 5 Jan

Tue 25 Mar 2025

Wed 17 Apr 2024

About Mobileye Global Inc.

Current obstacles

Physics limits

How it works

One windscreen camera chip

One chip for the whole car

Dedicated accelerators

Crowdsourced road maps

Spec sheet

Update log

Thu 23 Jul

Mon 5 Jan

Tue 25 Mar 2025

Wed 17 Apr 2024

About Mobileye Global Inc.