Also Renesas (itself a combination of NEC, Hitachi and Mitsubishi's semi division) is popular among the Asian manufacturers. Both auto OEMs (Honda, Toyota, etc.) but tier-1 suppliers (Pioneer, Fujitsu Ten, Panasonic).

Whomever spins smartphone/tablet ASICs will likely be a viable contender in that race.

Don't forget about HiSilion, Rockchip, Allwinner, Spreadtrum, and MediaTek.

I'm just curious what happens to Freescale's i.MX product line...i.MX directly competes in the automotive SOC space with QCOM.

I hope it survives, I've always liked the i.MX line.

I guess many vendors will have ASIC co-processors for some ML operations pretty soon.

The ones you listed are giving Qualcomm a run for its' money in mobile space, but automotive is a tough one to get into. Nvidia and especially Freescale/NXP already have automotive market share (and investment in the space)

Feels like deep learning is here to stay so I don't see how they are going to have any fighting chance.