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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 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)

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.

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