Black Sesame SoC Support To Be Merged For Linux 6.19
A new SoC vendor and in turn new SoC/platform support is set to premiere in the Linux 6.19 kernel with the initial Black Sesame Technologies C1200 support.
Black Sesame Technologies is a Chinese vendor developing automotive-grade computing platforms for smart vehicles and autonomous driving. The nine year old company offers a range of automotive-grade computing platform solutions but now with Linux 6.19 that will debut in 2026 is the first time seeing any mainline Linux kernel support for their ARM64-based hardware.
Seeing initial support in the mainline Linux kernel is the Black Sesame Technologies C1200 SoC and CDCU1.0 ADAS 4C2G board support. For the mainline Linux 6.19 kernel is the initial Device Tree data for the SoC and board. Black Sesame's website advertises various "proprietary IP cores" including an NPU while for the mainline kernel it appears to be just the base C1200 support.
Black Sesame's C1236 is promoted as China's first single-SoC for "pilot navigation smart driving" while the C1296 is talked up as their first chip to enable "multi-domain fusion computing"...
Those wanting to learn more about this initial Black Sesame Technologies SoC support for Linux 6.19 can see this merge to the SoC branch providing the initial platform enablement.
Black Sesame Technologies is a Chinese vendor developing automotive-grade computing platforms for smart vehicles and autonomous driving. The nine year old company offers a range of automotive-grade computing platform solutions but now with Linux 6.19 that will debut in 2026 is the first time seeing any mainline Linux kernel support for their ARM64-based hardware.
Seeing initial support in the mainline Linux kernel is the Black Sesame Technologies C1200 SoC and CDCU1.0 ADAS 4C2G board support. For the mainline Linux 6.19 kernel is the initial Device Tree data for the SoC and board. Black Sesame's website advertises various "proprietary IP cores" including an NPU while for the mainline kernel it appears to be just the base C1200 support.
Black Sesame's C1236 is promoted as China's first single-SoC for "pilot navigation smart driving" while the C1296 is talked up as their first chip to enable "multi-domain fusion computing"...
Those wanting to learn more about this initial Black Sesame Technologies SoC support for Linux 6.19 can see this merge to the SoC branch providing the initial platform enablement.