NVDA

NVIDIA

research_scan theme='autonomous-mobility'; value_chain_position='Layer 2 (AV inference SoC — DRIVE Thor)'; DRIVE Thor Blackwell-derived is OEM-agnostic AV silicon platform. Same die family and distribution strategy as Jetson Thor for humanoids — 'Android of physical AI' extends across both themes. Durably profitable at compute-provider tier. BPA has NVDA on supports_avoid side of C-04 at cap-weighted peak (posture 41), but on AV-specific chessboard NVDA is least-exposed compute-side incumbent. Held as calibration exposure.