Hesai has unveiled a LiDAR chip that achieves pixel-level native fusion of color perception and distance measurement at the hardware level, supporting up to 4,320 laser channels. A 120↑ r/singularity post highlights that this eliminates the need for complex post-processing camera-LiDAR stitching. This is a genuine hardware-level breakthrough: previous LiDAR systems required separate cameras and software fusion, while Hesai's chip integrates both sensing modalities on a single die.