NVI has been working hard to make semi-autonomous vehicles really on the road for many years, and the company has just announced its latest achievement, which is the first time to showcase its world-leading autonomous driving technology on the latest generation of the 2018 Audi A8. Audi said that its latest luxury car has achieved a three-level automatic driving function, under certain conditions, the driver can take his hands off the steering wheel. However, the driver still needs to pay attention to his driving environment at all times, and keep his concentration and take control of the car at any time when necessary. Let's take a look at the related content with the car electronics editor.
In the past year or two, almost every car manufacturer has started to develop its own automatic driving technology, but there is no uniform standard. So although the Tesla Model S can only achieve level 2 autopilot, the technology used on the Audi A8 is not too much.
But why is this good news for NVIDIA? Because no matter which car manufacturer uses the level of autopilot technology, the chip maker's technology and products have been used in different manufacturers' products.
Partner list is constantly updated
NVIDIA has been working with Audi for some time, and the partnership has been further upgraded earlier this year. At the time, Audi said it would use NVIDIA's Drive PX2 platform hardware and software in future automotive products. And Audi's zFAS system is the result of cooperation between the two companies. This system allows a car to be placed on the highway at 60 km/h. If there is traffic congestion or slow-moving problems, the driver does not need to put his hands on the road. On the steering wheel.
Nvidia said in a blog post that the company's technology will organize the receipts collected by the A8 sensors at a transfer rate of 2.5 billion times per second. The Audi A8 is also the first production model with a lidar, and the laser system provides uninterrupted scanning of the environment around the car.
In addition to working with Audi, Nvidia also announced a consensus with Swedish automaker Volvo to help Volvo produce fully automated driverless cars that can be used on roads by 2021. In addition, NVIDIA's partners include Mercedes-Benz and Toyota.
Toyota will use NVIDIA's Drive PX2 supercomputer platform as the "brain" for the company's semi-autonomous vehicles in the future, and the cooperation between the two companies is very interesting, because Toyota has always been Japan's largest car manufacturer.
Of course, including Tesla, which last year’s termination of cooperation with the accident and driverless technology company Mobileye, also decided to start using NVIDIA’s technology for the development of the company’s semi-automatic driving technology. Tesla has always had the ambition to build a driverless car, and for now, the cooperation with Nvidia is the best way to achieve this goal.
These partnerships are important to both NVIDIA and car manufacturers. At present, most automakers are aiming to achieve the goal of driving unmanned vehicles on the road in 2020 or 2021. Choosing the most suitable partner will help the two sides achieve a win-win situation.
Driverless cars are growing
In fact, in the current revenue structure of Nvidia, the car business only accounts for a small proportion. In the first quarter of this year's earnings report, the automotive business brought $140 million in revenue to the company, which is only 7% of its total revenue.
But investors don't need to worry more about this. After all, the Audi A8 with the latest semi-automatic driving technology is not yet on the market, and most car manufacturers are just beginning to introduce models with semi-automatic driving technology.
The Boston Consulting Group estimates that by 2035, the market value of the driverless car market will reach $77 billion. Now, it has left enough time for NVIDIA to find more partners and to generate more revenue by providing technology. This is only the beginning. As various models equipped with NVIDIA technology are listed one after another, NVIDIA is still a target for investors.
The above is an introduction to the growing list of leading players in the field of automotive electronics - NVIDIA in the field of unmanned driving. If you want to know more information, please pay more attention, electronic engineering will provide you with more complete and more Detailed and updated information.
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