Automotive
Further to Intel's AI-related announcements surrounding their Meteor Lake SoC and its integrated NPU, the automotive market is another market where Intel expects that AI can make a big difference. Intel has just expanded its attention to the automotive AI market by acquiring Silicon Mobility SAS, a company specializing in EV energy management and AI-enhanced software driving the digital cockpit. This specific acquisition is set to enhance Intel's capabilities in delivering efficient energy management solutions for EVs and the AI-driven ecosystem. During CES 2024, Intel has unveiled a new AI-enhanced software-defined vehicle (SDV) SoC family. These chips leverage Intel's expertise in AI and show ambitions to bring advanced in-vehicle AI applications such as Generative AI and camera-based driver/passenger monitoring. Zeekr, a brand of Geely, has...
BlackBerry Acquires Cylance, Gets AI & ML Security Technology
BlackBerry Limited has announced that it had completed acquisition of Cylance, a company developing machine learning and artificial intelligence-based security technology. The move adds valuable IP and technologies to...
22 by Anton Shilov on 2/25/2019GlobalFoundries and Synopsys Develop Automotive-Grade IP for 22FDX Process Tech
GloalFoundries and Synopsys announced this week that they have jointly developed a portfolio of automotive-gade IP solutions for GF’s 22FDX process technology. The various IP blocks are designed for...
4 by Anton Shilov on 2/22/2019Investigating NVIDIA's Jetson AGX: A Look at Xavier and Its Carmel Cores
Today’s piece is a bit of an unusual review; NVIDIA’s new Jetson AGX embedded system kit isn’t really a device platform we’re expecting the average reader to think about...
51 by Andrei Frumusanu on 1/4/2019Samsung’s Intros Exynos Auto V9 SoC: Octa-A76 Chip to Power Audi’s In-Vehicle Infotainment System
Samsung today rolled out its new Exynos Auto V9 SoC, announcing that the automotive-focused SoC will power Audi’s in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system that will debut by 2021. Samsung’s first...
17 by Anton Shilov on 1/3/2019Arm Announces Cortex-A65AE for Automotive: First SMT CPU Core
Back in September, Arm had announced the new Cortex A76AE CPU with focus on automotive applications. Today, Arm adds to its portfolio by formally announcing a next gen processor...
9 by Andrei Frumusanu on 12/18/2018Imagination Launches PowerVR Automotive Initiative, 8XT-A GPU IP
The automotive industry is changing rapidly these days thanks to the influx of computing poweer, and it will continue to consume considerably more CPU and GPU horsepower in the...
2 by Anton Shilov on 11/13/2018Arm Unveils Arm Safety Ready Initiative, Cortex-A76AE Processor
The market of automobiles is changing. Modern cars use more electronics than ever and adoption of electronic components in general and processors in particular is not going to slow...
27 by Anton Shilov on 9/26/2018Hot Chips 2018: NVIDIA Xavier SoC Live Blog (5pm PT, Midnight UTC)
NVIDIA has a couple of talks during Hot Chips, with this first one going into the Xavier SoC.
5 by Ian Cutress on 8/20/2018Solving the Automotive Bandwidth Problem: Aquantia Partners with NVIDIA for 10GbE
One of the lesser known topics around fully autonomous vehicles is one of transporting data around. There are usually two options: transport raw image and sensor data with super...
25 by Ian Cutress on 1/29/2018Micron, Rambus, & Others Team Up To Spur GDDR6 Adoption in Non-GPU Products
For regular AnandTech readers, the drums of GDDR6 have been beating loudly for most of the last year now. The new memory standard replaces the venerable GDDR5 memory, which...
15 by Ryan Smith on 1/23/2018Ambarella at CES 2018: Announcing CV1 and CV22 SoCs with CVflow CNN engines
At CES 2018 in Las Vegas we had the pleasure to attend Ambarella’s booth tour demonstrating the newest products in camera SoC solutions. Ambarella to date is most widely...
9 by Andrei Frumusanu on 1/15/2018Cypress at CES 2018 - CYW89359 Automotive 802.11ac Combo Solution
LAS VEGAS, NV — Cypress Semiconductor today announces a new WiFi combo chipset targeted at automotive applications. Car connectivity gets increasingly common-place and users enjoy the same media experience...
1 by Andrei Frumusanu on 1/9/2018Toshiba Samples eUFS Devices for Vehicles: Extended Temps & Reliability Features
Toshiba this month announced that it had started sample shipments of the industry’s first automotive grade embedded UFS storage devices for ADAS and infotainment systems. The new eUFS chips...
15 by Anton Shilov on 12/18/2017GTC Europe Live Blog: How to Get Regulatory Approval for an AI-based Autonomous Car
More autonomy!
10 by Ian Cutress on 10/10/2017GTC Europe Live Blog: What is Level 5 Autonomous Motorsport?
One of the talks at GTC EU today is titled 'What is Level 5 Autonomous Motorsport?'. Live blogging time!
8 by Ian Cutress on 10/10/2017GTC Europe: NVIDIA Keynote Live Blog (10am CEST, 9am UTC)
Stay tuned for coverage of NVIDIA's Keynote at GTC Europe. Heading up the presentation is NVIDIA CEO, Jensen Huang. GTC Europe is now NVIDIA's key automotive event due to...
11 by Ian Cutress on 10/10/2017Bosch and NVIDIA Team Up for Xavier-Based Self-Driving Systems for Mass Market Cars
Bosch and NVIDIA on Thursday announced plans to co-develop self-driving systems for mass-market vehicles. The solutions will use NVIDIA’s next-generation codenamed Xavier SoC as well as the company’s AI-related...
43 by Anton Shilov on 3/18/2017Intel to Acquire Mobileye for $15 Billion
In an interesting announcement today, Intel and Mobileye have entered into an agreement whereby Intel will commence a tender offer for all issued and outstanding ordinary shared of Mobileye...
17 by Ian Cutress on 3/13/2017Intel Forms New Group for Autonomous Vehicles and Announces $250M Investment
Intel this week announced several initiatives to push into the emerging autonomous driving market. The company formally established a new internal organization called the Automated Driving Group (ADG) dedicated...
18 by Anton Shilov on 11/30/2016