Mercedes-Benz, one of the world’s largest high-end passenger car brands, and NVIDIA, the world’s leading fast track computing company, plan paints in combination to create a revolutionary FORMULA of PC and IT infrastructure with artificial intelligence. Starting in 2024, it will be deployed across the fleet of next-generation Mercedes-Benz vehicles, allowing them to take advantage of scalable automated driving features. Running in combination, corporations plan to expand the complex and complicated maximum IT architecture ever deployed in a car.
The new software-defined architecture will be built on the NVIDIA DRIVE platform and will be standard in Mercedes-Benz’s next-generation fleet, enabling state-of-the-art automated driving functionalities. A primary feature will be the ability to automate the driving of regular routes from address to address. In addition, there will be numerous future safety and convenience applications. Customers will be able to purchase and add capabilities, software applications, and subscription services through over-the-air software updates during the life of the car.
In making the announcement Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has said:
“We are excited to work with Mercedes-Benz. It’s the perfect partner for us given its long record of innovation and our strong technical relationship. It’s clear from our extensive discussions with Ola and his team that we share a common vision of the automobile of the future. Together, we’re going to revolutionize the car ownership experience, making the vehicle software programmable and continuously upgradeable via over-the-air updates. Every future Mercedes-Benz with the NVIDIA DRIVE system will come with a team of expert AI and software engineers continuously developing, refining, and enhancing the car over its lifetime.”
Automated driving functions in future Mercedes-Benz cars will be powered by the next-generation NVIDIA DRIVE platform. The computer system-on-a-chip, called NVIDIA Orin, is based on the recently announced NVIDIA Ampere supercomputing architecture. The NVIDIA DRIVE platform includes a full system software stack designed for automated driving AI applications. NVIDIA and Mercedes-Benz will jointly develop the AI and automated vehicle applications that include SAE level 2 and 3, as well as automated parking functions (up to level 4).
The cutting-edge functions of the new formula will be operated with a general focus on safety. As the regulatory and generation framework develops, it will be conceivable that each car is updated live to enable new automated handling features. Convenience and other safety features will also be available.
To expand new models, any corporation will use NVIDIA DRIVE infrastructure responses to enable data-driven progression and deep neural network progression to meet the needs of regions and operating spaces where automobiles will be available.
For more information on this and more Nvidia news, you can check its official website online at the link here.
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