CES—NVIDIA, ZF and Baidu today announced that they
are creating a production-ready AI autonomous vehicle platform
designed for China, the world’s largest automotive market.
At the opening press conference of CES 2018, NVIDIA founder and
CEO Jensen Huang said that the collaboration is based on the new
NVIDIA DRIVE Xavier™, ZF’s new ProAI car computer and Baidu’s
Apollo Pilot, an autonomous driving product targeted for mass
production.
“NVIDIA and Baidu have pioneered significant advances in deep
learning and AI together over the last several years,” said Huang.
“Now, together with ZF, we have created the first AI autonomous
vehicle computing platform for China.”
China makes up 30 percent of the global passenger vehicle
market. Each of the three companies brings unique technologies
together to serve this massive opportunity.
NVIDIA DRIVE Xavier, available this quarter, is the autonomous
machine processor at the heart of this functionally safe system.
The world’s most complex and advanced SoC, it is capable of
performing 30 deep learning TOPS (trillions of operations per
second), using only 30 watts of power. In addition to its extreme
efficiency, Xavier also enables rich, diverse I/O connections to
many different types of sensors.
As one of the world’s top automotive suppliers, Germany-based ZF
brings expertise for system integration of the car computer and the
sensors. ZF’s new Xavier-based ProAI will process inputs from
multiple cameras, plus lidar and radar, paint a 360-degree view
around the vehicle, locate it on an HD map, and find a safe path
through traffic.
“Our scalable and modular approach enables us to upgrade to our
new ProAI based on NVIDIA DRIVE Xavier, and integrate the Baidu
Apollo Pilot. Our second generation ZF ProAI could be customized
accordingly and scaled up with a Xavier board, which is available
to be implemented,” said Torsten Gollewski, senior vice president
of Advanced Engineering at ZF Friedrichshafen AG.
Baidu’s Apollo open autonomous driving platform provides a
comprehensive, secure and reliable all-in-one solution that
supports all major features and functions of an autonomous vehicle.
Apollo Pilot is an autonomous driving product targeted for mass
production, which provides a safe, economical and comfortable
autonomous driving experience. It’s built on Baidu’s technology and
insight from the driving behaviors of Chinese users.
“NVIDIA’s AI supercomputing architecture is ideal for our
autonomous driving applications, as it can process huge amounts of
data from sensors in real time, and localize the vehicle on our
high-definition digital maps,” said Zhenyu Li, vice president and
general manager of the Intelligent Driving Group at Baidu. “We’ve
been working with NVIDIA on developing on-vehicle chips for
autonomous driving, which aims to accelerate the pace of mass
production of autonomous vehicles.”
This solution is created not only for Chinese automakers, but
any vehicle maker planning to do business in China, and can scale
from super Level 2 automated driving capabilities to Level 5 fully
autonomous robotaxis. Production vehicles utilizing AI self-driving
technologies from NVIDIA, ZF and Baidu are expected on the roads of
China starting in 2020.
About BaiduBaidu, Inc. is the leading Chinese
language Internet search provider. Baidu aims to make a complex
world simpler through technology. Baidu’s ADSs trade on the NASDAQ
Global Select Market under the symbol “BIDU”. Currently, 10 ADSs
represent one Class A ordinary share.
About ZF Friedrichshafen AGZF is a global
leader in driveline and chassis technology as well as active and
passive safety technology. The company has a global workforce of
around 137,000 with approximately 230 locations in some 40
countries. ZF allows vehicles to see, think and act. With its
technologies, the company is striving for Vision Zero – a world of
mobility without accidents and emissions. With its broad portfolio,
ZF is advancing mobility and services in the automobile, truck and
industrial technology sectors. ZF is one of the largest automotive
suppliers worldwide.
About NVIDIA NVIDIA‘s (NASDAQ:NVDA) invention
of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market,
redefined modern computer graphics and revolutionized parallel
computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI — the
next era of computing — with the GPU acting as the brain of
computers, robots and self-driving cars that can perceive and
understand the world. More information at
http://nvidianews.nvidia.com/.
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limited to, statements as to: the impact and benefits of NVIDIA’s
collaboration with ZF and Baidu; the benefits, abilities and
performance of NVIDIA’s Xavier, ZF’s ProAI and Baidu Apollo Pilot;
and the expected date of use for production vehicles using AI
self-driving technologies are forward-looking statements that are
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For further information, contact:Thomas
Wenzel
ZF
Director of Global
Corporate Communications
+49 7541 77-2543
thomas.wenzel@zf.com
Fazel AdabiNVIDIAPR Manager for Automotive(818)
987-7887fadabi@nvidia.com
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