CHANGSHA, China, Dec. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- (Baidu 2019
Apollo Ecosystem Event) - Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:
XLNX), the leader in adaptive and intelligent computing, today
announced that the Xilinx® Automotive (XA) Zynq® UltraScale+™ MPSoC
(XAZU5EV) is powering Baidu's production-ready Apollo Computing
Unit (ACU)-Advanced platform for Automated Valet Parking (AVP), the
industry's first dedicated computing solution for AVP. The ACU is
Baidu's advanced in-vehicle computing platform for autonomous
driving. ACU-Advanced is the first production-ready AVP controller
enabled by an XA Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC.
Designed for the specific scenarios and functions of valet
parking, which require sophisticated and powerful deep learning
inference to handle the complex driving environment, the
production-ready ACU-Advanced for AVP features the XA Zynq
UltraScale+ MPSoC for sensor fusion and AI processing, replacing
the GPU used in proof-of-concept. In addition, the platform is
fully compatible with the Baidu PaddlePaddle framework, and
includes five cameras, 12 ultrasonic radars and a -40 ~ 85℃ working
temperature range, which meets vehicle–level production
requirements.
"Through our close collaboration with Xilinx, we are providing
automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers with an adaptable computing
platform," said Wang Yunpeng, senior director of Baidu's Automatic
Driving Technology Department. "The Xilinx technology is at the
heart of our ACU- Advanced platform for AVP as no other solution
could provide us with the performance required for mass
production."
Xilinx is a leading automotive solution provider with over 13
years of auto industry experience. The company's automotive
solutions offer the ultimate in hardware and software partitioning
flexibility combined with a variety of networking connectivity
options, unique functional safety architecture
configurations and security features for current and
future autonomous drive modules. Cumulatively, Xilinx has shipped
more than 170 million devices globally for automotive use, with 70
million used for production ADAS systems. The company works with
over 200 automotive companies, comprised of major Tier 1s, OEMs,
and startups globally.
"Baidu is increasingly a major player in automotive, and Xilinx
is the ideal solution to solve the technical challenges associated
with AVP and automated vehicle development," said Yousef
Khalilollahi, vice president, core vertical markets, Xilinx. "By
providing an adaptable hardware platform, Baidu can design flexible
and scalable systems that seamlessly incorporate AI compute
acceleration and functional safety through diversity in processing
engines. We look forward to expanding our collaboration with Baidu
to take automated driving to the next level."
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About Xilinx
Xilinx develops highly flexible and
adaptive processing platforms that enable rapid innovation across a
variety of technologies – from the endpoint to the edge to the
cloud. Xilinx is the inventor of the FPGA, hardware programmable
SoCs, and the ACAP, designed to deliver the most dynamic processor
technology in the industry and enable the adaptable, intelligent,
and connected world of the future. For more information,
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