Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMBA), an edge AI semiconductor company,
today announced during CES the latest additions to its CV3-AD
family of automotive AI domain controllers—the CV3-AD635 and
CV3-AD655 systems-on-chip (SoCs). The new CV3-AD635 supports a
sensing suite that includes multiple cameras and radars to enable
mainstream L2+ feature sets, such as highway autopilot and
automated parking, in addition to meeting the GSR2 and NCAP
standards. Additionally, the CV3-AD655 enables advanced L2+ (also
called L2++) with urban autopilot, as well as support for
additional cameras, radars and other sensors. With the previously
announced flagship CV3-AD685 SoC, which targets L3/L4 systems—along
with the China-focused CV72AQ SoC—the CV3-AD family now covers the
full range of AD and ADAS solutions, from mainstream to premium
passenger vehicles. Additionally, this is the automotive industry’s
broadest performance range for any software-compatible AI domain
control family, spanning an 18x AI performance increase from the
CV72AQ to the CV3-AD685.
All SoCs in the CV3-AD family feature Ambarella’s CVflow® 3.0 AI
accelerator. This highly efficient, proprietary AI engine combines
neural network acceleration—including support for the latest NN
architectures such as transformers and bird’s-eye-view (BEV)
networks—along with general vector processing capabilities for
traditional computer vision and efficient radar processing. The
CVflow’s high AI processing performance and industry-leading power
efficiency enable CV3-AD customers to design vehicles with rich
feature sets based on safe and reliable AD and ADAS capabilities,
while reducing thermal-management cost and complexity. That
significantly lower power consumption also allows customers to
deploy electric vehicles with smaller batteries, reducing cost and
weight; or to alternatively increase the EV range using the same
battery. As with the rest of this family, the CV3-AD635 and
CV3-AD655 are fabricated in Samsung’s advanced 5nm automotive
process technology.
“With the accelerating adoption of AI-based ADAS and AD
solutions, automotive OEMs and tier-1s require more AI performance,
lower power consumption, and support for advanced algorithms, in
all segments of the market,” said Fermi Wang, President and CEO of
Ambarella. “The new CV3-AD635 and CV3-AD655 enable proven CV3-AD
powerful performance in mass market L2+ and L2++ systems, while
helping OEMs to reduce complexity and save costs on thermal
management solutions and electric vehicle batteries.”
“The strategic partnership between Continental and Ambarella is
bringing full-stack vehicle system solutions to the road—beginning
with 2027 SOPs—that combine maximum performance and
industry-leading energy efficiency,” said Ismail Dagli, Head of the
Autonomous Mobility Business Area at Continental. “Based on
Ambarella’s CV3-AD family, our joint solutions enable safer
mobility thanks to holistic environmental perception; making them
particularly well suited for the growing amount of sensor data in
software-defined vehicles. Together, we are shaping the path toward
Vision Zero and autonomous mobility.”
Ambarella’s CV3-AD SoC portfolio meets the processing
requirements for automotive OEMs’ entire catalogs, from mainstream
to premium models, by scaling the performance of each members’
compute engines. For example, the CV3-AD655 offers double, and
CV3-AD685 six times, the NN processing performance of the
CV3-AD635. Likewise, the CV3-AD635 integrates four Arm Cortex A78AE
CPU cores, and the CV3-AD655 eight cores. A dual-core, lockstep
pair of Cortex-R52 CPUs is also included in both the CV3-AD635 and
CV3-AD655. Additionally, these SoCs target ASIL-B at the chip
level, via an ASIL-D safety island. Also integrated on-chip is a
GPU to render 3D surround views.
Easy portability across the entire CV3-AD family is achieved by
sharing the same architectural approach, SDK and tools.
Additionally, Ambarella’s full software stack for autonomous and
semi-autonomous driving is optimized for all CV3-AD family members,
as the stack and SoCs were designed in conjunction. This allows
automotive OEMs and tier-1s to leverage engineering investments
across their full vehicle line-ups, while achieving high AI
performance that supports the latest NNs architectures along with
best-in-class power efficiency.
The CV3-AD family’s on-chip image signal processor provides
outstanding imaging in low-light conditions, including
high-dynamic-range processing to extract maximum image detail in
high-contrast scenes. These features enhance the SoCs’ AI and
computer vision capabilities, while delivering clear video for
human viewing. All CV3-AD family members also provide
high-resolution video recording and streaming at very low bit rates
with efficient H.264 video encoding.
The integrated hardware security module provides isolation of
different domains and secure software provisioning, as well as a
suite of advanced cybersecurity features, including:
asymmetric/symmetric crypto acceleration, secure storage and key
provisioning, encrypted CVflow AI acceleration tasks, true random
number generator, one-time programmable memory, DRAM scrambling and
DRAM virtualization.
CV3-AD635 and CV3-AD655 engineering samples are expected to be
available in Q1 2024. Additionally, at Ambarella’s invitation-only
exhibition during CES in Las Vegas this week, the company will
provide fully autonomous test drives in its R&D vehicles to
demonstrate the CV3-AD family’s capabilities. For more information
or to schedule a ride, please contact your Ambarella representative
or visit www.ambarella.com.
Continental-Ambarella PartnershipThis strategic
partnership combines Continental’s software and hardware expertise,
as well as its broad portfolio of automotive system solutions, with
Ambarella's computer vision and AI know-how, software modules and
powerful SoCs—including the full CV3-AD family that was expanded
today. Continental and Ambarella are focused on optimized
full-stack software, which can be scaled across the CV3-AD SoC
family, within the companies’ joint hardware systems based on AI
for Level 2+ to Level 4 automated vehicles. These full-stack
solutions take a multi-sensor approach, including Continental’s
high-resolution cameras, radars and lidars, as well as the
associated control units and the required software. Continental and
Ambarella have received their first order as a complete Level 4
fallback system, covering the full chain of effects. First joint
series production is planned for calendar-year 2027. Thus, as a
result of this strategic partnership, vehicle manufacturers will be
able to flexibly integrate the powerful and energy-efficient, yet
scalable, mobility system solutions from Continental and Ambarella
into their latest vehicle generations.
About AmbarellaAmbarella’s products are used in
a wide variety of human vision and edge AI applications, including
video security, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS),
electronic mirror, drive recorder, driver/cabin monitoring,
autonomous driving and robotics applications. Ambarella’s low-power
systems-on-chip (SoCs) offer high-resolution video compression,
advanced image and radar processing, and powerful deep neural
network processing to enable intelligent perception, fusion and
planning. For more information, please visit www.ambarella.com.
Ambarella Contacts
- Media contact: Eric Lawson, elawson@ambarella.com, +1
480-276-9572
- Investor contact: Louis Gerhardy, lgerhardy@ambarella.com, +1
408-636-2310
- Sales contact: https://www.ambarella.com/contact-us/
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