VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich.,
Jan. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/
-- Visteon Corporation (Nasdaq: VC), a technology leader in
the fast-growing cockpit electronics segment, announced plans to
deliver the next-generation of its SmartCore™ cockpit controllers
using automotive solutions from Qualcomm Technologies,
Inc.
Future SmartCore™ cockpit controllers will feature the
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 820A Automotive platform to
support automakers' demand for highly advanced virtual cockpit
controllers, which Visteon will design to support autonomous
driving technology and applications. Combining Visteon's scalable
automotive hardware and software architecture with the Snapdragon
820A Automotive platform's power and efficiency, automakers will be
empowered with state-of-the-art solutions to make their vehicles
more connected, smart and aware.
Visteon's SmartCore™ domain controller, which can
independently operate several cockpit domains on one
system-on-a-chip (SoC) through a single driver interface, will be
the first platform-based domain controller to incorporate the
Snapdragon 820A Automotive platform. At CES® 2018 in
Las Vegas (Booth CP-20), Visteon
is showcasing a SmartCore™ domain controller
incorporating Visteon's driver information applications and
Android-based infotainment, which will be running on the Snapdragon
820A Automotive platform.
Using Snapdragon automotive solutions from Qualcomm
Technologies, Visteon aims to make available technologies to
support advanced virtual cockpits and autonomous driving through
Visteon's scalable hardware and software stack in SmartCore™ and
its DriveCore™ autonomous driving controller. DriveCore™ is an open
platform consisting of the hardware, middleware and frameworks to
develop machine learning algorithms for object classification,
detection, path planning and execution.
"We are pleased to be working with Qualcomm Technologies as part
of our commitment to offering automakers automotive solutions that
feature the highest levels of performance, cost and reliability
that can be scaled to their specific requirements," said Visteon
President and CEO Sachin
Lawande.
"Automakers are demanding processors with high-performance,
scalability while being cost-efficient to support advanced
applications and new use-cases," said Nakul
Duggal, vice president of product management, Qualcomm
Technologies, Inc. "Using our high-performing and power-efficient
Snapdragon 820A Automotive platform, Visteon's SmartCore cockpit
controller can drive the instrument cluster, infotainment screen
and head-up display from a single control unit, helping automakers
to achieve significant complexity reduction and efficiencies while
delivering the rich in-car experiences that drivers expect
today."
Snapdragon 820A Automotive is an advanced automotive-grade
platform available from Qualcomm Technologies. Featuring a
customized Qualcomm® Kryo™ CPU,
Qualcomm® Hexagon™ 680 DSP with Hexagon Vector
eXtensions (HVX) and Qualcomm® Adreno™ GPU, the
Snapdragon 820A Automotive platform can support cockpit domain
controllers through virtualization and high-performance
GPU. Additionally, the Snapdragon 820A Automotive platform's
vehicle sensor integration supports driver assistance and awareness
of the vehicle's surroundings with the Snapdragon Neural Processing
Engine and computer vision using the integrated DSP, integrated
global navigation satellite system (GNSS) and automotive dead
reckoning.
The initial application shown by Visteon at CES uses the
QNX® Hypervisor 2.0 to partition, separate, and isolate
safety-critical environments from non-safety critical environments
reliably and securely. Visteon also has the capability to use its
own hypervisor to meet different needs of automakers worldwide.
SmartCore's virtualized graphic engine runs three displays and
one head-up display delivering an enhanced driver and passenger
experience through a single, seamless human-machine interface
(HMI). Content from different safety-critical and infotainment
domains, including media applications and navigation, can be made
available on all connected displays in a secure and seamless
fashion.
Being shown for the first time at CES 2018, Visteon's
second-generation SmartCore™ cockpit domain controller
is designed to integrate different domains including infotainment,
instrument clusters, information and head-up displays, advanced
driver assistance systems and connectivity into a single electronic
control unit (ECU) – providing a foundation that is scalable from
assisted to autonomous driving applications.
Visteon is scheduled to launch the first
SmartCore™-based solution in 2018 on a high-volume,
global vehicle platform with a European automaker. The platform
initially will cover driver information, infotainment and
connectivity domains. It will be expanded toward a scalable
computing concept that integrates further applications such as
additional displays, e-mirrors, augmented reality and driver
monitoring in future model years.
About Visteon
Visteon is a global technology company that designs, engineers
and manufactures innovative cockpit electronics products and
connected car solutions for most of the world's major vehicle
manufacturers. Visteon is a leading provider of instrument
clusters, head-up displays, information displays, infotainment,
audio systems, SmartCore™ cockpit domain controllers, and vehicle
connectivity. Visteon also supplies embedded multimedia and
smartphone connectivity software solutions to the global automotive
industry. Headquartered in Van Buren
Township, Michigan, Visteon has approximately 10,000
employees at more than 40 facilities in 18 countries. Visteon had
sales of $3.16 billion in 2016. Learn
more at www.visteon.com.
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