Nvidia Corp to supply AI computer for Volvo’s upcoming vehicles

Graphics chipmaker Nvidia Corp said on Wednesday that Swedish automaker Volvo would begin using its artificial intelligence computer to deliver low-level autonomous features in all its next-generation vehicles.

The deal, announced during a developers’ conference in Munich, underscores the importance of computing power even for partially autonomous systems, which are not designed for full self-driving but offer drivers assistance, such as lane keeping or emergency braking, reports Reuters.

Volvo, which is owned by Chinese automaker Geely, is an existing customer of Nvidia with plans by 2021 to sell production vehicles built on Nvidia’s full self-driving platform, part of a wave of automakers using Nvidia’s chips and computing systems in their upcoming autonomous vehicles.

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The 2018 Volvo XC60 is displayed at the 2017 New York International Auto Show in New York City, U.S.

Nvidia said production of the new vehicles using the Drive AGX Xavier computer would begin in the early 2020s. In addition to advanced driver assistance systems, the cars will feature a driver monitoring system and 360-degree surround perception.

The Silicon Valley chipmaker said in January that about 320 companies involved in self-driving vehicles were using the company’s Drive computing platform.

Nvidia Corporation is an American technology company incorporated in Delaware and based in Santa Clara, California. It designs graphics processing units for the gaming and professional markets, as well as a system on a chip unit for the mobile computing and automotive market.

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