* Expands SoC Roadmap with Chipsets and Industry Proven Stacks for NCAP Windshield-Mount to Level 4 Automation Levels; Snapdragon Ride Platforms Currently in Pre-Production with Global Automakers and Tier-1 Suppliers for Commercial Deployments in 2022
These SoCs not only address the increasing complexity and computational demands of the automotive industry's evolving zonal electronic/electrical (E/E) architecture, but they also provide a homogenous solution that serves as a central hub for high-performance compute, computer vision, artificial intelligence (AI) and multi-sensor processing with the highest level of automotive safety standards-all while harmonizing functionality with customized software implementations to address the compute, performance and safety needs for that zone or domain. The SoCs' integrated Qualcomm® Car-to-Cloud Soft-SKU capabilities offer automakers the flexibility to upgrade features and performance capabilities, even after the vehicle has left the dealership, with over-the-air (OTA) updates, which allows the end-consumer to continuously access the latest updates and features throughout the life-cycle of the vehicle.
With the latest SoC additions to the roadmap, Snapdragon Ride supports the spectrum of ADAS/AD functionality- ranging from NCAP windshield-mount ADAS solutions (Level 1), to active safety with conditional automation (Level 2/2+), to fully autonomous driving systems (Level 4). The Snapdragon Ride platform portfolio is comprised of one of the automotive industry's most advanced, scalable, and highly customizable automated driving SoC platforms built on 5nm process technology, engineered to not only support automakers and Tier-1s to produce more power-efficient and thermal designs, but to also provide alternatives for customization opportunities, while also charting a course for next-generation automotive architecture evolution. Snapdragon Ride now scales from 10 Tera Operations Per Second (TOPS) for windshield-mount ADAS cameras in a sub-5W power budget to over 700 TOPS for fully automated driving solutions. Since its introduction in 2020, Snapdragon Ride has gained momentum with global automakers and Tier-1 suppliers who are currently developing their next generation fleets with Snapdragon Ride.
Snapdragon Ride offers an open programmable framework that allows automakers and Tier-1 suppliers to customize the platform for their unique requirements for camera perception, sensor fusion, drive policy, automated parking, driver monitoring and more. To accelerate the deployment of cutting-edge ADAS/AD solutions, Snapdragon Ride continues to expand its software ecosystem with various industry-proven and leading stacks for vision perception, parking and driver monitoring. These SoCs are expected to provide global automakers and Tier-1 suppliers with an opportunity to select one or a combination of these various stacks based on Snapdragon Ride.
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Valeo's Park4U®: Qualcomm Technologies is working with Valeo, a leader in ADAS and parking automation, to support Valeo's latest generation of Park4U® on the Snapdragon Ride Platform. Park4U® is a scalable software platform that uses multiple cameras, ultrasonic sensors as well as optional radars or lidars to enable automatic parking functions up to SAE Level 4. Snapdragon Ride offers the computing power to run Valeo's software stack in combination with other vehicle functions.
Snapdragon Ride is designed as an open and programmable platform, comprised of a scalable software framework with multiple safety-ready Board Support Package (BSP) configurations that support:
Safety Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS): Blackberry® QNX® OS for Safety; Safe RT Linux; WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems SAFERTOS®
Hypervisors: Blackberry® QNX® Hypervisor for Safety
Classic and Adaptive Automotive Open System Architecture (AUTOSAR) solutions
Open and programmable safety software development kit (SDK) with comprehensive safety solutions for sensor pipeline; provides the ability to support combinations of virtualization and containerization for optimal memory, performance and functional safety and isolation needs in mixed criticality architectures, allowing multi-domain integration on a single zonal compute platform
Extensive set of pre-built safety libraries for imaging, computer vision and standard arithmetic functions optimized to specific hardware architectures
AI tools for improving model efficiencies, as well as optimizing run-time on heterogeneous compute units
Middleware support for integration of multiple software stacks (driving, parking, driver monitoring and AR-HMI) developed by Qualcomm Technologies and 3rd party companies
Comprehensive tools for smart data collection and automated annotation during development and post-deployment phase; Snapdragon Ride provides multiple tools using AI technologies to have smart triggers during data collection, as well as automated ground truth annotation based on cross sensor calibration
Localization: Qualcomm Technologies offers an optimized and lightweight Qualcomm® Vision Enhanced Precise Positioning (VEPP) engine that allows ADAS systems to localize in a lane with the dependency only on simple features detected on the camera, fused with GNSS and other odometry sensors.
Snapdragon Ride-based SoC and Accelerator L2+ to L4 platforms are now available and are expected to be available in production vehicles beginning in 2022. Snapdragon Ride SoCs for NCAP to L2+, with integrated stacks, are planned for 2024 production programs.
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"Valeo offers the automotive industry's widest range of series-produced driving assistance and perception technology, providing increased safety and paving the way to full autonomous driving," said
"Arriver is building a leading solution for next-generation ADAS and automated driving based on industry-leading perception and drive policy software. The continued work between Arriver and Qualcomm Technologies will help us to create a very powerful, open and scalable solution," said
"The Snapdragon Ride Platform portfolio uniquely accelerates the deployment of ADAS and autonomous technology to automakers that can be customized and scaled across vehicle segments," said
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