Developing a self-driving platform is not an easy or straightforward task. It involves a lot of R&D and requires a ton of data for it to work. Tesla has this in their favor, with millions of cars all over the world on all kinds of roads, feeding valuable data back to the company. But that’s something that NVIDIA is hoping to change with its DRIVE Hyperion platform.
NVIDIA expands its DRIVE Hyperion platform
Making the announcement at GTC in Taipei, NVIDIA revealed that it is expanding its DRIVE Hyperion platform. For those unfamiliar with the platform, NVIDIA describes it as the industry’s first and only end-to-end autonomous driving platform. It includes the DRIVE AGX system-on-a-chip, the DriveOS automotive operating system, a sensor suite, and an active safety and Level 2+ driving stack.
With this expansion, NVIDIA is working with various partners to help build level 4-ready robotaxi fleets. This includes Foxconn. NVIDIA says Foxconn is expanding its collaboration with the company to accelerate the development and deployment of robotaxis built using NVIDIA’s technology. The deployment of these level 4-ready vehicles is expected to kick off in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, before expanding across Asia.
But Foxconn isn’t the only one. In Southeast Asia we have VinFast, and in Europe, we have Uber, both of whom are working with Autobrains. Then, there is Humain, who is deploying DRIVE Hyperion robotaxis in Saudi Arabia.
According to NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, “Vehicles are becoming robots, and robotaxi fleets will require AI infrastructure that can perceive, reason and operate safely in the real world. NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion gives the world’s automakers, AV developers and mobility networks a common level 4-ready foundation — uniting compute, sensors, safety software and a global ecosystem to bring robotaxis from pilots to everyday transportation at scale.”
NVIDIA everywhere
Most of us probably know NVIDIA as a “gaming” company. After all, a good number of GPUs used by gamers around the world are based on NVIDIA’s technology. More recently, the company has started to dominate the AI space. The company’s hardware and GPUs are being used to power AI data centers globally.
NVIDIA is also no stranger to the automotive scene. Both Mercedes-Benz and Volvo were early adopters of the DRIVE Hyperion platform. Now, its expansion into robotaxis signals the company’s interest in becoming the infrastructure for self-driving vehicles going forward.
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