NVIDIA’s GTC conference began with a series of announcements that highlight its role in promoting autonomous driving technology.
The chipmaker provides automakers and autonomous vehicle companies with a handful of Nvidia tools to help self-guide cars and create digital twin factories. On Tuesday, companies such as Torc, Gatik and even General Motors have announced plans for the use of Nvidia for vehicle production, robotics in automated driving.
To avoid any confusion between the brands of brands given by Nvidia to hardware and software tools, here is a fast -paced language:
- Drive AGX: The supercomputer inside the Nvidia vehicle that processes real -time sensor data.
- Driving Orin SoC: A system of system in-one that is a more advanced central computer. Orin processes data from various sensors and powers new AVS at level 4 autonomy.
- Drive Thor SoC: Thor is the next step up. It is optimized for the transformer architecture so that it can accommodate genetic AI and is designed to handle everything, from self-guidance companies to pilot functions to entertainment.
- Driveos: This is the operating system focused on NVIDIA’s NVIDIA security platform, which promises securely processing and integrating the advanced driving features and the Nvidia cockpit that focuses on the safety of NVIDIA’s AV platform, which promises safe AI processing in real time and integration.
- Omniverse: Nvidia’s Omniverse is a simulation platform that allows automakers to develop and operate complex, virtual AI environments to create synthetic data, AV test software, making digital twin factory and much more.
- Universe: COSMOS is built for power global models for AVS and robots AI natural development.
Above all of them, Nvidia was presented today Dumbwhich defines as a security system powered by AI for AVS and future natural AI, such as humanoid robots. Halos brings together many of Nvidia’s solutions for hardware and software safety solutions, so think about the umbrella.
Following is a quick Roundup of Nvidia’s car announcements from GTC’s Day 2.
General engine
GM has announced that it has expanded its partnership with Nvidia in a collaboration that touches every aspect of the automotive business, including factories, robots and self-guiding cars. Let’s start with the factories.
GM said it would use Omniverse with Cosmos to train AI models and help build next generation plants. Omniverse will allow GM to create a digital twin of its factories to essentially test new production processes without disturbing existing vehicles, for example. It will also use Omniverse to train robotics platforms for functions such as handling and transporting materials.
When it comes to self-driving, GM said it would use NVIDIA’s Agx Drive for the vehicle’s material for future advanced driver hypavigation and safety experiences.
Gathoidal
Gatik trucks self-leading, backed by Isuzu and Goodyear Ventures, has also joined the Nvidia car ecosystem. Silicon Valley and Toronto, which specializes in autonomous medium mile supply through self-guiding trucks, says that it will develop and develop the AGX Drive, accelerated by Drive Thor, to serve as brain AI beyond the truck fleet. Gatik says he also executes AI models in the driving system for safety.
The start noted that the cooperation would help to accelerate the development of autonomous 4 -level trucks on a scale for the company’s customers, which include Walmart, Kroger and Tyson Foods.
Plus
In addition, an autonomous truck software boot said Tuesday that it would use COSMOS World Foundation models to accelerate the test and development of the Superdrive, the autonomous driver.
Plus’s Superdrive system is built on the NVIDIA AGX Drive platform, according to the company. In a statement, he also stated that they are innovative “AV 2.0 technologies, including AI genetically, visual language models and other fundamental models”. As we can see from the glossary above, NVIDIA’s AGX platform is more suitable for Adas and low -level autonomy. To obtain this most advanced merger of sensors and a computer on the boat necessary for higher levels of autonomy, companies are usually based on Nvidia’s Orin or Thor Socs.
TechCrunch arrived at Plus to request clarification.
The start was recently made agreements with commercial vehicle manufacturers, including Traton Group, Iveco and Hyundai to integrate superDrive into their trucks. In addition, which has tasted its technology on public roads in Texas and Sweden, it has aimed to launch 2027.
Locus
Another self-guiding company, Torc, announced that it is working with Nvidia to develop a gradual AI natural calculation system for its AVS. Torc, a subsidiary of Daimler Truck Truck AG, will also work with Flex, which creates car platforms.
Torc says it uses a Nvidia Chip architecture cocktail, including AGX Drive, Drive Orin and Driveos to support future development of autonomous driving capabilities as it works towards a 2027 commercial launch.
In October 2024, the company achieved its first driver test On a closed run in Texas.
Vova
While Volvo does not work with Nvidia to accelerate automated driving technology, the automotive industry is based on Nvidia’s GPU Blackwell to supply aerodynamics.
Instead of using Nvidia’s simulator, Volvo works with AnsysA software simulation company. The so -called Ansys Simulation Software, powered by eight GPU Blackwell, helped Volvo design the new EX90 electric vehicle in a way that reduces the aerodynamic drag and therefore improves battery performance.
Ansys says that his fluent simulator helped Volvo reduce the total simulation time of 24 hours to 6.5 hours, allowing multiple design repetitions per day, optimized vehicle design and speeding time on the market.
