Volvo said it will expand its partnership with Nvidia to build a more advanced automated driving system for its cars. The system will combine Volvo's safety engineering with three Nvidia technologies: the Hyperion sensor and computing setup, the Alpamayo driving software stack, and a safety layer called Halos. Volvo says it will work on both city streets and highways.
π The Backstory
Volvo has worked with Nvidia for nearly a decade, and all of its electric cars already use Nvidia's Orin chip, which processes data from cameras and radar. Under the new deal, Volvo will use the newer hardware across more of its vehicles, not just electric ones.
Volvo's head of software, Alwin Bakkenes, said the company had changed from developing cars line by line with many suppliers into a "full-tech stack company." Nvidia says its open-source Alpamayo software has been downloaded by more than 650,000 developers.
π― Why It Matters
Cars are becoming computers on wheels, and the chips and software inside them help decide how safe they are. This deal shows how a traditional carmaker is turning itself into a software business, and how central a small number of chip companies has become to the whole industry. That reach gives those firms unusual power over the car market.
Volvo said it will expand its partnership with Nvidia to build a more advanced automated driving system for its cars. The system will combine Volvo's safety engineering with three Nvidia technologies: the Hyperion sensor and computing setup, the Alpamayo driving software stack, and a safety layer called Halos. Volvo says it will work on both city streets and highways.
Volvo has worked with Nvidia for nearly a decade, and all of its electric cars already use Nvidia's Orin chip, which processes data from cameras and radar. Under the new deal, Volvo will use the newer hardware across more of its vehicles, not just electric ones.
Volvo's head of software, Alwin Bakkenes, said the company had changed from developing cars line by line with many suppliers into a "full-tech stack company." Nvidia says its open-source Alpamayo software has been downloaded by more than 650,000 developers.
Cars are becoming computers on wheels, and the chips and software inside them help decide how safe they are. This deal shows how a traditional carmaker is turning itself into a software business, and how central a small number of chip companies has become to the whole industry. That reach gives those firms unusual power over the car market.