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CES 2020, Day 3: IC Vendors Talk Self-Driving | Mobileye’s Discovery | Toyota’s Smart City

EE Times Current · 8 Jan 2020 · 38m

What this episode covers

Qualcomm Senior Vice President Nakul Dugal explains the company's new Snapdragon Ride platform, a scalable autonomous driving solution partnering with GM to address ADAS needs from Level 2 to Level 5. Texas Instruments executives Samir Wassan and Kurt Moore discuss their 'Lego block' approach to heterogeneous computing, emphasizing safety and cost-effective scaling for mass-market driver assist features. Infineon's Peter Scheffer and Intel's Mobileye analyze the industry shift toward incremental autonomy use cases and Mobileye's camera-centric redundancy strategy, while Toyota unveils its 'Woven City' smart city concept.

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large enterprises

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Companies
Qualcomm, General Motors, Texas Instruments, Infineon, Mobileye, Intel, NXP, NVIDIA, Toyota, Tesla, Cruise
Products
Snapdragon Ride, Jacinto processors, Woven City

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