Hardware Podcasts

Digital Cockpit, Digital Car

EE Times Current · 29 Jan 2021 · 38m

What this episode covers

Qualcomm Senior Vice President Nakul Duggal explains the company's strategy to transition from a laggard to a leader in automotive electronics, highlighting its Snapdragon Ride platform and partnerships with GM and Arriver. Duggal details the shift toward central compute architectures using a universal hardware fabric that supports both digital cockpit and autonomous driving functions, including driver monitoring systems. He discusses the technical roadmap for Gen 3 and Gen 4 SoCs, noting that GM is replacing its existing ADAS systems with Qualcomm's technology, while addressing the economic and liability hurdles facing Level 3 autonomous driving adoption.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Qualcomm, GM, Arriver, Valeo, Cruise, Continental, Mobileye
Products
Snapdragon Ride
Chips
Gen 3 SoC, Gen 4 SoC

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