The journeys between San Diego, the headquarters of Qualcomm Technologies, and Munich, the historic headquarters of the BMW Group, in recent days have become more intense than usual: the two giants have joined forces to develop the next generation of automatic driving systems. Arriver Software AB is also involved in the project because the objective is complex: on the joint development of next generation AD technologies ranging from the New Car Assessment Program (Ncap), to level 2 advanced driving assistance systems, up to level 3 automated driving functionality.
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But the starting point is already good because on this front BMW already has its own software (called “Automated Driving”) that works on a car that has been on sale for a year, the all-electric iX. But that’s just a start: it is already decided that the next-generation automated driving system will be ported to the Snapdragon Ride Vision system-on-chip (SoC) which includes Arriver Computer Vision and compute SoC controllers. All to set up a scalable platform for automated driving based on a common reference architecture.
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In short, a huge project, which will see more than 1,400 specialists working together in offices all over the world, including Germany, USA, Sweden, China, Romania and the BMW Test Center in the Czech Republic.
“This joint software development – explains Nicolai Martin, Senior Vice President Driving Experience, BMW Group – is an important milestone for BMW Group, as regards our next generation automatic driving platform. To enable sophisticated and secure functionality in a vehicle, state-of-the-art software is required across all components of the digital value chain. This forms the backbone of intelligent driver assistance systems. BMW Group is excited to further extend our partnership with Qualcomm Technologies and Arriver, for a long-term strategic co-development cooperation in order to continue providing world-class driving experiences to our customers. “