The brains of Uber's self-driving cars are getting a big upgrade
Soon, Uber's self-driving cars will all think the same.
The ride-sharing company announced at CES 2018 that it had selected Nvidia to be the tech supplier for self-driving fleet going forward. The arrangement says Uber's driverless cars will utilize Nvidia's new Xavier Drive chips, a new powerful and efficient chip built specifically for autonomous cars.
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Today's announcement makes the relationship between the two companies official. Nvidia had already been supplying the Tegra chips for the Volvo XC90's that Uber had deployed for its self-driving trials in Pittsburgh and Arizona (specifically the Drive PX 2), but there was no formal partnership between the chipmaker and ride-hailing company. Read more...
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