Visteon’s DriveCore™ autonomous driving platform accelerates adoption of self-driving technology
- Scalable central computing system for Level 3 and above autonomous driving solutions, based on open standards
- Consists of three components: DriveCore™ Compute, Runtime and Studio
- Visteon demonstrates highway pilot feature at American Center for Mobility grand opening
YPSILANTI, Mich., April 4, 2018 – Visteon Corporation (Nasdaq: VC) – a leading automotive cockpit electronics supplier and a Founding Member of the American Center for Mobility – is demonstrating its DriveCore™ autonomous driving platform at the grand opening of the Center in Ypsilanti, Michigan, on April 4.
Designed to accelerate the development and commercialization of autonomous driving technology, DriveCore™ is the first solution to allow automakers to build autonomous driving solutions quickly and in an open collaboration model. During the ACM grand opening, Visteon will demonstrate an autonomous driving feature known as highway pilot – hands-free vehicle operation in a highway environment.
DriveCore™ was designed as a complete technology platform, consisting of the hardware, in-vehicle middleware and PC-based software toolset needed to develop machine learning algorithms for autonomous driving applications of Level 3 and above. Building on Visteon’s success with a centralized computing approach, DriveCore™ will provide automakers a fail-safe domain controller, with a high degree of computing power scalability, which supports the integration of data from multiple camera, Lidar and radar sensors.
To meet the computing demands of Level 3-plus solutions, autonomous systems will need highly scalable levels of processing power and the ability to perform sensor fusion across multiple radar, camera and LiDAR sensors. DriveCore™ is the first open platform in the industry that offers highly scalable computing power and software to perform late sensor fusion to enable rapid development of these autonomous systems.
DriveCore™ consists of three primary components:
- Compute is a modular, scalable computing hardware platform that can easily be adapted to all levels of automated driving. It is designed to deliver from 500 gigaflops to 20 teraflops of processing power (with existing Systems on Chip) in a scalable manner, independent of the type of central processing unit (CPU) used. It will support NVIDIA, NXP, Qualcomm and, later, other processor types seamlessly – protecting an automaker’s investment in this technology.
- Runtime is in-vehicle middleware that provides a secure framework to enable applications and algorithms to communicate in a real-time, high-performance environment. It enables sensor fusion in a sensor-independent manner, so sensors can be upgraded as new capabilities become available, such as radar going from 2-D to 3-D.
- Studio is a PC-based development environment that enables automakers to create and support an ecosystem of algorithm developers, unlocking innovation potential through an open framework for sensor-based artificial intelligence algorithm development. Studio allows easy integration of third-party algorithms and access to real-life sensor data – complemented by a simulation, validation and benchmarking environment for algorithms ranging from object detection to camera-based lane detection.
Successful implementation of autonomous driving technologies will require collaboration from multiple companies offering specific expertise in different aspects of the solution. Our investment in new technologies such as machine learning and collaboration with leading tech partners will help drive the future of autonomous driving.
Visteon is using the American Center for Mobility (ACM) to test and validate technology related to its DriveCore™ platform. Focus areas include:
- Autonomous driving algorithms
- Vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure technology and functionality, integrated with autonomous driving
- Sensor technology
- Security protocols
We are proud to be associated with what promises to be the premiere national facility for mobility and advanced automotive testing and product development. Working with ACM provides Visteon a unique opportunity to create and test technologies for automated vehicles in a safe and controlled environment that mirrors conditions on roads and highways where these technologies ultimately will be applied.
Visteon is a global technology company that designs, engineers and manufactures innovative cockpit electronics products and connected car solutions for most of the world’s major vehicle manufacturers. Visteon is a leading provider of instrument clusters, head-up displays, information displays, infotainment, audio systems, SmartCore™ cockpit domain controllers, vehicle connectivity and the DriveCore™ autonomous driving platform. Visteon also supplies embedded multimedia and smartphone connectivity software solutions to the global automotive industry. Headquartered in Van Buren Township, Michigan, Visteon has approximately 10,000 employees at more than 40 facilities in 18 countries. Visteon had sales of $3.15 billion in 2017. Learn more at www.visteon.com.
