Mercedes-Benz, one of the largest manufacturers of premium passenger cars, and Nvidia, global leader in accelerated computing, plan to enter into a cooperation to create a revolutionary in-vehicle computing system and Artificial Intelligence (AI) computing infrastructure.
Starting in 2024, this will be rolled out across the fleet of next-generation Mercedes-Benz vehicles, enabling them with upgradable automated driving functions.
The new software-defined architecture will be built on the Nvidia Drive platform and will be standard in Mercedes-Benz' next-generation fleet, enabling state-of-the-art automated driving functionalities. A primary feature will be the ability to automate driving of regular routes from address to address and customers can purchase and add capabilities through over-the-air software updates.
Automated driving functions in future Mercedes-Benz cars will be powered by Nvidia's next generation Drive platform. The computer system-on-chip, called Orin, is based on the recently announced Nvidia Ampere supercomputing architecture.
The Nvidia Drive platform includes a full system software stack designed for automated driving AI applications. Nvidia and Mercedes-Benz will jointly develop the AI and automated vehicle applications that include Society of Automotive Engineers Level 2 and 3 levels, as well as automated parking functions up to Level 4.
