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Continental and Ambarella Partner On Assisted and Automated Driving Systems With Full Software Stack
Strategic partnership: Joint development of perception solutions and full-stack systems for advanced driver assistance and highly automated driving Scalable
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nStrategic partnership: Joint development of perception solutions and full-stack systems for advanced driver assistance and highly automated driving\n\n\nScalable end-to-end hardware and software solutions based on artificial intelligence accelerate global development of next-generation systems\n\n\nFirst production-ready solutions for global market in 2026\n\n\n AUBURN HILLS, Mich. & SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nAt CES 2023, technology company Continental (XETRA: CON) and Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMBA), an edge AI semiconductor company, today announced a strategic partnership. The two companies will jointly develop scalable, end-to-end hardware and software solutions based on artificial intelligence (AI), for assisted and automated driving (AD), on the way to autonomous mobility. The strategic collaboration builds on Continental’s announcement in November to integrate Ambarella's energy-efficient System-on-Chip (SoC) family into its Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). Compared to other domain controller SoCs, Ambarella’s “CV3-AD” chip family provides higher performance to process sensor data faster and more comprehensively for greater environmental perception and safer mobility, at up to five times higher power efficiency. The partners are combining Continental's software and hardware expertise and broad portfolio of automotive system solutions with Ambarella's computer vision know-how, powerful SoCs and software modules. In addition to the development of camera-based perception solutions for ADAS, Continental and Ambarella are focusing on scalable full-stack systems for Level 2+ up to highly automated vehicles. These full-stack solutions take a multi-sensor approach, including Continental’s high-resolution cameras, radars and lidars, as well as the associated control units and the required software. Vehicle manufacturers will be able to flexibly integrate the joint system solutions into their latest vehicle generations. In electric vehicles, the energy-efficient solutions reduce power consumption and cooling demands, contributing to a lower battery weight of several kilograms (estimated 6 pounds). This results in an increased average range of about 5-10 kilometers (3-6 miles) with the same battery capacity, based on a typical configuration. To serve the growing market for assisted and automated driving, wh...