Intel Capital announced that it is investing in a Japanese unmanned technology developer called ZMP. Although ZMP is not a company known to ordinary consumers, behind this investment, Intel invested in the following $100 million car network. The layout of funds and other foreign technology giants in the field of driverless technology indicates that the car has become an important part of global innovation.
What kind of company is ZMP?
ZMP was founded in 2001. According to its official description:
ZMP is committed to developing and providing driverless technology including automotive intelligent platforms, various sensing systems, visualization and analysis, technical consulting, field testing and vehicle networking information systems; its RoboCar range of products can help customers upgrade their vehicles. Driverless intelligence, advanced safety technology and driver assistance systems; collect, measure and analyze vehicle information and external environmental parameters. In addition, ZMP has developed an unmanned electric vehicle for research (see the picture at the beginning of this article).
For Intel, whether it is setting up a car network fund or investing in ZMP this time, it is more desirable to show its own computing power in driverless driving. After all, in the development of driverless cars, the cloud computing behind it Map positioning and even smart city and other related fields (because the realization of the need for intelligent road infrastructure construction and workshop communication for driverless cars) is related to the computing power of the chip, and is also the focus of Intel's development.
Unmanned layout of technology giants
Now, on the road of “unmanned drivingâ€, not only traditional car companies such as Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Volvo, and General Motors are gathered, but also many technology giants who are trying to provide “brains†for smart cars are active in them. Operation.
1, chip manufacturers: rush to show their computing power
In addition to Intel, Intel, Qualcomm and other chip manufacturers have also introduced corresponding solutions to show their own chips in the performance of car driverless, in-vehicle communication, media infotainment system and vehicle connectivity. After all, for the players in the smart car field, the car chip that determines the intelligence and safety of the vehicle system is the basis of intelligence; while the performance support for “unmanned driving†is the best for the current performance of the car chip. Footnotes.
2, technology companies: Google, Nokia, BlackBerry from the system to start
Google is undoubtedly the most active Internet giant for driverless cars. The self-driving car developed by it mainly relies on video cameras, radar sensors, laser navigation devices to understand the surrounding traffic conditions, and navigates the road ahead through the information collected by conventional vehicles. Under the cooperation of these technologies, the self-driving cars are automatically and safely coordinated. Operate the vehicle. According to Reuters reported on April 28, from 2009 to now, Google has completed about 112.7 kilometers of driving tests, and now Google has shifted the focus of autonomous vehicle technology development to urban road driving tests. It should be noted that the driverless solution adopted by Google is expensive and needs to cooperate with the car manufacturer to enter the consumer market. Therefore, although it has been tested on the road, it is impossible to apply it within 3-5 years.
Nokia: Similar to Intel's investment ideas, on May 5, Nokia also announced the launch of a $100 million Internet of Vehicles fund and commissioned Nokia Growth Partners (NGP) to manage it. According to information released by Nokia, the fund's main investment target is the development of potential car networking technology, smart car technology and Internet local service companies, the main purpose is to discover and invest in the expansion of Nokia's wholly-owned subsidiary HERE (main business For maps) products in the areas related to car networking, smart cars and local services. Taking advantage of HERE's own navigation and map data with rich metadata, Nokia is also working hard with some car manufacturers, such as Mercedes-Benz, to develop driverless cars.
BlackBerry: The mobile phone business is thin, and the BlackBerry's in-vehicle system QNX carries the hope of the future development of the BlackBerry. On the other hand, the BlackBerry is also eyeing the driverless car – there are reports that the BlackBerry is working with VisLab Labs to research driverless cars. Similar to Intel's investment in ZMP, VisLab also developed DEEVA, a research-based driverless test vehicle, and is equipped with QNX's latest Neutrino operating system. The role of the BlackBerry system is not only in-car entertainment and some basic functions, but also the collection of various real-time data streams collected by more than 20 vision sensors, cameras and laser scanners of the car through Neutrino. The change in traffic conditions and the changes in itself instantly determine the acceleration or change the driving trajectory.
3. “Tech + Carâ€: Tesla advances rapidly
Tesla: Musk is more inclined to assist the automatic driving system. According to relevant sources, Tesla may soon test unmanned electric vehicles in Israel. In July last year, Tesla announced that it will cooperate with Israeli driver assistance system manufacturing company Mobileye to manufacture the first Tesla driverless car and use the robot program control system developed by Mobileye (rather than the expensive satellite positioning or sensor system). ), let the driverless car driver give 90% of the driving work to the computer to complete. According to Musk's plan, Tesla will introduce semi-automatic or autopilot technology to the market in 2016.
What's more interesting is that Apple is only trying to establish a cooperative relationship with traditional car manufacturers to build an iOS-based car networking platform, but it has not shown interest in unmanned systems. Perhaps for Apple, as long as it allows users to use Apple's services in the car is enough.
However, if you really follow the advice of ZMP CEO Hisashi Taniguchi: "The ultimate goal of automotive innovation development is to achieve complete driverlessness" - I don't know which giant in China will be the first to drive unmanned?
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