As a leader in autonomous driving, Intel believes that driverless development will lead to the arrival of a new era of 'passenger economy.' 'Passenger economy' not only has huge economic potential (Intel estimates that by 2050, driverless driving will generate a value of 7 trillion yuan. The 'passenger economy' of the U.S. dollar will produce a brand-new business model (travel-as-a-service), and it will also have enormous social benefits (reducing car accidents, saving commuting time and reducing public safety costs, etc.). While driving technology, Intel aimed at the absolutely new market of infotainment services in the cockpit. This time, Intel chose to join hands with Alibaba to create a new generation of Intel-based Apollo Lake processor and AliOS based chip family. The next-generation electronic cockpit solution aims to provide automotive and Tier 1 suppliers with a variety of soft and hard choices to meet the needs of system integration, in order to continuously enrich the local ecology, accelerate the product development process, and help users continue to innovate.
Recently, at the Alibaba Yunqi Conference Shenzhen station, Intel’s driverless business unit and automotive electronics division’s China director Xu Weijie and AliOS’s core system business unit general manager Xie Yan shared with everyone the new smart cabin model for the future. Conception. The smart cockpit focuses on the user experience. In order to enhance the user experience, the system needs to support some virtualization technologies, and there is a better OS to meet the needs of the local ecology. For both parties of this cooperation, based on AliOS and Intel The next-generation electronic cockpit developed to bring more digital content into the cockpit, leveraging the powerful computing power of the Apollo Lake processor and the rich ecology of the AliOS to allow the electronic modules to move from discrete to integrated, greatly improving human-computer interaction and multi-screen digital instrumentation / Car infotainment experience.
In response to the hardware requirements of the smart cockpit, Intel Xu Weijie introduced that Intel's Apollo Lake processor implements segmented operation of multiple operating systems at the same time based on the ACRN virtualization software technology, so that the different features of each system can satisfy the application of different sub-functions. Demand. This means that in the past two sets of hardware were required to handle the instrumentation and infotainment systems. Now virtualization can be implemented using a set of hardware to run different systems. Intel is the forerunner of global virtualization technology. The earliest commercialization of virtualization technology was On the server, in order to better enhance the virtualization technology on the car processor, Intel set up a virtual software R&D team for hundreds of ACRNs in Shanghai to enhance the integration of computing power and load. In particular, Xu Weijie emphasized that 'HD' The interaction requirements of the screen are getting higher and higher. At the 2018 CES, you can see that the next-generation car has a complete set. The previous two screens are fine. Now you can take four to five or even six HD screens. We can do it at Apollo Lake. Up to six HD screens or even 4K, the next generation of chips will support 5K screens.
With excellent hardware technology support, the smart cockpit user experience still needs to rely on an outstanding operating system to achieve, in this regard AliOS aims to drive the intelligence of all things, can be applied to intelligent car, smart home, mobile phone, Pad, etc. Smart terminals provide one-stop IoT solutions for the industry, and build an IoT cloud-integrated ecosystem to make the Internet of Things terminals more intelligent. Xie Yan bluntly, AliOS is defining a different operating system for the Internet of Things than the PC and mobile era.
As an operating system tailor-made for automobiles, AliOS was officially commercialized in mass production cars in 2016, and took the lead in proposing a new ecological model of “going to APP.” Introduction to Xie Yan, from data to security, to the ability of artificial intelligence, automotive Has its own unique needs, this is the starting point for AliOS to customize the car operating system, AliOS can achieve its own account, cloud integrated architecture, intelligent voice interaction, OTA air upgrades, maps that the desktop, intelligent hardware access, sub-meter high-definition positioning , Drive-in, Vehicle teaming, Food map, Charging map, O2O service appointment, Double blind navigation, Smart control of mobile watch, etc., To provide users with a new car life for the Wi-Fi era. Through the vast ecology of AliOS, smart cars Already realized interoperability with drones, watches and even smart home devices, will also increase access to more equipment in the future, to build a complete intelligent vehicle-based ecology.
Going to APP is a key feature of AliOS in the automotive industry. Xie Yan said that this is determined by the characteristics of the application scenario. 'Going to APP does not mean not opening up, but APP's searching, installing, searching, and reopening are not the most suitable. Does not mean that we think this system is pre-installed, but after obtaining the required Internet in the vehicle, the required application will be based on the current status of the vehicle, the human condition, and the current environmental conditions. Instead of installing an app, but where the local app should go, what to buy, and get the service in the right place, in the right place, this concept is what AliOS has been promoting. The car is a very suitable link. AliOS's ecological capabilities in other aspects can provide multi-modal interaction of the corresponding scenes according to changes in the actual scene. What services are needed can call related services, save the installation environment, and 'need more data across the entire ecosystem.' Integration, the opening of services, what we do is to provide consumers with a fusion experience'.
AliOS has achieved strategic cooperation with Shanghai Automotive, Shenlong Automobile and Ford Motor Company. Currently, there are more than 500,000 intelligent car powered by AliOS running on the road. The daily life of these systems is very high, basically reaching 99%. In the future, AliOS will Continue to deepen the field of automotive operating systems, work together with Zebra Networks and more partners in the entire automotive industry chain to jointly promote the intelligent transformation of the automotive industry.