This afternoon, Intel announced in Beijing that it will set up the Intel Intelligent Network University Automotive University Collaborative Research Center to conduct in-depth research on autonomous driving with China's top universities and research institutes. The first universities to sign cooperation agreements are Tsinghua University, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Institute of Automation, the cooperation for a period of 5 years.
It is understood that the Intel Intelligent Network University Automotive University Cooperative Research Center will aim at five major topics, covering self-driving cars, car networking technologies, and large-scale intelligent infrastructure supporting autonomous driving; targeting China and the unique culture and geographical features of the Asia Pacific region, Respond to the unique challenges that auto-driving cars face when they are widely used and deployed.
Specific research directions include: 1) Auto-driving car safety; 2) Autopilot man-machine interface, and challenges brought by new supporting laws and regulations; 3) Open data sets and benchmarks; 4) Car networking based on cellular wireless networks (C-V2X), Mobile Edge Computing, Smart Transportation, and Smart Infrastructure Research; 5) Advanced Algorithm Research Based on New Hardware Devices and Architectures (eg Intel 3D Xpoint).
The parties involved with Tsinghua University and the Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences will conduct joint research on innovative networking applications and parallel driving.
Director of the State Key Laboratory of Complex Systems Management and Control, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the Chinese Society of Automation Wang Feiyue said: 'Through this cooperation, we believe that our research results in areas such as parallel driving, parallel intelligent systems, combined with Intel's automatic driving The accumulation of technology in the field will help auto-driving the landing in China.
Professor Li Keqiang of the Department of Automotive Engineering at Tsinghua University stated: 'At present, we have completed a series of basic theoretical and applied technological researches in the area of intelligent networked autos. This cooperation with Intel will help us focus on a global perspective and link global resources. , Together to promote China's autopilot, intelligent network of automotive industry innovative application research. '
In the past few years, Intel has continued to increase its layout in the field of automated driving. Last year, they spent a large sum of $ 15.3 billion to acquire Mobileye. According to data, Mobileye is a well-known technology company headquartered in Israel, this 18-year-old technology The company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2014. At that time, the market value had reached 5 billion U.S. dollars. Currently, there are about 27 million cars from 25 manufacturers on the market that have driving assistance functions, and Mobileye products account for 70% of the market share. .
Just this month, Mobileye also announced that it has reached a cooperation agreement with European automakers on the autopilot technology of 8 million vehicles. Intel expects to start providing automotive manufacturers with a fifth-generation system chip based on Mobileye EyeQ5 in 2021. Designed to provide visually-centric computer sensor fusion for fully self-driving cars.