Qualcomm technologies have launched automotive Snapdragon 8 Elite chips that are powerful enough to deliver computing and artificial intelligence performance several times greater than previous generations. The new Snapdragon Cockpit Elite and Snapdragon Ride Elite platforms are powered by Qualcomm Oryon CPU — the company’s fastest central processing unit (CPU).
Qualcomm and Google team up and say its newly launched Snapdragon chipset, and associated technologies, paired with Google’s Android Automotive OS, will be the basis of a “digital cockpit” using generative AI. This was revealed by the tech giant from its snapdragon summit in Maui, U.S. state of Hawaii.
Qualcomm and Google reported that this will provide “intuitive voice assistants, immersive map experiences, and real-time updates to anticipate driver needs.” They have also established partnerships with leading car manufacturers, including Li Auto and Mercedes-Benz AG, to utilize these platforms in their upcoming commercial vehicles.
Besides being able to connect your digital life to your car, the future is surely with autonomous driving technology. For example, the car can sense that there is no parking at the destination of your trip. The car then tells the driver that it will drop him or her off at the location and will circle on its own and find a parking spot by itself, without you having to waste any time.
Qualcomm also says the new digital cockpit will support Apple CarPlay and iPhone mirroring with the car.
“Absolutely, so the platform is actually capable of supporting really any ecosystem, any configuration, any solution that is out there,” Nakul Duggal, Qualcomm’s head of automotive, said to Yahoo Finance about CarPlay compatibility.
He also added, “You know, this platform is deployed across hundreds of millions of vehicles today. So I can bet you if you’re driving a car today that you bought in the last couple of years, it’s featuring our technology.”
Overall, Qualcomm’s new offerings are set to play a significant role in the future of automotive technology.
