HEFEI,
China, Aug. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Lenovo
AD1, an automotive-grade L4 autonomous driving domain controller,
has rolled off the production line at LCFC Hefei – biggest
manufacture base of Lenovo Group. This achievement marks Lenovo as
one of the first automotive tier one suppliers in the world to
bring up the NVIDIA Drive Thor platform.
The AI computing power of AD1 soars to an impressive 2100
TOPS@FP8/INT8, and its CPU computing power, evaluated based on
SPECrate 2017, reaches 174. Its functional safety level is up to
the ASIL-D of ISO 26262, and the cybersecurity standard complies
with ISO 21434, complemented by a diverse range of sensor
interfaces. AD1 is an automotive-grade domain controller purposely
built for commercial scenarios of SAE level 4 autonomous driving,
emphasizing high computing power, safety, reliability,
cost-effectiveness and minimal maintenance cost. AD1 paves the way
for start of production of driverless commercial vehicles such as
RoboTaxi, RoboTruck, RoboBus, and RoboSweeper.
As 2024 witnesses' significant advancements in worldwide
autonomous driving technology, the adoption of Level 4 self-driving
vehicles is approaching a pivotal moment for widespread
implementation. The end-to-end large model technology in autonomous
driving has stimulated the demand for high-performance computing.
Lenovo's intelligent driving domain controller product line
utilizes NVIDIA DRIVE Thor, incorporating FP4 and FP8 operations
into AI inference. This ensures greater efficiency and maintains
high precision (comparable to FP16), resulting in a fivefold
increase in the inference speed of Transformer models. WeRide has
chosen Lenovo's domain control scheme, which is based on NVIDIA
DRIVE, for its next-generation autonomous driving technology
platform.
In the future, Lenovo will offer its cost-effective domain
controllers tailored for L3 & L2++ ADAS market, with
various configurations to provide solutions for safer and more
convenient ADAS features. Lenovo UltraBoost AI middleware is also
compatible with the domain controllers, further enhancing
computational efficiency, operator enhancement, and task
scheduling.
Lenovo vehicle computing team will promote the development of
autonomous driving technology and the transformation of driverless
commercial vehicles. Aligned with its vision of "AI for
All," Lenovo is innovating its solutions and services through
innovative technologies, and successful experiences of ICT to bring
a more unified and coherent smart experience, driving a sweeping
transformation in consumers' lives.
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