Qualcomm Inc on Tuesday mentioned it’ll provide a variety of chips for Basic Motors Co’s subsequent era of automobiles.
The San Diego firm has lengthy been identified for making modem chips that linked Apple Inc’s iPhones and lots of automobiles to mobile knowledge networks. In recent times, Qualcomm has moved into automotive chips.
Qualcomm and GM mentioned in statements the automaker will use Qualcomm’s “cockpit” chips, which might run an automotive-grade working system for features such because the car’s speedometer and in addition the in-dashboard infotainment (data and leisure) system.
The businesses additionally mentioned GM will begin integrating Qualcomm’s automated driver help system chips for options resembling adaptive cruise management and lane-change help.
Qualcomm has rolled out a number of tiers of chips with completely different options and pricing, positioning itself as GM’s single supplier for price range and luxurious automobiles.
“We take a look at this partnership as a vital basis for what we want to repeat actually throughout numerous elements of the trade,” Nakul Duggal, senior vice chairman & common supervisor of automotive for Qualcomm Applied sciences, mentioned in an interview with Reuters.
Qualcomm additionally mentioned its driver-assistance laptop, known as Snapdragon Journey, would hit the roads in a manufacturing car in 2022, although it didn’t specify the automaker or car.
The system is designed to have sufficient computing energy to scale as much as self-driving features in some automobiles. Qualcomm has not given a timeline for such a automotive.
Qualcomm earlier on Tuesday mentioned it was pairing with Veoneer Inc’s software program unit Arriver to offer a full system of self-driving {hardware} and software program to automakers, though Qualcomm may even provide its laptop as a standalone for automakers that need to write their very own code.
Qualcomm mentioned that its subsequent era of automotive chips may have the power to combine Amazon.com’s Alexa voice assistant into automobiles if automakers selected to allow the function.
