Tucson's future (TSP.US) self-driving trucks will use NVDA.US chips

The Zhitong Finance APP learned that on Tuesday, Tucson Future (TSP. US) indicates that it has partnered with NVIDIA (NVDA. US) has reached a partnership to design and build an advanced self-driving computer for self-driving trucks using Nvidia's automotive chips.

The computer is known in the automotive industry as a domain controller. The domain controller is specifically designed for Tucson's future commercial self-driving trucks and powers sensors and vehicle operation. Nvidia will provide Tucson with AI expertise and Drive Orin hardware, a chip specifically designed for autonomous driving functions, to the future of Tucson.

Tucson Future is currently working with manufacturer Navistar to develop self-driving trucks, scheduled for production in 2024, and the domain controller is powered by Nvidia's chips. Tucson Future said the company will have access to the domain controller design and said it plans to work with an unnamed third-party manufacturer to produce the controller.

Controllers are considered key to the evolution of self-driving technology, allowing automakers to centralize computationally intensive devices such as cameras, radar and lidar sensors. Unlike each sensor, which is equipped with a separate electronic control unit, domain controllers centralize computing tasks, saving costs and space, and allowing software updates to take place remotely.

Includes Qualcomm (QCOM. US), Intel (INTC. US) owns Mobileye and NXP (NXPI. other chipmakers, including the US), are also supplying domain controller chips to the automotive industry.

Self-driving cargo trucks, while still operating primarily in pilot projects, have become a focal point in the self-driving industry in recent years, facing fewer regulatory and technical hurdles and potentially offering a faster way to pay off than a manned self-driving taxi.