SHANGHAI, April 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobileye today announced that it has delivered the first production-grade hardware and software for its latest EyeQ™6 Lite (EyeQ6L) system-based chipset to customers. The milestone launch of the EyeQ6L marks the start of mass production of the Mobileye EyeQ6 series, which will enable advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) in many of the vehicles launched this year. In the next few years, the EyeQ6L will be installed in 46 million vehicles, making it one of the preferred ADAS solutions in the global automotive industry. This will be followed by the EyeQ6 High advanced system integration chip, which is expected to be launched in early 2025.
Mobileye's most powerful and cost-effective basic driver assistance system integrated chip to date, the EyeQ™6L
The development of the EyeQ6L builds on Mobileye's 25 years of pioneering work in automotive safety, computer vision, chip design, and machine learning, which have driven the widespread adoption of automatic forward collision warning and emergency braking systems in the automotive industry. To date, more than 170 million cars worldwide have Mobileye technology built-in.
Professor Amnon Shashua, Founder and CEO of Mobileye, said, "With the EyeQ6L, our team is once again providing our customers with a system integrated chip that delivers significant improvements in performance, safety, and comfort, but at a price level that has barely increased. This is part of our long-standing commitment to understanding the role of ADAS in saving lives and reducing traffic accidents around the world, and with the EyeQ6L, automakers can meet regulatory requirements while delivering more meaningful technological advancements to end users." "
Numerous studies have shown that key ADAS technologies bring significant safety benefits. According to the AAA Traffic Safety Foundation, 37 million traffic accidents, 14 million injuries and nearly 250,000 deaths could be prevented in the United States over the next 30 years if existing technology were used as standard for all vehicles. Other studies by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) have found that automatic emergency braking reduces collisions by 50 percent and injuries by 57 percent, pedestrian emergency braking reduces collisions by 27 percent, and lane departure warning reduces injuries by 21 percent. Although 70% of new cars globally are currently equipped with some level of ADAS technology, this percentage is still low in many high-volume markets, including China and India, and the full potential of ADAS has not yet been fully exploited.
Automotive safety advocates and regulators around the world have recognized the importance of ADAS in saving lives and reducing crashes. From the EU's General Safety Regulations and the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) in dozens of countries, to regulatory and insurance industry assessments in the U.S., as well as ASIL-B safety standards, the EyeQ6L is designed to meet all current standards and anticipate future standards.
A key innovation in Mobileye's latest EyeQ™6L chip
Benefits and features that benefit drivers around the worldThe EyeQ6L combines Mobileye's experience in designing automotive-grade processors and artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms, with expertise in customizing integrated software to optimize performance and energy efficiency. Designed with two CPU cores and five high-compute density accelerators, the chip has 4.5 times the computing power of the EyeQ4M, but is only about half the size of the EyeQ4M, and maintains a similar level of power consumption, which are key factors in automotive applications. In addition, the chip improves pixel segmentation capabilities through a dynamic neural network with more than twice the point density of the EyeQ4M.
The EyeQ6L enables the system to capture more detailed data about its surroundings with a camera equipped with 8 million pixels and a 120° lateral field of view, a 20-degree increase over the EyeQ4M's camera. The increased visual data also improves environmental awareness and detection range. Vehicles using the EyeQ6L can sense whether the road surface is dry, wet or snowy, adjust the emergency braking distance accordingly, and be able to detect multiple types of objects at a greater distance. Upgrades to cameras and processors have brought several improvements to the automatic emergency braking system, such as enhanced monitoring and reflexes to other vehicles, pedestrians, or random road objects in complex situations, such as falling furniture from trucks in adjacent lanes, or animals blocking vehicles in their way.
Mobileye has always led the industry in pedestrian and cyclist detection, and the EyeQ6L builds on this with new sensing and software features to further improve vehicle responsiveness. The EyeQ6L's hardware and software features also enable upgrades to features such as lane-keeping assist and automatic lane change systems that not only locate the center of the current lane, but also detect adjacent lanes on either side. Now, with the EyeQ6L's automatic cruise control, it senses the curves ahead and slows down as needed to ensure passenger comfort.
Last year, Mobileye upgraded its EyeQ4M chip with a smart speed assist system that automatically reads and understands permanent or temporary speed limit signs to meet European standards. The EyeQ6L takes this a step further by using computer vision and in-vehicle software without the need for GPS or other external data sources to read key text on signs, such as speed limit signs that are only valid on weekday mornings, or city entrance signs that indicate low speed limits.
Nimrod Nehushtan, Mobileye's executive vice president of strategy and business development, said, "The EyeQ6L is just the beginning of a new journey. Through continuous development, the use of tools such as the EyeQ Kit™, and the implementation of online software updates, the EyeQ6 series chips will serve the entire industry for many years to come, bringing a safer and more convenient driving experience to millions of consumers. "
The EyeQ6 High chip, another member of the EyeQ6 family, is scheduled to go into mass production early next year and will support all of Mobileye's advanced autonomous driving technologies — from Mobileye SuperVision™, which offers hands-off/attention-aware driving, to Mobileye Chauffeur,™ which offers hands-off/eye-off driving capabilities, and Mobileye Drive™, which is region-specific.
concerning MobileyeMobileye (NASDAQ: MBLY), a global leader in autonomous driving solutions, is leading the mobility revolution with its autonomous driving and driver assistance technologies, leveraging world-renowned expertise in artificial intelligence, computer vision, mapping, and hardware and software integration.
Since its founding in 1999, Mobileye has been driving the widespread adoption of advanced driver assistance systems, pioneering breakthrough technologies such as REM™ crowdsourced mapping technology, True Redundancy™ sensing, and Responsible Sensitive Safety (RSS™) driving strategies and driving experience platforms (DXPs). These technologies are driving the ADAS and AV space toward a mobile future – enabling autonomous vehicles and mobility solutions that power industry-leading advanced driver assistance systems. By the end of 2023, approximately 170 million vehicles worldwide were equipped with Mobileye technology.
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