Xilinx has been selling chips to automakers and major suppliers for more than 12 years, according to the company. It has supplied roughly 55 million devices for use specifically in advanced driver-assist systems.
The deal with BYD comes one week after Xilinx provided new insight regarding its partnership with Daimler AG, which formally started in June. Together the two companies said they’re developing an in-cabin personal assistant that recognizes gestures of occupants and can predict their needs, with Xilinx technology underpinning the cabin-facing cameras and artificial intelligence which makes such features possible.
Such technology might mean occupants can turn features on and off without actually touching buttons, but it could also someday allow ride-hailing vehicles to sense when a passenger has left their sunglasses behind. Or more critically, alert a tired parent that they may have forgotten a child still strapped in a seat.
“The evolution of this interior cabin could be a huge movement,” Tu said. “With autonomous-driving vehicle, you might know whether a car with expensive equipment has been vandalized or if late-night partiers might have had an accident. … But with the two, with Daimler and BYD, you can see companies identifying the same trends that involve the challenges of putting AI into their products.”
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