Qualcomm introduces the Snapdragon Ride Flex universal automotive platform
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Qualcomm introduces the Snapdragon Ride Flex universal automotive platform

Qualcomm unveiled a Snapdragon Ride Flex System-on-a-Chip at CES 2023 that’s designed to process data from modern vehicles — manufacturers can use it for both driver assistance systems and full-featured autopilot platforms, although this typically uses different components.

    Image source: qualcomm.com

Image source: qualcomm.com

Now Snapdragon Ride Flex is in the testing phase, and mass production of the processor will not start until early 2024. The project embodies Qualcomm’s drive to go beyond mobile devices and strengthen its presence in the automotive electronics market, which is projected to grow to $100 billion by 2030. At the end of 2022, Qualcomm’s automotive division had sales of $1.4 billion – for comparison, the mobile phone segment brought the company $425 billion. However, even a relatively modest number shows an increase of 41% – a year earlier the company received $ 975 million.

Qualcomm also reported that its total order volume from the automotive industry has reached $30 billion – General Motors, Renault, Volkswagen and BMW decided to switch to the Snapdragon platform, while some of them abandoned Intel Mobileye technologies. Snapdragon Ride Flex driver assistance system includes adaptive cruise control, driver monitoring, lane monitoring and park assist; the same chip supports multi-display, 3D navigation and voice assistant. The complete software platform offers the parallel operation of several operating systems and a hypervisor with isolated virtual machines.

Qualcomm will release multiple versions of the chip to cover offerings from entry-level to high-end systems and give automakers the flexibility to package models.

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