Continental partners with AI chip firm Ambarella on autonomous driving

Ambarella

04/01/2023 23:30

BERLIN, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Germany's Continental
 CONG.DE  and California-based artificial intelligence chip firm
Ambarella  AMBA.O  announced a partnership on Thursday to make
software and hardware systems for autonomous driving.
    The two companies will focus on so-called Level 2 plus
autonomous driving, which briefly allows drivers to take their
hands off the wheel through features like assisted cruise
control and lane centering.
    Ambarella develops a new category of semiconductors called
system on a chip, or SoC, which combine multiple CPUs on one
logic board and provide artificial intelligence processing.
    The two firms jointly develop the technology, which will
comprise of high-resolution cameras and radar and lidar senses
with the necessary software from Continental, the statement
said.
    The German auto supplier also holds a minority stake in
another California-based firm, lidar startup AEye, and has
integrated a long-range lidar sensor based on AEye's patents to
complement the auto supplier's existing short-range lidar
technology.
 (Reporting by Victoria Waldersee; Editing by Josie Kao)
 ((Victoria.Waldersee@thomsonreuters.com;))