This Time, We Will Not Talk About the 5g Qualcomm CES Conference to Show the Internet of Vehicles Solution

On CES, Qualcomm held a 50 minute press conference. This time, without talking about 5g, WiFi 6 and other technologies, Qualcomm spent a full 45 minutes explaining its future automotive solutions.At this press conference, Qualcomm launched the third-generation Qualcomm Xiaolong digital cockpit platform, demonstrated the on-board functions supporting Amazon Alexa, and announced the adoption of Qualcomm c-v2x solutions by Audi, Ducati and Ford.The third generation Qualcomm Xiaolong automobile digital cockpit platform

The new generation platform includes three new levels: Performance Series for entry-level, premiere series for midrange and paramount series for Supercomputing platform.The modular architecture design of the third generation Xiaolong automobile digital cockpit Series platform enables automobile manufacturers to provide diversified solutions to consumers. Its purpose is to change the in car experience and meet the needs of the next generation of advanced functions for higher-level computing and intelligence, including the highly intuitive AI experience of the in car virtual assistant, the natural interaction between the car and the driver, and various situational safety use cases.The platform supports immersive graphics and image multimedia, computer vision, AI and other functions, has heterogeneous computing functions, and integrates multi-core Qualcomm artificial intelligence engine AI engine, Qualcomm spectrum ISP, fourth generation Qualcomm kryo CPU, Qualcomm hexagon processor and sixth generation Qualcomm Adreno vision subsystem.

It is reported that Qualcomm AI engine optimizes all Xiaolong's main cores, including CPU, GPU and hexagon processor. The new hexagon processor includes hexagon vector extensions (hvx) and tensor accelerator (HTA) for AI computing, which can more efficiently provide excellent AI acceleration for edge computing and machine learning examples such as natural language processing and object classification.The third generation Xiaolong automobile digital cockpit platform also has Qualcomm security processing unit (SPU) to protect personal and vehicle data, as well as Qualcomm vision enhanced high-precision positioning and computer vision processing capabilities based on camera, which can support a variety of use cases for lane level crowdsourcing driving data map construction.The new series of platforms are compatible with mainstream hypervisor third-party solutions and provide virtualization platform solutions, so as to help automobile manufacturers cope with the domain integration of digital instrument panel and information audio-visual system with increasing complexity.

In addition, the three levels of the new platform adopt the same software architecture and framework layer, which is convenient for automobile manufacturers to configure unified software definitions for different levels of models, so as to realize collaborative user experience.At present, Xiaolong automobile digital cockpit platform supports highly intuitive AI experience, situational security, more intelligent navigation, rich visual experience and immersive audio.Supports Amazon Alexa's on-board features

In addition to the third-generation Qualcomm Xiaolong automotive digital cockpit platform, Qualcomm uses Amazon Alexa's natural language processing and speech recognition functions to show how highly intuitive voice based functions can transform the on-board experience of the next generation of vehicles, such as on-board virtual assistants and the natural interaction between vehicles and drivers.As the basis for supporting the new Alexa voice service development package released in 2018, Qualcomm intelligent audio platform can provide ready wake-up word detection, so as to support fast response and accurate voice activation.In addition, integrated hi fi audio playback and post-processing algorithms can achieve top-level sound quality, while advanced application processing functions bring customizable response experience. It is the basis for supporting the new Alexa voice service (AVS) development package released in 2018.

As part of the in car demonstration, Qualcomm will also showcase Amazon music, prime video, fire TV and audible services.These demonstrations are based on Qualcomm's intelligent audio platform and can support immersive natural language instructions such as vehicle navigation, landmark points of interest and multimedia services, which is consistent with the daily home interaction supported by Alexa.Qualcomm's c-v2x solution has been adopted by Audi, Ducati and Ford

On January 7, Qualcomm also announced cooperation with Audi, Ducati and Ford to accelerate the commercial deployment of cellular vehicle Networking (c-v2x) direct communication technology, so as to improve roadside safety and traffic efficiency, and promote the development of automatic driving.It is reported that c-v2x is the only v2x technology with a clear 5g evolution path and is backward compatible, aiming to provide reliable and consistent performance for actual driving scenes. While complementing other advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS) such as radar, lidar and camera systems, c-v2x direct communication supports a series of expanding safety use cases, and supports enhanced situational awareness through detection and direct exchange of key information.In addition, c-v2x attaches great importance to security, thanks to the existing secure transport layer and application protocols defined by automotive standards organizations including the international organization for Standardization (ISO), the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and the Institute of electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE 1609 Working Group).

Compared with other deployment methods, c-v2x is very cost-effective because it can be easily integrated into all wireless modems to provide direct communication and network communication.At CES 2019, Audi, Ford and Ducati will demonstrate driving scenarios using c-v2x direct communication.