NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion Platform Sparks New Era of Autonomous Vehicles
NVIDIA showcases the maturity of autonomous driving technology at CES 2022 with its open DRIVE Hyperion platform. Major automakers and suppliers adopt the architecture to build safer, software-defined vehicles.
NVIDIA officially ushers in a new era of autonomous driving at CES 2022 by highlighting the rapid adoption of its DRIVE Hyperion platform. The company reveals that hundreds of automakers, truck manufacturers, and robotaxi companies rely on this architecture to develop intelligent vehicles. This widespread industry embrace demonstrates the growing maturity of self-driving technology as businesses prepare to deploy safer and more efficient transportation solutions.
The DRIVE Hyperion platform provides a complete, open architecture that combines high-performance computing with a comprehensive sensor suite. It features redundant NVIDIA DRIVE Orin systems-on-a-chip alongside 12 surround cameras, 12 ultrasonics, nine radar units, three interior cameras, and one front-facing lidar. This functional safety design ensures that if a single computer or sensor fails, a backup system activates to safely guide the vehicle and its passengers.
To scale this technology across the global automotive market, NVIDIA collaborates with top tier 1 suppliers like Desay, Flex, Quanta, Valeo, and ZF. These partners manufacture production-ready DRIVE Hyperion 8 designs that meet the highest security and safety standards. Ultimately, this collaborative approach enables automakers to build software-defined vehicles that continuously improve over time and unlock new service-based business models.