Veoneer, which has an advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving (AD) JV with Volvo Cars called Zenuity, has developed the Zeus supercomputer – designed to meet the requirements for level 4 AD with Zenuity's AD software stack, based on the Nvidia Drive AGX Xavier running proprietary OS.
Zeus is an ADAS/AD ECU which fuses data from cameras, radars and other sensors, interprets the situation and takes required action. It has been designed to meet the requirements of level 4, High Automation, as defined by SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers), meaning the automated driving system manages all dynamic driving tasks and, under most circumstances, no human interaction is required.
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Veoneer and Zenuity developed the Zeus board. Veoneer is responsible for hardware and basic software, and Zenuity for the AD feature software development and vehicle integration. Zeus is based on the scalable architecture of Xavier and runs the Nvidia Drive operating system.
"We developed Zeus to provide safe mobility solutions, and it is an important step towards industrialising autonomous driving in 2021. Working closely with expert partners Nvidia and Zenuity is key to innovate trusted solutions for future mobility," said Jan Carlson, chairman, president and CEO of Veoneer.
The supercomputer is built on the Nvidia Xavier system-on-a-chip, which is architected for safety by integrating six different processors that accelerate diverse and redundant algorithms, including deep learning artificial intelligence software. The platform provides the computational horsepower to process data from up to 27 sensors.
