Qualcomm launches Automotive Processor Chip Snapdragon Ride Flex, A Dual Chip for Assisted driving & Cockpit functions including Entertainment
Qualcomm has unveiled an automotive processor chip called Snapdragon Ride Flex SoC that handles both assisted driving and cockpit functions, including entertainment, the chip maker said in a statement.
Previously those functions were handled on different chips and merging them can help bring down costs, said Nakul Duggal, Qualcomm’s head of automotive.
“Obviously you are reducing the number of physical boxes. So, it goes down to a single box. You reduce the amount of memory that you need. The extra external components that you need, those go down,” Duggal told Reuters.
Qualcomm has been steadily building up its automotive business in recent years and in September it said its automotive business “pipeline” increased to $30 Billion.
With electric vehicles and increasing autonomous features in cars, the number of chips used by automakers is surging and the automotive market has been a key growth area for chip makers.
Duggal said automotive customers are already trying out the new chip and it would be commercially available in the first half of next year.
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