TuSimple Releases Domain Controller Based on NVIDIA’s Chip

On March 28, 2023, TuSimple, a worldwide autonomous driving expertise firm, formally launched its area controller product (TDC – TuSimple Domain Controller) based mostly on the NVIDIA DRIVE Orin SoC chip design and improvement. It is predicted to start mass manufacturing and supply by the top of 2023.

This product is an auto-grade autonomous driving computing platform independently developed by TuSimple. It integrates sensor enter, high-performance computing, car management unit (VCU), and autonomous driving utility software program to satisfy the calculation necessities of L2+ to L4 degree automated driving.

Since asserting the challenge based mostly on NVIDIA DRIVE Orin SoC chips in January 2022, TuSimple has invested greater than two years in steady analysis and improvement. After a number of rounds of software program and {hardware} system iterations and precise highway testing, the B-sample merchandise have been delivered to clients for testing and verification. The C-sample is predicted to start out delivery within the second quarter of 2023. The mass-produced model will cooperate with internationally famend contract producers and is predicted to be delivered to the Chinese market on the finish of ’23 with hopes of step by step coming into European and American markets.

The pattern within the automotive trade is evolving from edge computing at sensor-level in the direction of centralized platforms. Through seamless cooperation with completely different configurations of sensors and TuSimple’s autonomous driving utility software program,TDC can obtain a collection of superior options for autonomous driving together with:

ADAS: Commercial car L2+ and conditionally L3 ADAS options, bettering highway security and gas effectivity.

Perception fusion module: Software and {hardware} modules combine a number of sensors to offer OEM clients with extremely customizable, low-cost full-stack notion options.

L4 degree autonomous driving: Control + redundant computing unit supplies computing energy for L4 degree autonomous driving techniques.

Different from most improvement fashions on the market based mostly on NVIDIA modules, TDC is personalized based mostly on the NVIDIA Orin system-level SoC chip, which may present extra fine-grained situation expertise customization capabilities. At the identical time, in contrast with module improvement mode, the associated fee is diminished by about 25%.

For instance, TDC will help two cooling options: air-cooling and water-cooling. It additionally supplies two energy provide choices of 12V and 24V to permit clients to decide on extra flexibly. It is price mentioning that TDC’s 24V energy provide answer can meet the ability provide necessities of home heavy vehicles and is a novel energy design scheme of TuSimple.

In phrases of underlying software program, TDC merchandise help AUTOSAR Classic Platform adaptation and AUTOSAR Adaptive Platform integration. They additionally present SOTA and FOTA options and include generally used CMOS sensor modules on the market in addition to laser radar driver applications.

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The design and improvement of TDC merchandise undertake industrial car design requirements, which have increased stability and security in comparison with passenger automobiles. TDC makes use of the ASIL-D degree QNX working system and integrates the ASIL-D degree Infineon TC397 chip. The total practical security degree of the product reaches ASIL-D degree. In an surroundings licensed by high quality and security techniques comparable to ISO 9001, IATF 16949, and ISO 26262, the mass-produced model will absolutely meet auto-grade necessities and make sure that the whole system operates safely beneath varied working circumstances.

“We are looking forward to the official release of TuSimple’s Domain Controller (TDC), believing that this product can provide more choices for commercial vehicle customers,” mentioned Cheng Lu, President & CEO of TuSimple. “TDC integrates TuSimple’s industry-leading software functions and provides our partners and customers with a complete integrated, low-cost, high-performance autonomous driving solution.”

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