Editor's Note: Li Keqiang, head of the Department of Automotive Engineering at Tsinghua University, once said that the Chinese market is in great demand and the traffic conditions are extremely complicated. If autopilot technology is certified and solved in China, it is possible to promote it all over the world. At that time, China was the leader. The era of automatic driving has really come. Autopilot technology In addition to car manufacturers developing core technologies and chips, the platform is also an indispensable part. Baidu's research and platform layout in the field of autopilot is among the top five in the world, and its newly released Apollo platform has increased with automakers. Cooperation, as well as the German Bosch company also invested heavily in the establishment of autonomous driving chip factory.
On June 15th, Baidu President and COO Lu Qi participated in the D.Live conference held by The Wall Street Journal and expressed his views on Baidu's artificial intelligence strategy and autopilot layout. Lu Qi stressed the importance of Baidu's “Apollo†program, and believes that the auto-driving open ecosystem represented by the plan will surpass other closed systems and gain greater advantages for Baidu in the field of unmanned vehicles.
He made two clear points: 1. The key factor in deciding who will become a leader in the past five years is the speed of iteration (or software development). 2. “Apollo is an open platform. It is an open software, an open service, and an open capability. Our key capabilities (patented technology) threshold is very high, it takes time to accumulate, this is the other The company is very difficult.
Lu Qi believes that Apollo is an open ecosystem that includes original equipment manufacturers, first-line suppliers and other service providers. With multiple companies participating and cooperating, the open system can accumulate more unmanned driving information at the same time, so it can mature at a faster rate than any closed company. Baidu has already reached a smart car software cooperation with more than 60 car companies and more than 200 models worldwide. In the first half of this year, Baidu successively reached strategic cooperation with Beijing Automobile, FAW Jiefang, Bosch and Chery. At the recent CES Asia conference, Baidu and the senior group of the Hyundai Group met and it is expected that the two sides will cooperate closely in the future.
Bosch invests $1.1 billion to build a semiconductor factory layout autopilot chip
According to Reuters, Bosch, the world's top component supplier, is building a semiconductor plant in Dresden, eastern Germany, with a total investment of 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion). It is reported that this move highlights Bosch's dual layout of autonomous vehicles and industrial IoT.
It is understood that the plant will be located in Dresden, eastern Germany, part of the investment from Bosch from the capital, and some from the government and EU subsidies. The factory will start production in 2021 and will employ 700 people.
It is said that Bosch has not officially voiced the news of the establishment of the factory. However, many autopilot giants have shown that chipping will become one of the future trends and core competitiveness of the autopilot industry. The manufacturing capacity of the semiconductor factory is in its own hands, which is a reflection of Bosch.
Of course, Bosch has a long history of autonomous driving. In April this year, Bosch also announced that it will cooperate with Mercedes-Benz to develop autonomous vehicles.
Previously, Bosch already owned a chip factory in Reutlingen in southern Germany, and the plant is very productive in terms of sensors, but with the development of autonomous vehicles and the evolution of more intelligent industries, this The demand for chip capacity by home component suppliers is constantly growing.
It was also revealed that Dresden was chosen as the location of the factory because it was able to hire many employees with skilled business skills. Not only has it promoted economic growth, but it has also solved employment problems. The construction of the factory has been welcomed by local businesses and governments. This also explains why Bosch was actively subsidized by the German government. Last year Germany announced that the German government would focus on supporting local semiconductor manufacturers in the face of strong competitors from China and the United States with large government subsidies.
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