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Intel Accelerates Software-Defined Innovation with Whole-Vehicle Approach

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At CES, Intel unveiled an expanded product portfolio and new partnerships designed to accelerate automakers' transitions to electric and software-defined vehicles (SDVs). Intel now offers a whole-vehicle platform, including high-performance compute, discrete graphics, artificial intelligence (AI), power management and zonal controller solutions alongside the Intel Automotive Virtual Design Environment (VDE) co-developed with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Intel's approach addresses automakers' cost and performance scalability challenges, enabling faster, more efficient and more profitable SDV development and deployment.

"Intel automotive is bringing innovative solutions that reduce cost in the SDV revolution. Our whole-vehicle approach, combined with cloud integration, delivers a complete solution that drives down total cost of development and deployment while empowering automakers to build the future of mobility faster, more efficiently and more profitably." said Jack Weast, Intel Fellow, vice president and general manager of Intel Automotive.



Intel's whole-vehicle platform reduces inefficiencies of traditional fragmented approaches to vehicle architectures. By optimizing the entire vehicle's electrical/electronic architecture, Intel drives significant cost reductions and performance improvements.

Supporting this platform, Intel introduced the availability of the Adaptive Control Unit (ACU), designed for electric vehicle (EV) power trains and zonal controller applications.

The ACU U310 is a new kind of processing unit that supports the consolidation of multiple real-time, safety-critical and cybersecure functions, applications and domains (X-in-1) into a single chip. Traditional time and sequential processing-based micro and zonal controllers struggle to handle multiple workloads due to limited deterministic processing capabilities. In contrast, Intel's new family of ACU devices integrates a flexible logic area that offloads real-time control algorithms from the CPU cores, ensuring reliable performance, freedom from interference (FFI) and deterministic data delivery even when consolidating multiple microcontroller workloads into a single zonal MCU. This dual-brain approach enables greater workload consolidation, lowers cost, and enhances safety, cybersecurity and performance.

When used in an electric vehicle power train, the ACU U310 supports advanced algorithmic solutions that reduce vehicle energy demand from the battery, automatically adapting high voltage and control frequencies to individual driver styles and road conditions.

The ACU reduces cost per kilowatt and enhances energy efficiency, allowing the vehicle to reclaim up to 40 percent of the power train system energy losses, delivering a 3% to 5% efficiency boost during the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP). This translates to increased range, faster charging and a more responsive driving experience while significantly reducing per-vehicle bill of materials (BOM), electric motor size and battery costs compared to traditional approaches.
  • Stellantis Motorsports selected Intel as a key technology partner and adopting the Adaptive Control technology into its next-generation inverter control for enhanced performance and efficiency in competitive racing environments. In this implementation, the Intel technology will control the electric motor and recover energy during braking phases. The inverter plays a crucial role during a Formula E race, where any gain in efficiency is transformed into a precious competitive advantage.
  • Karma Automotive announced support for Intel's ACU, showcasing an Intel co-branded inverter featuring Optimal Pulse Pattern control algorithms to improve efficiency and enable four unique driving profiles, including innovative features like Torque Ripple Reduction and Range Boost.
The ACU's programmability allows it to serve as a first-of-its-kind software-defined zonal controller, adapting to different vehicle topologies and applications. This flexibility streamlines the transition to software-defined vehicles, simplifies supply chains and reduces the complexity of the vehicle BOM.

How Next-Gen Architecture is Enhanced with AI Inside: Building on Intel's first-generation AI-enhanced SDV system-on-chips (SoCs), Intel announced the upcoming second-generation Intel Arc B-series Graphics for Automotive set for production by the end of 2025. This solution provides the high-performance compute needed for more advanced in-vehicle AI workloads, next-generation human-machine interface (HMI) engines, and immersive in-vehicle experiences and AAA PC gaming. Paired with an Intel AI-enhanced SDV SoC, it delivers scalable performance for complex AI tasks, supported by the vast Intel AI ecosystem.

How Intel and AWS Revolutionize Automotive Software Development: Intel and AWS introduced the Intel Automotive Virtual Development Environment on AWS, a groundbreaking approach that ensures true hardware and software parity from cloud to car. This new offering addresses challenges throughout the vehicle development life cycle, enabling engineers to seamlessly switch between virtual and physical hardware setups. It integrates Intel Xeon processor-based Amazon EC2 instances and, for the first time, incorporates Intel's Automotive SDV SoCs within the AWS environment, eliminating the need for expensive electronic control unit (ECU) simulators or developer boards. This collaboration provides a unified solution that accelerates innovation, reduces R&D costs and speeds time-to-market.

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It looks good in theory but in practice the Auto-Industry is highly regulated and there are many ISO-based standards a car maker must follow.

I don't think Toyota will switch to Intel-AWS solution since Toyota uses in-house Designed--Implemented-Tested-Verified-and-Certified solutions for a long time.

Who else would switch to Intel-AWS solution?

This is clearly a waste of resources and time for Intel.
 
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It looks good in theory but in practice the Auto-Industry is highly regulated and there are many ISO-based standards a car maker must follow.

I don't think Toyota will switch to Intel-AWS solution since Toyota uses in-house Designed--Implemented-Tested-Verified-and-Certified solutions for a long time.

Who else would switch to Intel-AWS solution?

This is clearly a waste of resources and time for Intel.
Might be pressure and incentives for domestic car makers to use other domestic products…
 
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