Intel and Google's driverless car unit Waymo are to collaborate on developing the computer power necessary for driverless cars
By David Manners-Electronics Weekly, Sept. 19, 2017 –
The computational power required for driverless cars is in the order if hundreds of TFLOPS, according to Stan Boland head of UK driverless start up FiveAI.
The Intel/Waymo collaboration is the latest in a long line of tie-ups between companies for driverless technology.
Fiat/BMW/Intel; Fiat/Waymo; Toyota/Intel/Ericsson/DoCoMo; Toyota/Mazda; Audi/BMW/Daimler/HERE; Daimler/Uber; Ford/NuTonomy; Volvo/Uber; Lyft/GM; Lyft/Didi Chuxing/Uber/Apple; VW/GETT; Nissan/NASA, Tencent/Guangzhou Auto and other Chinese auto consortia.
"Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes worldwide every year - an average 3,287 deaths a day," says Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, "nearly 90 percent of those collisions are caused by human error."
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