Ecarx unveils multiple automotive intelligence solutions on Tech Day

ECARX held its second Tech Day at the Hangzhou E-Sports Center, where it unveiled several automotive intelligence solutions and ecosystem advancements. Named after the Atlas Mountains in North Africa and the Rocky Mountains’ Pikes Peak, the Atlas and Pikes computing platforms were unveiled at the Tech Day, providing global automotive OEMs with platforms to deliver state-of-the-art in-vehicle infotainment and advanced driver assistance systems. The Atlas and Pikes computing platforms are powered by the fourth-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon System-on-a-Chip, namely SA8255P and SA8295P Snapdragon, respectively. Both computing platforms are certified as automotive grade. Integrating both Flyme Auto and Google Automotive Services, each of the Atlas and Pikes computing platforms will allow ECARX to service automotive OEMs worldwide within a single platform. Benefiting from the unique ecosystem synergy created between automotive electronics and consumer electronics, the innovative Qogir computing platform, powered by the third-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 SoC, is co-developed by ECARX and Xingji Meizu Group, with a 330k DMIPS CPU, a 4.2 TFLOPS GPU, and a 60 TOPS hybrid edge-cloud AI. It also supports displays up to 8K and hardware ray tracing technology. Qogir takes its name from Qogir Feng, one of the names given to K2, the world’s second-highest mountain. Qogir’s high-performance configuration enables future-proofed evolution of the operating system. Announcing the Qogir computing platform, the Company would collaborate with Unreal Engine and other ecosystem partners to keep pushing the boundaries of in-vehicle experience. To cater to the evolving computational demands of the electrical/electronic architecture of today’s vehicles and the advancing trends of driving and parking systems, ECARX also spotlighted its Skyland Pro computing platform’s integrated driving and parking capabilities. Skyland Pro now includes Navigate on Autopilot, Automatic Park Assist, Remote Park Assist, and Home Zone Park Assist, among other capabilities. Highway NOA will be launched soon in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong, and Shanghai in China, with a nationwide rollout to follow. In anticipation of growing demand for autonomous driving systems, ECARX has made significant advancements in developing its own sensors. Through its subsidiary, Photon-Matrix, ECARX released the 200-metre long-range semi-solid LiDAR and the compact short-range flash solid-state LiDAR. AD1000 SoC Developed in collaboration with SiEngine, the AD1000 automotive-grade 7nm advanced high-performance SoC boasts 229k DMIPS computing power and 256 TOPS of graphics rendering capability on a single unit, and can achieve a maximum computing power of 1,024 TOPS with multi-core integration. AD1000 also integrates a high-performance Vision Processing Accelerator and Image Signal Processor, with a safety island and sufficient interfaces to allow it to meet the requirements for L2++ to L4 autonomous driving. Integrating Digital Cockpit, Driving and Parking and AI into a Single Board and Platform Super Brain Antora 1000 and 1000 Pro Computing Platforms The Super Brain Antora 1000 computing platform is the next generation of ECARX’s Antora series, which seamlessly integrates cockpit driving and parking into a single board, significantly reducing the bill of materials cost of the vehicle. The Super Brain Antora 1000 Pro computing platform is laying the foundation for the future of intelligent vehicles with its ability to integrate the initial progress in AI-driven automated vehicle technology. Harnessing the power of Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service and Azure Cloud Computing Services, ECARX and Microsoft will jointly develop and deploy innovative products and solutions that will offer advanced intelligence and connectivity by integrating AI capabilities into vehicles globally. ECARX expanded its strategic partnership with FAW Group, with the two parties set to jointly develop an industry-leading intelligent computing platform and the Hongqi Operating System. The Company also unveiled plans to establish international manufacturing facilities, to strengthen synergies with the ECARX research and development and operation centers that already serve global markets.