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Aurora and Continental pass first major hurdle in commercial self-driving trucks deal

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Aurora and automotive supplier Continental have wrapped up the first phase of a more than $300 million project to mass produce autonomous vehicle hardware for commercial self-driving trucks. The two companies said Friday that the design and system architecture of an autonomous vehicle hardware kit is now complete.

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Kneron releases its first automotive-grade chip for ADAS and AV systems

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Kneron has launched its first automotive-grade chip — fueled by funds from Foxconn, Alibaba, Sequoia, Horizons Ventures, and Qualcomm — that it says could revolutionize the path to vehicle autonomy. With the new chip, the Kneron KL530, the startup is looking to take a greater share of the automotive market.

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HAAS Alert raises $5M seed round to scale its automotive collision prevention system

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HAAS Alert, a SaaS company that provides real-time automotive collision prevention for public safety and roadway fleets, has raised $5 million in seed funding that the company says it will use to scale sales and outreach efforts and prioritize R&D with vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2X) technology partnerships.

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Deep Vision announces its low-latency AI processor for the edge

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The company is also working with suppliers to the automotive industry, but less around autonomous driving than monitoring in-cabin activity to ensure that drivers are paying attention to the road and aren’t distracted or sleepy. , who recruited Ravi Annavajjhala, who previously worked at Intel and SanDisk, as the company’s CEO.

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Aptiv’s latest investment shows that software-defined vehicles are here to stay

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TTTech Auto, a Vienna-based automotive safety software provider, is one such company. TTTech Auto just scored the backing of major Tier 1 automotive tech supplier Aptiv, a sign of the supplier’s deepening interest in tech that facilitates advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS).

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Eliyan raises $40M from Intel and Micron to build chiplet interconnects

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Increasingly, as Moore’s law rears its ugly head, computer chip developers are adopting “chiplet” architectures to scale their hardware’s processing power. Prior to co-founding Eliyan, Farjadrad spent several years at Marvell as CTO and VP of the company’s networking and automotive division.

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Digital pragmatism at Volvo means more control and less agile

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The automotive industry keeps accelerating into the technological switch to electric engines, and all efforts at Volvo Cars point to a clear ambition to be a clear frontrunner. The balance between software and hardware in cars is also changing dramatically since software is increasingly developed internally and built into the cars.

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