Qualcomm expands into IoT, auto and edge computing
The company's latest quarterly report reveals new focus areas.
Qualcomm recently published its fiscal fourth quarter earnings report included automotive and IoT sales. These two sectors also rely on 5G, as does Qualcomm;s core business. However the move into them signals the company's strategic ... Read more
Volkswagen and Ford join forces for self-propelled cars
Volkswagen and Ford will join forces with regard to electric and self-propelled cars, says Bloomberg. Volkswagen will invest $2.6 billion in Argo AI, Ford's partner in self-propelled car technology.
The deal attributes a value of 7 billion to Argo AI, the two car manufacturers said in a joint state... Read more
New York City soon gets self-propelled shuttles
The moment when people in the city of New York City can use autonomous vehicles is fast approaching. Optimus Ride, a Boston-based company, plans to use self-propelled shuttles. They should be on the road in the second half of 2019 in Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The industrial complex is home to four hundred... Read more
First cars with Microsoft Connected Vehicle platform coming up
As early as September 2016, Renault-Nissan announced its intention to integrate some of Microsoft's cloud services into its vehicles. This week the company is finally ready to roll out Microsoft's Connected Vehicle Platform to scale. This makes Renault-Nissan the first Microsoft partner company to d... Read more
TomTom sells Telematics branch to Bridgestone
Tyre specialist Bridgestone acquires TomTom's Telematics business, which is the European leader in digital fleet solutions. The takeover has a price tag of 910 million euros.
Thanks to the acquisition, Bridgestone claims to be taking a big step towards becoming a regional leader in the field of mobi... Read more
BlackBerry comes with a platform for digital autocockpits
BlackBerry is strengthening its ties with the automotive industry by providing a dedicated Android-based QNX platform for fully digital cockpits in cars. The cockpits must combine the instrument panel and the infotainment in a single digital solution.
With the now released QNX platform, car manufact... Read more
New ARM processor improves safety in self-propelled vehicles
There are many growth markets when it comes to chips. One of them is that of cars and other vehicles. They are getting smarter and smarter, which means that there is an increasing demand for chips to process all incoming data. Self-propelled cars bring in different data streams, all of which need to... Read more
Nuance splits off car division, more focus on medical sector and companies
Nuance is going to split off its auto division into a separate, listed company called Nuance Auto. The company wants to focus more on the medical and business sectors, while the automotive segment will have more room to develop its artificial intelligence (AI) platform.
As we define this new era for... Read more