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Nvidia on new self-driving system: “basically 5 years ahead and coming in 2017”

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Re: Nvidia on new self-driving system: “basically 5 years ahead and coming in 2017”

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Post by erk__ »

dogma1138 wrote: post #6
randomdrake wrote: post #2

Super cool to see NVIDIA releasing hardware specifically meant to be a platform for building self-driving systems[1]: "NVIDIA DRIVE™ PX 2 is the open AI car computing platform that enables automakers and their tier 1 suppliers to accelerate production of automated and autonomous vehicles. It scales from a palm-sized, energy efficient module for AutoCruise capabilities, to a powerful AI supercomputer capable of autono…

NVIDIA has been trying to pivot into a "services" company for a while, NVIDIA GRID/Gaming Cloud, computing etc. "AI" or at least fused sensor automation seems like a good place for them since they already have both the hardware and the software expertise for this. NVIDIA actually gave up on even attempting to do console graphics again since they didn't want their pipeline to be suffocated by these draconian single cu…

The new nintendo console/handheld have Nvidia graphics.

Re: Nvidia on new self-driving system: “basically 5 years ahead and coming in 2017”

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Post by dogma1138 »

erk__ wrote: post #11
dogma1138 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

NVIDIA has been trying to pivot into a "services" company for a while, NVIDIA GRID/Gaming Cloud, computing etc. "AI" or at least fused sensor automation seems like a good place for them since they already have both the hardware and the software expertise for this. NVIDIA actually gave up on even attempting to do console graphics again since they didn't want their pipeline to be suffocated by these draconian single cu…

The new nintendo console/handheld have Nvidia graphics.

It's the NVIDIA Tegra SOC this is different than having to fill your pipeline with custom graphics for a mainstream console.

Nintendo just licensed the SOC from NVIDIA, the PS4 had a custom chip from the green giant, and AMD does custom APUs for the PS4 and Xbone,

Re: Nvidia on new self-driving system: “basically 5 years ahead and coming in 2017”

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Post by 60654 »

ghaff wrote: post #8
sp332 wrote: post #3

Who thought making decent autonomous cars was going to take as long as 2020? I mean for regulations etc maybe, but not for the tech. Earlier this year I expected it to be done later this year. Edited for clarity (I hope).

Many people. And I still don't expect to see general-purpose (secondary roads/cities, range of weather conditions) for decades.

This exactly. I did robotics in the late 90's and it's interesting to see how many fundamental problems still remain unsolved. And the trajectory of tech advancement is positive for sure, but not _nearly_ as fast as popsci and marketing articles suggest.

Re: Nvidia on new self-driving system: “basically 5 years ahead and coming in 2017”

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Post by Retric »

tener wrote: post #10

Very cool: with capable CUDA device in a car, one should be able to mine some crypto coins with it! With some luck the car should be able to pay for itself! Alternatively, having in mind Elon's creative approach to finances, Tesla could get some significant hashing power with its fleet! Edit: looking at the downvote I suppose the joke wasn't obvious?

In the 9years I have been on HN I have up voted 3 really good jokes and downvoted thousands of so so ones. Before you post a joke think is it that good. Because, jokes are like spam on message boards they add clutter without aiding the discussion.

Re: Nvidia on new self-driving system: “basically 5 years ahead and coming in 2017”

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Post by maaaats »

sp332 wrote: post #3

Who thought making decent autonomous cars was going to take as long as 2020? I mean for regulations etc maybe, but not for the tech. Earlier this year I expected it to be done later this year. Edited for clarity (I hope).

As someone not living a place with huge, straight highways with perfect asphalt, I haven't seen anything making me believe it will be generally available soon.

Right now I'm in the mountains. Narrow, icy roads. Thick snow fall, making some of the sensors already available unreliable.

The Google approach is to map everything before hand, and mostly easy conditions. Tesla somewhat more general, but still not too difficult roads. Volvo has been the only one I've seen with something that might tackle these issues.

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Post by Razengan »

tener wrote: post #10

Very cool: with capable CUDA device in a car, one should be able to mine some crypto coins with it! With some luck the car should be able to pay for itself! Alternatively, having in mind Elon's creative approach to finances, Tesla could get some significant hashing power with its fleet! Edit: looking at the downvote I suppose the joke wasn't obvious?

The idea of ubiquitous and powerful computers in eveyrone's possession contributing to some global processing while they're idle, is actually fascinating.

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Post by tener »

Retric wrote: post #16
tener wrote: post #10

Very cool: with capable CUDA device in a car, one should be able to mine some crypto coins with it! With some luck the car should be able to pay for itself! Alternatively, having in mind Elon's creative approach to finances, Tesla could get some significant hashing power with its fleet! Edit: looking at the downvote I suppose the joke wasn't obvious?

In the 9years I have been on HN I have up voted 3 really good jokes and downvoted thousands of so so ones. Before you post a joke think is it that good. Because, jokes are like spam on message boards they add clutter without aiding the discussion.

Wow, really? I just don't see how this is a spam. They definitely add some value, unlike some other stuff out there.

Re: Nvidia on new self-driving system: “basically 5 years ahead and coming in 2017”

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Post by Animats »

I'm still not happy with self-driving on vision alone, or vision augmented with radar. There are too many hard cases for vision. Everybody who has good self-driving right now - Google, Otto, Volvo, GM - uses LIDAR.

Self-driving is coming to the first end users in 2017, in Volvo's test of 100 vehicles. Volvo has multiple LIDARs, multiple radars, multiple cameras, redundant computers, and redundant actuators. They're being cautious. Yet they're getting there first.

With the new hardware, Tesla ought to be able to field smart cruse control that doesn't ram into stopped vehicles partially blocking a lane. They've rammed stopped vehicles at speed three times now. At least with the new hardware things should get better. Do they still have the radar blind spot at windshield height?

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