RE: Qulacomm23 Jun 2020 11:30
Ford is not Qualcomm so i doubt it. Maybe a year or 2 b4 see it in cars. SEE only announced the deal with Qualcomm in January.
While no automakers have ordered Snapdragon Ride, the company expects that its experience supplying connectivity, vehicle diagnostics and infotainment technologies to auto companies will help it gain a foothold with its advanced driver assistance/self-driving vehicle platform.
“Autonomous driving, of course, is just going to be transformative to the auto industry,” said Nakul Duggal, Qualcomm’s senior vice president for automotive product management. “It is going to bring the right technologies — machine learning, sensors and really advanced capabilities — to the next generation of cars, and I think we have a fantastic starting point.”
The company expects Snapdragon Ride hardware and software will be available to automakers and their suppliers for testing in the first half of this year. The company hopes that vehicles with advanced driver assistance features powered by Snapdragon Ride will be in production in 2023.
Qualcomm has long sought to diversify its business beyond smartphones. Last year, it booked about $600 million in revenue from supplying wireless and computer technologies to automakers. But it has $7 billion in pending auto orders in the pipeline — up from $5.5 billion a year earlier. To date, 19 automakers have selected the company’s infotainment technologies for vehicles.
“I know our customers who have been working with us in previous areas are going to be very excited to see what we have to offer” with Snapdragon Ride, Duggal said.
GM on Jan. 6 pledged to work with Qualcomm on advanced driver-assistance technologies. The two companies have done business together for years, with Qualcomm supplying wireless connectivity for GM’s OnStar service.
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