Horizon Reorganizes Intelligent Driving Algorithm Team for High-Level Intelligent Driving
TapTechNews July 16th news, 'LatePost' said that Horizon has reorganized its intelligent driving algorithm team earlier this month and will invest more efforts in developing high-level intelligent driving, which may become the key to opening the sales of its new-generation computing solution 'Journey 6' series. At the same time, a Maimai user posted that Horizon's'software product line is gone', a part was laid off, and'the rest were merged into other departments and joint venture companies'.
In response, an internal employee of Horizon disclosed to Sina Technology that 'this adjustment is related to the company's reorganization of the intelligent driving algorithm team to increase investment in high-level, and the layoff ratio is relatively small.'
According to 'LatePost' introduction, Horizon's intelligent driving algorithm team belonged to the'software platform product line' before the adjustment. The three teams were respectively doing low-level scheme Mono, medium-level scheme Pilot and high-level scheme SuperDrive. Among them, the head of the high-level team, Su Qing (TapTechNews note pronunciation: jīng), was the former head of Huawei's intelligent driving product department.
After the adjustment, Horizon's original low-level scheme team of more than 100 people will be merged with the original high-level scheme team of several hundred people. Most of the personnel of the company's original medium-level scheme team of more than 200 people will join the joint venture company Continental Core Zhijia established by Horizon and the automotive Tier 1 (first-level supplier) Continental Group, as well as the joint venture company 'Core Journey' between Horizon and Volkswagen's software company CARIAD. The main information of each scheme is as follows:
Low-level intelligent driving scheme: L2-level scheme based on the front-view all-in-one machine, providing functions such as adaptive cruise and AEB (automatic emergency braking), and the hardware used is Horizon's early product 'Journey 2'.
Medium-level intelligent driving scheme: It provides L2+ level functions such as high-speed NOA navigation-assisted driving and automatic parking, mainly using Horizon's 'Journey 5'.
High-level intelligent driving scheme: It provides a full-scenario intelligent driving scheme including urban NOA, mainly using Horizon's 'Journey 6' series released this year.
Horizon's 'Journey 6' flagship version has a maximum computing power of up to 560 TOPS, will achieve a high degree of integration of CPU, BPU, GPU, and MCU, and can maximally access multiple types of sensors such as 24 cameras and lidar. This chip can also achieve full-scenario NOA and is claimed to be a vehicle-mounted computing solution specifically designed for the new generation of urban high-level intelligent driving. Its first batch of intended cooperative automakers for mass production includes BYD, GAC, BoschXC, Ideal Auto, and Volkswagen's CARIAD software.
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'Horizon: Cumulative delivery of 5 million computing solutions, and more than 230 cooperative fixed-point models.'