Automotive

Arm is elbowing its way into your car

Based on Arm’s conversations with automakers and tier-one automotive suppliers, Arm says it’s clear there are increasing demands from consumers for a smartphone-like experience in their vehicles. In fact, says the company, despite the current economic climate, there is strong demand for innovation to power the increasing displays inside the vehicle, from mirror replacement to head-up displays, remains unchanged. These … Read more

Nvidia’s Q4 FY19 results

Nvidia reported revenue from most platforms—Gaming, Datacenter, Professional Visualization, and Automotive saw a decline.  The company’s GPU business revenue was $1.98 billion, down 19.5% from a year earlier and down 28.6% sequentially.  Revenue was down 24% year over year and down 31% sequentially, driven primarily by a decline in Gaming. Full-year revenue was up 21%, reflecting growth in each of … Read more

Nvidia’s Q1 FY19 results

$3.2 billion in sales, $1.24 billion profit, up 11% from last quarter  Nvidia reported another record of revenue for the first quarter ended May 1, 2018, of $3.21 billion, up 66% from $1.9 billion a year earlier, and up 10% from $2.9 billion in the previous quarter, with growth across most of its platforms. Revenues were up in all segments. … Read more

Nvidia’s Xavier is the harbinger of the future

Nvidia's big, bad Xavier is the first of a breed of processors that will power the modern world At GTC 2016, Nvidia previewed “Xavier,” an SoC that integrates a 512-core Volta GPU and an 8-core ARM CPU. Skipping the amusing retort given by most companies when questioned about leaks—we don’t pre-announce products—probably because press, analysts, and fans have been hearing … Read more

Imagination virtualizes its GPUs, automakers love it

Furian-based four-cluster PowerVR 8XT GT8540 GPU can simultaneously drive six 4K screens Imagination Technologies announced its new, high performance PowerVR Series8XT GPU core, which supports multiple, ultra-high resolution displays for cluster, Head-Up Display (HUD) and infotainment, is being adopted by automotive manufactures from 2018 onwards. The company says that among things, that is due to an 80% fill-rate density improvement … Read more