Valeo has announced that it is set to develop and industrialise automotive-grade high-performance computing platforms based on NVIDIA’s Hyperion reference architecture, with the aim of supporting the next generation of software-defined vehicles and autonomous driving systems.
The initiative combines Valeo’s expertise in automotive integration, functional safety and industrialisation with NVIDIA’s centralised computing architecture. The companies said the collaboration is intended to help automakers deploy scalable and production-ready computing platforms as vehicles increasingly rely on software-driven functions and centralised intelligence.
Valeo will build its platforms around NVIDIA Hyperion, which provides a reference sensor and compute architecture for Level 4 autonomous vehicles and robotaxis, along with NVIDIA Halos, the company’s safety system for AI-enabled automotive applications. Valeo will adapt the architecture to automakers’ requirements while focusing on production-scale integration.
The platforms will use the dual NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor architecture incorporated into NVIDIA Hyperion. This is designed to provide the computing performance and redundancy required for Level 4 autonomous driving applications. The centralised architecture can support multiple mobility use cases, including passenger vehicles, autonomous trucks and robotaxis.
By using a common high-performance computing platform across different vehicle applications, Valeo and NVIDIA said automakers can simplify system integration, reduce architectural complexity and accelerate the development of software-defined vehicle features.
Marc Vrecko, CEO of Valeo Brain Division, said the collaboration with NVIDIA represents a step towards making autonomous driving safer and more scalable. He added that integrating NVIDIA’s computing capabilities into Valeo’s platforms will provide automakers with the centralised and flexible intelligence required for evolving vehicle applications.
Rishi Dhall, Vice President of Automotive at NVIDIA, said Valeo’s capabilities in high-performance computing, vehicle integration and automotive-scale industrialisation can support the adoption of NVIDIA Hyperion and NVIDIA Halos at production scale. He added that the collaboration is aimed at providing the AI performance, functional safety and scalability needed for Level 4 autonomous vehicles and robotaxis.
The initiative comes as automakers increasingly move towards software-defined vehicle architectures, where centralised computing and AI capabilities are becoming key components of vehicle design. Valeo’s planned platforms are intended to support this transition by bringing high-performance computing, safety systems and automotive integration into production-oriented architectures.
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