On November 21, NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang detailed a series of product updates and collaborations at the NVIDIA GTC China 2018 conference held in Suzhou.
He first introduced products for image rendering, including the RTX processor, the previously released HGX-2 GPU acceleration platform, the NVIDIA T4 cloud GPU based on the Turing architecture, and the open-source GPU acceleration platform Rapids.
Finally, he focused on the Jetson AGX Xavier computing platform, which is highly suitable for autonomous delivery vehicles due to its ability to achieve massive computing performance in a compact package. Additionally, since delivery robots and other autonomous machines are software-defined, performance can be easily enhanced and more features added through updates. The Jetson AGX Xavier platform is equipped with the Nvidia JetPack SDK, a comprehensive AI development software solution that includes the latest versions of CUDA, cuDNN, and TensorRT, as well as high-level software code to simplify and accelerate development.
Currently, autonomous logistics vehicles developed by Meituan, Cainiao Network, and JD.com are all equipped with the Jetson AGX Xavier computing platform. Among them, JD.com began testing autonomous delivery robots in universities and business parks last year, which are equipped with multiple high-definition sensors connected to the Jetson AGX Xavier to provide 360-degree real-time vision and perception processing for full situational awareness; Meituan has also launched its own small bag automatic delivery vehicle for food delivery, which is being tested in multiple locations; and Cainiao Network under Alibaba is also adopting the Jetson AGX Xavier computing platform for its logistics delivery vehicles.
In addition, Huang also showcased the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Xavier autonomous driving development platform and announced an expansion of partnerships, including Xiaopeng Motors, Singularity Motors, Volvo, FAW Group, and several startups, all of which will build autonomous driving systems based on the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Xavier platform.
The NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference (GTC) is a grand event in the field of AI and deep learning, recognized as the largest and most important gathering of GPU developers in the global AI sector. The conference includes keynote speeches, meetings, DLI thematic training, DLI mini-training, exhibition openings, special events, and covers areas such as deep learning and AI frameworks and research, development tools, accelerated data science, data center and cloud computing infrastructure, smart machines and the Internet of Things and robotics, as well as autonomous driving.
