{"id":2667,"date":"2018-08-03T19:05:53","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T19:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/athis-consulting.com\/news\/?p=2667"},"modified":"2018-08-14T10:50:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T10:50:00","slug":"tesla-is-building-its-own-ai-chips-for-self-driving-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/athis-technologies.com\/news\/innovation\/ai-big-data\/2018\/tesla-is-building-its-own-ai-chips-for-self-driving-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla is building its own AI chips for self-driving cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been in semi-stealth mode on this basically for the last 2-3 years,\u201d said Elon Musk on an earnings call today. \u201cI think it\u2019s probably time to let the cat out of the bag\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cat in question: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/tesla-motors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"organization\" data-entity=\"tesla-motors\">Tesla <\/a>computer. Otherwise known as \u201cHardware 3,\u201d it\u2019s a Tesla-built piece of hardware meant to be swapped into the Model S, X and 3 to do all the number crunching required to advance those cars\u2019 self-driving capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla has thus far relied on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/self-driving-cars\/drive-platform\/\">Nvidia\u2019s Drive platform<\/a>. So why switch now?<\/p>\n<p>By building things in-house, Tesla say it\u2019s able to focus on its own needs for the sake of efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had the benefit [\u2026] of knowing what our neural networks look like, and what they\u2019ll look like in the future,\u201d said Pete Bannon, director of the Hardware 3 project. Bannon also noted that the hardware upgrade should start rolling out next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe key,\u201d adds Elon \u201cis to be able to run the neural network at a fundamental, bare metal level. You have to do these calculations in the circuit itself, not in some sort of emulation mode, which is how a GPU or CPU would operate. You want to do a massive amount of [calculations] with the memory right there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The final outcome, according to Elon, is pretty dramatic: He says that whereas Tesla\u2019s computer vision software running on Nvidia\u2019s hardware was handling about 200 frames per second, its specialized chip is able to crunch out 2,000 frames per second \u201cwith full redundancy and failover.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Plus, as AI analyst James Wang points out, it gives Tesla more control over its own future.<\/p>\n<p>By having its own silicon, Tesla can build for its own needs at its own pace. If they suddenly recognize something the hardware is lacking, they\u2019re not waiting on someone else to build it. It\u2019s by no means a trivial task \u2014 but if they can pull it off without breaking the bank (and Elon says it costs them \u201cthe same as the current hardware\u201d), it could end up being a significant strength.<\/p>\n<p>As for how they\u2019ll get the chips into existing Teslas, Elon says: \u201cWe made it easy to switch out the computer, and that\u2019s all that needs to be done. You take out one computer, and plug in the next. All the connectors are compatible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2018\/08\/01\/tesla-is-building-its-own-ai-chips-for-self-driving-cars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/techcrunch.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been in semi-stealth mode on this basically for the last 2-3 years,\u201d said Elon Musk on an earnings call today. \u201cI think it\u2019s probably time to let the cat out of the bag\u2026\u201d The cat in question: the Tesla computer. 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