“In the past 2-3 years we worked in stealth mode half,” said Elon Musk. “I think it’s time to pull the cat out of the bag”. This cat — computer Tesla. Hardware 3 — created in Tesla’s hardware, which will be equipped on the Model S, X and 3 to process all the data required for self-driving cars.
So far, Tesla has relied on the Nvidia Drive platform. What this transition then?
According to representatives of Tesla, creating all the equipment “at home”, the company will focus on efficiency.
“We’ve gotten a lot of use, knowing how to look our neural networks and how they will look in the future,” says Pete Bannon, Director of the project 3 Hardware. Bannon also noted that the hardware upgrade should start next year.
“The most important thing,” added Elon, “is to have the ability to manage the network at a fundamental level, at the level of the metal. You need to perform calculations in the scheme, and not in some emulation mode, which features GPU or CPU. Need to produce large volumes of transactions within a memory here and now.”
The final result, according to Ilona, is stunning: computer vision Tesla, running on Nvidia hardware can process 200 frames per second (fps), and specialized chips will be able to scroll through 2000 frames per second “is redundant and failover”.
In addition, this will allow Tesla to take control of their future. Having our own stone, Tesla will be able to increase the tempo at any speed and in any direction. Hardware replacement will begin in early 2019.
Tesla secretly developed their own chips for artificial intelligence their cars
Ilya Hel