NVIDIA announces NVIDIA DRIVE Atlan, an in-vehicle AI data center for next-generation self-driving cars

NVIDIA today announced the next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) processor for self-driving cars, NVIDIA DRIVE™ Atlan. This processor can provide more than 1,000 TOPS of computing capacity, lock in the car models that major automakers will launch in 2025.

NVIDIA DRIVE Atlan is the latest product in NVIDIA’s blueprint for centralized computing for self-driving cars. It integrates AI and software with the latest computing, networking, and security to achieve unprecedented performance and security.

DRIVE Atlan will use NVIDIA’s next-generation GPU architecture, the new Arm CPU core, and deep learning and computer vision accelerators. Atlan has a performance comparable to that of a data center and will provide major automakers with sufficient computing power to build software-defined vehicles with rich programmable capabilities, and can be permanently and continuously upgraded through secure over-the-air updates (OTA).

“The transportation industry needs a computing platform that it can rely on for decades. The software investment is too immense to repeat for each car. NVIDIA DRIVE is the most advanced AI and AV computing platform, with rich global software and developer ecosystems, and architecturally compatible for generations,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “Today, we are announcing the next extension of our roadmap — our new DRIVE Atlan is truly a technical marvel, fusing all of NVIDIA’s strengths in AI, auto, robotics, safety and BlueField-secure data centers to deliver safe, autonomous-driving fleets.”