aiSim 3.0 builds on Vulkan Ray Tracing to validate automated driving
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BUDAPEST, Hungary, March 24, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
-- Platform agnostic solution for automotive sensor simulation
AImotive, the largest independent team working on automated driving
technologies in Europe, today announced it has integrated the Khronos(R)
Group's Vulkan(R) API to improve raytracing performance in aiSim 3.0.
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The world's first ISO26262 certified, automotive-grade open simulator tool for
automated driving development, aiSim, is designed to accurately and efficiently
simulate all major sensor modalities required for automated driving. The next
generation of the simulator, aiSim 3.0 will launch in April 2021.
aiSim can provide the highest coverage for various hardware platforms by
utilizing the industry standard Vulkan API. Use of the recent Vulkan Ray
Tracing extension improves simulation performance by efficiently distributing
rendering tasks to available GPU ray tracing hardware. It also enables creation
of the next level of physically realistic input for the sensors, including
cameras, LiDAR, and radar through the correct simulation of lights, weather
within a holistic environment.
Thanks to efficient data sharing and streaming, aiSim enables real-time
simulation for HIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop), even for the most complex sensor
setups.
"AImotive is committed to open standards that allow our customers and the
entire industry to use all suitable components at the lowest cost without
compromising on performance. By using Vulkan Ray Tracing, aiSim can provide
more realistic automotive simulation than ever in real time and accelerate the
further development and testing of automated driving systems." - said László
Kishonti, CEO and Founder of AImotive.
"Vulkan provides explicit control over GPU acceleration so that sophisticated
developers such as aiSim can unlock the full potential of underlying platforms
for their customers that demand high performance and visual realism. As an open
standard, Vulkan Ray Tracing has now unlocked a real-time rendering technology
previously only available in expensive cinematic visual effects on low-cost
workstations and personal computers from multiple manufacturers. The accuracy
and physical correctness of ray tracing is particularly well suited to
simulation environments, and we are pleased to see professional automotive
applications using this new Vulkan capability alongside gaming." - said Neil
Trevett, Khronos President.
About AImotive: AImotive is one of the largest independent teams in the world
working on automated driving technologies and the most-funded European company
in the field. Developing self-driving software, proprietary simulation tools
and neural network acceleration hardware IP, we are building an ecosystem that
aids the deployment of automated driving. We create scalable, modular and
hardware agnostic products to catalyse industry collaboration and bring
life-saving technologies to drivers around the world quickly. Our team's deep
understanding of artificial intelligence, sensor fusion, and real-world
automated driving workloads is further strengthened by data gathered from our
global test fleet. Our many years' experience in 3D graphics and optimization
for a wide range of hardware platforms enables us to deliver the highest
performance software solutions in automotive software as well as local and
cloud-based scalable simulation. Learn more at www.aimotive.com
About The Khronos Group: The Khronos Group (
) is an open, non-profit, member-driven consortium of over 150 industry-leading
companies creating advanced, royalty-free, interoperability standards for 3D
graphics, augmented and virtual reality, and parallel programming including the
new-geneation Vulkan GPU API. Khronos members drive the development and
evolution of Khronos specifications and are able to accelerate the delivery of
cutting-edge platforms and applications through early access to specification
drafts and conformance tests.
Khronos(R) and Vulkan(R) are registered trademarks of The Khronos Group Inc.
Media contact:
Bence Boda
Communications Manager
+36301828085
bence.boda@aimotive.com
SOURCE: AImotive
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