The Volvo ES90 sedan will be manufactured with an Nvidia supercomputer.
Cars are evolving into powerful computers.
Volvo has announced that its upcoming electric vehicle, the luxury sedan ES90, will feature a powerful computing system, setting a new standard for the brand. This model will use a dual configuration of Nvidia Drive AGX Orin, making it the most powerful car Volvo has created to date in terms of computing capability.
The innovative supercomputer is integrated into a technological platform called Superset, which Volvo plans to implement across all its next-generation vehicles. With the incorporation of Nvidia's system on a chip, the ES90 will be able to perform essential functions at extremely fast speeds, thanks to its ability to process 508 trillion operations per second. This power is crucial for managing advanced functions such as AI-based active safety features, car sensors, and efficient battery management.
The Orin system also provides a significant improvement in processing speed, with a capacity "eight times greater" compared to the Xavier chip used in the announcement of the collaboration between Volvo and Nvidia in 2018. This increase in computing power will enable Volvo to refine its deep learning model and neural network, elevating the parameters from 40 million to 200 million.
The ES90 will be built on Volvo's SPA2 architecture and will be the second vehicle, following the EX90, to use the Superset technology. This modular platform has been designed to produce safer and more efficient cars, as well as to allow continuous improvements through over-the-air software updates.
Volvo envisions a future where features such as driver assistance technology and battery autonomy can be enhanced over time through this new technological infrastructure. Additionally, any advances made in the EX90 will be transferable to the ES90 and vice versa.
Anders Bell, Volvo's director of engineering and technology, commented that "the Volvo ES90 is one of the most technically advanced cars on the market today and is designed to improve over time." He emphasized that, being built on the advanced Superset platform, the ES90 puts safety at the forefront.
