Why the Industry Is Standardizing Vehicle Compute Now | with Doug Newcomb of AVCC
The Garage by SonatusShow Notes
Doug Newcomb, automotive journalist and outreach manager for AVCC, the Autonomous Vehicle Computing Consortium, joins Sonatus Chief Marketing Officer John Heinlein, Ph.D., to discuss the AVCC’s mission, which spans the wide range of autonomy in vehicles from driver assistance to fully autonomous. The conversation touches on machine learning for automotive, benchmarking, total cost of ownership, saving lives, and the importance of collaboration to advance vehicle autonomy. Recorded live at CES 2024.
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