On April 24th, Horizon unveiled the new generation of in-vehicle intelligent computing solution Journey® 6 series and Horizon SuperDrive™ full-scene intelligent driving solution, marking a paradigm-level innovation in intelligent driving and accelerating the arrival of the era of intelligent driving equality. At the press conference, Horizon announced the first 10 mass production cooperation car companies and brands for the Journey 6 series, including SAIC Group, Volkswagen Group, BYD, Ideal Auto, GAC Group, Deep Blue Auto, BAIC Group, Chery Auto, Xingtu Auto, Lantu Auto, as well as several Tier1 and software and hardware partners. The Journey 6 series will start delivering the first mass-produced models by 2024 and is expected to achieve mass production delivery of over 10 models by 2025. Meanwhile, SuperDrive will collaborate with several top Tier1 and car brands in the second quarter of 2024, launch a standard production plan in the fourth quarter, and achieve the delivery of the first mass-produced cooperative model in the third quarter of 2025.
Standing at an important point in the widespread popularity of intelligent driving towards all scenarios, Horizon believes that the intelligent driving system will go through three stages of development from usable, easy to use to beloved. The current mass-produced advanced intelligent driving systems represented by urban NOA have not yet fully reached the user’s “usable” standard. From usable, easy to use to beloved, it is a comprehensive test of the combined software and hardware system capabilities, which not only requires profound accumulation and application of forward-looking software algorithms, but also tests the mass production efficiency of software and hardware coordination.
Development trend of intelligent driving systems oriented towards user needs Horizon, a leading player in the field of in-vehicle computing solutions, is actually a “software algorithm company in hardware clothing.” End-to-end has become the focus of advanced intelligent driving algorithm technology competition, Horizon was the first to propose the evolution concept of end-to-end autonomous driving in 2016, and has continuously achieved technological innovation and breakthroughs: in 2022, it proposed the industry-leading autonomous driving perception end-to-end algorithm Sparse4D; in 2023, the industry’s first publicly published end-to-end autonomous driving large model UniAD by Horizon scholars, won the best paper award at CVPR 2023. At the same time, Horizon has accumulated end-to-end deep learning algorithms based on interactive games, greatly improving the passing efficiency and success rate of intelligent driving systems in complex traffic environments. In terms of hardware technology, Horizon has developed a new generation of intelligent computing architecture BPU Nash specifically for large-parameter Transformers, which can create industry-leading computing efficiency through highly coordinated software and hardware, accelerating the application and popularization of end-to-end and interactive game algorithms. Dr. Yu Kaibo, founder and CEO of Horizon, said: “The combination of intelligent computing technology with software and hardware will enable every vehicle to have environmental perception, human-machine interaction, and decision-making control capabilities, making human life safer and better. Horizon takes the end as the beginning, and has a forward-looking layout of software and hardware integration full-stack technology, with software as the traction and hardware as the driving force, to create a software and hardware integrated intelligent driving system for all scenarios and ecosystems, and to achieve the ultimate efficiency through extreme openness, reaching the endgame of intelligent driving.”
TSN-style: Horizon launches the only series of computing solutions for full-stage intelligent driving production, Journey 6, combining three generations of Journey product development and 5 million sets of shipping experience. Active voice: Horizon launches Journey 6, the only series of computing solutions for full-stage intelligent driving production, combining three generations of Journey product development and 5 million sets of shipping experience.
From integrated machine to domain control, from active safety to full-scene intelligent driving, Horizon Journey 6 series can cover intelligent driving applications in all stages. As a series of car-mounted intelligent computing solutions, Journey 6 has a unified hardware architecture, unified tool chain, and unified software stack, with the characteristics of same-generation consistency, intergenerational compatibility, and optimal system. With a platform-based scalable computing architecture and a complete and mature intelligent driving mass production development platform, it supports efficient development and flexible deployment of upper-layer applications, helping car companies achieve “one step ahead” mass production efficiency.
The Zhencheng 6 series offers six versions, including Zhencheng 6B, Zhencheng 6L, Zhencheng 6E, Zhencheng 6M, Zhencheng 6H, Zhencheng 6P, with flexible configurations for different intelligent driving scenarios, providing optimal solutions balancing performance and cost. Targeting the low-end smart driving market, Zhencheng 6B reshapes the ultimate cost-effective active safety experience, aiming to create the industry’s strongest cost-effective active safety integrated solution. Based on Zhencheng 6B, Horizon partners with Sony to release the world’s first 17 million high-performance front vision perception solution, making active safety more advanced, wider, and clearer. At the press conference, Horizon announced that Zhencheng 6B has received intentions for cooperation from Bosch, Denso, NavInfo, Valeo, and Yujia Innovation, among many international and domestic Tier1 companies.
Targeting the mid-level smart driving market, Horizon unveils the most cost-effective solution for urban areas – Journey 6M, and the ultimate experience of high-speed NOA – Journey 6E. They also provide SiP modules and Matrix 6 domain control reference designs that meet the AEC-Q104 automotive standards, achieving lower power consumption and better system costs through high integration. At the press conference, Horizon announced collaborations with multiple Tier1 and software/hardware partners for Journey 6E/M, and revealed that over 50 ecosystem partners will launch nearly production-level products based on Journey 6E/M by the second quarter of 2024.
Horizon has launched the Journey 6P, a product designed for the next generation of intelligent driving, with high integration, high computing power, high efficiency, high processing capability, high access capability, and high security. With powerful computing performance, the flagship Journey 6 can support perception, planning, decision-making, control, and redefine the efficiency of NOA computing in all scenarios. SuperDrive creates advanced urban intelligent driving. Horizon has released the SuperDrive solution for intelligent driving in all scenarios, focusing on breakthroughs in humanized experiences to create a user-friendly intelligent driving system 2.0. With an end-to-end perception architecture that integrates dynamic, static, and OCC networks, and data-driven interactive game algorithms, SuperDrive can balance scene pass-through rate, passage efficiency, and human-like behaviors in any road environment. In complex urban scenarios such as congestion merging, intersection interaction-dynamic Driveline, yielding to cyclists, congestion lane changing, and urban roundabout passage, it can provide users with an elegant, confident, and intelligent driving experience.
Dynamic, static, and Occupancy three-network integrated perception end-to-end architecture is an effective means to accurately reproduce the objective physical world. Under this architecture, the occlusion recall rate increases by 70%, the dynamic code lines decrease by 90%, and the network load decreases by 50%, effectively solving the current industry perception architecture problems of high latency, many rules, and heavy loads. Data-driven interactive games can bring more human-like optimal solutions, allowing SuperDrive to handle complex traffic flow flexibly like an experienced driver, with a 50% increase in successful lane change rate in congested scenarios and a 67% increase in intersection pass rate.
Based on top software algorithm technology, SuperDrive, combined with the Journey 6 flagship, creates the best software and hardware integrated advanced intelligent driving system, accelerating the scale production and implementation of the easy-to-use urban NOA solution, making it accessible to everyone. SuperDrive is committed to providing advanced intelligent driving reference designs for car manufacturers and industry partners, supporting improved R&D and delivery efficiency through flexible open full-stack technology capabilities, accelerating the industry towards advanced intelligent driving. At the press conference, Horizon announced partnerships with Junlian Intelligent Driving and Zero Bundle Technology to create a mass-produced SuperDrive domain controller solution.
Since its establishment eight years ago, Horizon has been targeting the low, medium, and high-end intelligent driving market, providing efficient journey family computing solutions and creating a full-scene intelligent driving solution matrix. Horizon adheres to the Tier2 industry positioning, connecting more than 30 car companies and 200 upstream and downstream partners, building the most mature, efficient, and open business ecosystem, and continuously promoting the performance improvement and cost optimization of intelligent driving systems at different levels.