Nvidia's GTC conference highlighted its role in advancing autonomous driving technology with announcements from Torc, Gatik, and GM.
Nvidia provides tools like Drive AGX, Drive Orin SoC, Drive Thor SoC, DriveOS, Omniverse, and Cosmos for self-driving cars and digital twin creation.
GM expanded its partnership with Nvidia, planning to use Omniverse with Cosmos for AI manufacturing models and Drive AGX for in-vehicle hardware.
Gatik, an autonomous trucking firm, will deploy Nvidia's Drive AGX and Drive Thor for its fleet to accelerate Level 4 autonomous truck deployment.
Plus, an autonomous trucking software startup, will utilize Nvidia's Cosmos to develop its SuperDrive autonomous driver, aiming for a 2027 commercial launch.
Torc, a self-driving truck company, collaborates with Nvidia on a physical AI compute system using Drive AGX, Drive Orin, and DriveOS for AV deployment by 2027.
Volvo, not partnering with Nvidia for automated driving tech, uses Ansys's Fluent simulation powered by Blackwell GPUs to optimize aerodynamics and design.
Ansys's Fluent simulator helped Volvo reduce simulation runtime, enabling multiple design iterations per day and accelerated time to market.