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Yes, that is the typical timeline for getting silicon into cars from my experience. They make announcements like this to tell engineers, "hey we are interested
by xt00 5y ago
Yes, that is the typical timeline for getting silicon into cars from my experience. They make announcements like this to tell engineers, "hey we are interested in this area, please check out our dev kits." Most likely in the ADAS area is what they are targeting to compete with nvidia and others.
Intel I'm assuming did a brainstorm relatively recently and wrote down on a white board "what should we be focusing on".. and they probably wrote down:
-cloud server infrastructure
-something to compete with the Apple M series processors
-high margin businesses ( cars / self-driving and military / large super computer installs )
So basically my understanding is that they use the lead customer in each product segment they care about to help them define the cutting edge for that space. So they probably will use Microsoft/Azure for cloud customer leadership, some competitor of Tesla like VW or Mercedes for ADAS stuff, and military they probably are already doing fine there. Especially with the new Arizona fabs.
- bri3d 5y agoIt doesn't sound like they're designing a new line of silicon, but rather offering up pure fab to someone like Infineon for Aurix or Renesas for R-Car or whatever their stuff is called lately. Whether or not that's plausible or a marketing play, I'm not sure (since nobody outside of Intel really knows the details about Intel's process constraints), but it doesn't sound like they are targeting an area of competition where they would be introducing new silicon and expecting a whole iteration lifecycle. The intent seems to be drop-in replacements.
- trhway 5y ago>they use the lead customer in each product segment they care about to help them define the cutting edge for that space. with that customer naturally describing a faster horse that it wants :)