CES 2015: NVIDIA Super Chip Will Tell Your Car to 'Go Park Yourself'
In the car of the future, finding a parking spot is no longer your problem.
— -- In the car of the future, finding a parking spot is no longer your problem.
Feel free to even tell your car to "go park yourself."
Computer chip maker NVIDIA unveiled a new driving computer at the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that makes finding a parking spot easy. Step out of the car, press a button on your smartphone, say those magic words and you're all set.
When it comes time to leave your venue in style, the car can pick you up again with these simple words: "Come back to me."
The DRIVE PX computer harnesses the power of two of the company's Tegra X1 super chips. While the technology is still in development, it provides an insightful glimpse at how humans and cars may interact in the future.
The computer has inputs for as many as a dozen cameras that can allow a car to find a spot in even the most crowded parking garage, park and wait for the driver to summon the car when they are ready to leave.
The DRIVE PX is so smart and agile, according to NVIDIA, that it can also distinguish between different types of vehicles, including police cars, ambulances and other cars.
NVIDIA also showed off a new cockpit computer system called DRIVE CX will give drivers a 360-degree view of their car and provide various digital instruments for ensuring safety on the road.
The development platform will also be released in the second quarter of 2015.