Horizon releases Journey 6 and high-end urban smart driving model rooms, using top-notch software and hardware combined with full-stack technology to accelerate smart driving equality

On April 24, Horizon held the "Journey Direction, Go Higher" - 2024 Intelligent Driving Technology Product Launch Conference. Based on the era of intelligent driving, Horizon relies on its forward-looking predictions and deep accumulation of full-stack technology concepts that combine software and hardware to launch a new generation of in-vehicle intelligent computing solutions, the Journey® 6 series, and the Horizon SuperDrive™ full-scenario intelligent driving solution. Paradigm-level innovation in intelligent driving accelerates the arrival of the era of equal rights in intelligent driving.

From PCs to mobile Internet, the combination of software and hardware plays a key technical value in every industrial transformation. Facing the era of intelligent driving, the combination of software and hardware is also the necessary path to the end and realize inclusive value. The two smart driving technology products released this time are a demonstration of Horizon’s top-notch software and hardware full-stack technical capabilities and the largest mass production experience. They also further highlight Horizon’s industry status as the first camp of smart driving technology companies.

At the press conference, Horizon officially announced the 10 first batch production partner car companies and brands of the Journey 6 series, including SAIC Group, Volkswagen Group, BYD, Li Auto, GAC Group, Deep Blue Automobile, BAIC Group, Chery Automobile, Star Tu Automobile, Lantu Automobile, etc., as well as multiple Tier1, software and hardware partners. The Journey 6 series will start delivery of its first front-loaded mass-produced model in 2024, and is expected to achieve mass-produced delivery of more than 10 models in 2025. At the same time, SuperDrive will reach cooperation with a number of top Tier 1 and automobile brands in the second quarter of 2024, launch a standard version of the mass production plan in the fourth quarter, and achieve the delivery of the first mass-produced cooperative model in the third quarter of 2025.

People-oriented, start with the end in mind

Combining software and hardware with full-stack technology drives smart driving to the end

Standing at an important juncture of intelligent driving moving toward large-scale popularization in all scenarios, Horizon believes that intelligent driving systems will go through three development stages from usable, easy to use, to loving use. However, the currently mass-produced high-end intelligent driving systems represented by urban NOA have not yet fully reached the "usable" standards in the eyes of users. From usable, easy to use, to loving to use, it is a comprehensive test of the capabilities of a system that combines software and hardware. It not only requires the in-depth accumulation and application of forward-looking software algorithms, but also tests the mass production efficiency of software and hardware collaboration.

Development trends of intelligent driving systems oriented to user needs

Horizon, which has a leading market position in the field of in-vehicle computing solutions, is actually a "software algorithm company disguised as hardware." Currently, end-to-end has become the focus of the competition for high-end intelligent driving algorithm technology. Horizon was the first to propose the end-to-end evolution concept of autonomous driving as early as 2016, and continues to achieve technological innovation and breakthroughs: it will propose industry-leading autonomous driving perception in 2022 End-to-end algorithm Sparse4D; in 2023, the industry's first publicly published end-to-end autonomous driving large model UniAD, developed by Horizon Scholars, won the best paper of CVPR 2023. At the same time, Horizon has accumulated end-to-end deep learning algorithms based on interactive games, which greatly improves the traffic efficiency and success rate of intelligent driving systems in complex traffic environments. In terms of hardware technology, Horizon's new generation intelligent computing architecture BPU Nash, which is specially designed for large-parameter Transformers, can create industry-leading computing efficiency with a high degree of software and hardware collaboration and accelerate the application of end-to-end and interactive game algorithms.

Dr. Yu Kai, founder and CEO of Horizon, said: "Intelligent computing technology that combines software and hardware will enable every vehicle to have environmental perception, human-computer interaction and decision-making control capabilities, making human life safer and better. Horizon is known for its Beginning with the end in mind, we have proactively laid out the full-stack technology combining software and hardware, using software as the traction and hardware as the driver, to create an intelligent driving system that combines software and hardware for all scenarios and all ecology, and create the ultimate efficiency with extreme openness, reaching Driving wisely to the end.”

Horizon founder and CEO Dr. Yu Kai

As the only smart driving technology provider in China with mass production experience in all-level and all-scenario smart driving, Horizon combines the research and development of its third-generation Journey products and its experience in shipping 5 million units to officially launch the only series of computing devices in the industry that meet the mass production requirements for full-level smart driving. The plan - Journey 6, also represents the key transition of Horizon's product research and development from single-point to serialization, and the Journey family has opened a new chapter in intergenerational upgrading.

From all-in-one machine to domain control, from active safety to all-scenario intelligent driving, the Horizon Journey 6 series can cover all aspects of intelligent driving applications. As a series of vehicle-mounted intelligent computing solutions, Journey 6 has a unified hardware architecture, a unified tool chain and a unified software stack. It has the characteristics of being consistent with the same generation, compatible between generations, and system optimal, and can be expanded based on platformization. The computing architecture, as well as the consistent, complete and mature intelligent driving mass production development platform, can support the efficient development and flexible deployment of upper-layer applications, helping car companies achieve "one step faster" mass production efficiency.

The Zhengcheng 6 series has launched a total of six versions, including Zhengcheng 6B, Zhengcheng 6L, Zhengcheng 6E, Zhengcheng 6M, Zhengcheng 6H, and Zhengcheng 6P. The computing solutions are flexibly configured for different intelligent driving scenarios, all of which can provide the best balance between performance and cost. Excellent solution.

Targeting the low-end smart driving market, the Journey 6B reshapes a new active safety experience with ultimate cost-effectiveness and is committed to creating the most cost-effective all-in-one active safety solution in the industry. Based on Journey 6B, Horizon and Sony released the world's first 17 million high-performance forward-looking sensing solution, making active safety farther, wider and clearer. At the press conference, Horizon announced that Journey 6B has received intended cooperation from many international and domestic Tier 1 companies such as Bosch, Denso, NavInfo, Freetech and Youjia Innovation.

For the mid-level smart driving market, Horizon launches the optimal solution for cost-effective solutions in inclusive urban areas - Zhengcheng 6M, and the optimal solution for high-speed NOA for the ultimate experience - Zhengcheng 6E, and provides SiP modules and Matrix that comply with AEC-Q104 vehicle regulations. 6 domain control reference design, achieving lower power consumption and better system cost with ultra-high integration. At the press conference, Horizon officially announced that it has reached cooperation with a number of Tier 1, software and hardware partners on Journey 6E/M, and announced that by the second quarter of 2024, more than 50 ecological partners will launch quasi-mass production-level products based on Journey 6E/M. product.

Facing the high-end smart driving market, Horizon has launched the Journey 6P, which is specially designed for the new generation of all-scenario smart driving. It has six product commanding heights: high integration, high computing power, high efficiency, high processing power, high access capabilities and high security. , is a master of advanced processor technology. With the support of powerful computing performance, a single Journey 6 flagship can support full-stack computing tasks such as perception, planning and decision-making, and control, which will redefine the NOA computing efficiency in all scenarios.

Horizon has released SuperDrive, a full-scenario intelligent driving solution, focusing on breakthroughs in anthropomorphic experience to create an easy-to-use intelligent driving system 2.0. Relying on the end-to-end perception architecture of dynamic, static, and OCC (Occupancy network) three networks, and the data-driven interactive game algorithm, SuperDrive can take into account the scene pass rate, traffic efficiency and behavioral anthropomorphism in any road environment. In complex urban scenarios such as congested merging, intersection interaction-dynamic driveline, courtesy to cyclists, congested lane changes, and urban roundabouts, it can provide users with an elegant, calm and determined intelligent driving experience.

SuperDrive complex scene experience breakthrough

The end-to-end perception architecture of dynamic, static and occupancy networks is an effective means to accurately restore the objective physical world. Under this architecture, the occlusion accuracy rate is increased by 70%, the number of dynamic code lines is reduced by 90%, and the network load is reduced by 50%, effectively solving the problems of high latency, many rules, and heavy load in the current industry-perceived architecture. Data-driven interactive games can bring more human-like optimal solutions, allowing SuperDrive to flexibly handle complex traffic flows like an experienced driver. The success rate of lane changes in congested scenarios is increased by 50%, and the intersection pass rate is increased by 67%.

On the basis of top-level software algorithm technology, SuperDrive and Journey 6 Ultimate Edition create the best high-end smart driving system that combines software and hardware, allowing easy-to-use urban NOA solutions to accelerate large-scale mass production and make them accessible to everyone. For car companies and industry chain partners, SuperDrive is committed to providing high-end intelligent driving model rooms. Through the flexible opening of full-stack technical capabilities, it supports the improvement of R&D and delivery efficiency and accelerates the industry towards the end of high-end intelligent driving. At the press conference, Horizon announced that it has reached cooperation with Junlianzhixing and Zero-Shu Technology to create a mass-production SuperDrive domain controller solution.

Intelligent Driving Pioneer, Standard Equipment Journey - On-site Mass Production Model Exhibition at Horizon Press Conference

Since its establishment eight years ago, Horizon has not only provided the most efficient Zhengcheng family computing solutions for the low-, mid-, and high-end smart driving markets, but also created a full-scenario smart driving solution matrix. At the same time, Horizon adheres to its Tier 2 industry positioning, links more than 30 car companies and 200 upstream and downstream partners, and builds the most mature, efficient and open business ecosystem, continuously promoting the performance improvement and cost of different levels of intelligent driving systems. optimization.

Wang Chuanfu, Chairman and President of BYD Group, attended the Horizon Press Conference

Currently, the intelligent driving industry is accelerating its transition from a "full-dimensional altruistic" ecosystem oriented by product mass production to a "public altruistic" ecosystem oriented by user needs. Horizon will continue to open up and collaborate with upstream and downstream partners in the industry, and is committed to bringing... Smart driving technology for the ultimate travel experience empowers every user every moment and every journey, achieving true equality in smart driving.