Tech

Graphics Chip Specialist Nvidia Is Working on Driverless Trucks

By Reuters
A worker monitors production at the DAF Trucks NV factory in
NETHERLANDS - MAY 25: A worker monitors production at the DAF Trucks NV factory in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, on Friday, May 25, 2007. DAF Trucks NV, the Dutch division of U.S. truckmaker Paccar Inc., plans next month to increase daily production at its main plant by about 5 percent to 192 vehicles as European freight transport booms. (Photo by Paul O'Driscoll/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Bloomberg Bloomberg via Getty Images

U.S. chipmaker Nvidia said on Thursday it was working with truckmaker Paccar Inc to develop autonomous vehicles.

Paccar, which manufactures the Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF lines of trucks, has developed a proof-of-concept self-driving truck using Nvidia’s technology, the chipmaker said in a blog post. (http://bit.ly/2m4ChTk)

Nvidia, known for making graphics chips for the high-end gaming computers, has been focusing on self-driving systems and makes the DRIVE PX 2 self-driving system used by Tesla.

The rapidly growing market for self-driving technology has attracted companies ranging from Alphabet Waymo to chipmaker Qualcomm.

Intel (INTC), the world’s largest computer chipmaker, also jumped into the fray when it agreed on Monday to buy Israeli autonomous vehicle technology firm Mobileye for $15.3 billion.