Nvidia's Deepmap

Chips and Graphic-cards maker Nvidia has announced collaboration with a high definition mapping company named 'Deepmap'. The company said that the mapping IP(Internal Protocol address) will help the Nvidia autonomous vehicle technology to navigate.

“The acquisition is an endorsement of DeepMap’s unique vision, technology and people,” said Ali Kani, vice president and general manager of Automotive at Nvidia, in a statement. “DeepMap is expected to extend our mapping products, help Nvidia scale worldwide map operations and expand their full self-driving expertise.”

One of the biggest issue in achieving full autonomy in a passenger vehicle is to properly localizing and updating the maps according to the current situation of roads and surroundings. By integrating the DeepMap, Nvidia will have greater precision, giving the vehicle enhanced abilities to locate itself on the road.

“Joining forces with Nvidia will allow our technology to scale more quickly and benefit more people sooner. We look forward to continuing our journey as part of the Nvidia team,” said James Wu, co-founder and CEO of DeepMap, in a statement.

DeepMap is founded by former employees of Google, Apple and Baidu James Wu and Mark Wheeler and can use Nvidia Drive’s software-defined platform to scale its maps across AV(Autonomous Vehicles) quickly and without using too much data storage via over-the-air updates. Nvidia will also invest into new capabilities for DeepMap as part of the partnership.

Nvidia is expected to finalize the acquisition in Q3 2021.