Most cars are built based on traditional architectures, so the car design, R & D, and maintenance workflows are lengthy and costly. In order to be able to integrate autonomous driving and electric vehicle-related functions and ensure that production costs are within the user's tolerance, car companies need a new sustainable platform. The auto parts company Anbofu put forward the idea of creating a new platform for this, and named it "smart car architecture".
At this stage, the main problem of the traditional automotive architecture platform is that the research and development work is too complicated, and large parts are difficult to install in the vehicle during the manufacturing process, resulting in the vehicle parts installation process efficiency is too low. Based on this, Anbofu gave an idea of the platform of the intelligent car architecture, which is divided into the following three points:
Speed up software development and optimize hardware verification procedures
In the smart car architecture platform, users can create independent product life cycles, accelerate software startup time, simplify hardware verification processes, and complete data collection when necessary. In addition, a fully customized operating interface can also simplify software development and hardware interaction.
Stripping input / output algorithms
The intelligent vehicle architecture platform allows developers to strip input / output algorithms from costly domain controllers and build this functionality into a regional docking station to optimize power distribution and data distribution using ring networks and ring topologies. In layman's terms, this feature will increase production efficiency in the car manufacturing process and simplify related data collection.
Simplification + expansion = sustainable
How to use the intelligent vehicle architecture platform to achieve the above functions? This needs to start from both the inside and the outside of the vehicle. From the outside, the platform needs to configure the power data center first, subdivide the vehicle into multiple management areas, and configure their own local power distribution and function control. Internally, simplified, modular, and automated management technology is needed to change the distance and length of the workshop to achieve network redundancy. Finally, the central computing cluster is used to realize algorithm sharing and dynamically allocate resources according to different needs.
In short, the planning of these three points on the smart car architecture platform solution can solve the main technical constraints in the current automotive architecture and achieve a sustainable architecture of the vehicle and platform throughout the life cycle.
Anbofo is a global technology company that was formerly known as Delphi, an auto parts giant. In December 2017, Delphi officially divested its powertrain business unit, renamed the main body to be Anbofu Company, and focused on the intelligent networking and autonomous driving businesses. In China, Anbofo combines technologies and solutions for active safety, autonomous driving, new energy vehicles, and networking in the local market.