Getting to the ‘Core’ of AV Thermal Management

Data-gobbling processors require new cooling solutions - and the AV industry needs standards, says a veteran engineer.

The universal understanding of autonomous vehicle safety is one of the most critical keys to broad adoption of self-driving technology. For AVs, what is “safe enough?” This understanding predicates the complement of sensors on the vehicle, which dictates the software and compute requirements, which allows for commoditization of the hardware. It's a domino effect.

Quantifying or qualifying what is a “safe” autonomous platform requires industry-wide standards. When they are established, the rest will follow: sensor package requirements, computing requirements, commoditized hardware. Finally there is the real opportunity - the economization of AV manufacturing.