MulticoreWare joins the Autoware Foundation!
Autoware Foundation and MulticoreWare announce a partnership to introduce AI-based BEV (Bird’s Eye View) modules to the Autoware perception stack.
TOKYO, December 19, 2024—Autoware Foundation, home to Autoware, the world’s leading open-source project for autonomous driving, is excited to announce that MulticoreWare Inc., a global technology company offering software solutions and engineering services, has joined the Autoware Foundation as a premium member, marking a significant step towards enhancing Autoware’s AI-based perception capabilities through collaborative work.
MulticoreWare specializes in optimizing BEV-based Vision Transformers such as BEV-Former, BEV-SegFormer for real-time inference on automotive SoCs, AI accelerators and in quantizing camera and LiDAR fusion models, like DeepFusion and BEV-Det, from FP32 to INT8 without significant loss of accuracy. They have also developed advanced AI Camera 2D & 3D perceptions algorithms for micro-mobility, as well as two and four-wheel vehicles, optimizing over 80 AI models for low-power edge devices, DSPs, and NSPs.Autoware Foundation and MulticoreWare will jointly introduce new AI-based BEV (Bird’s Eye View) modules to Autoware’s perception stack, using multi-camera and multi-modal fusion approaches. Today, BEV-style detection models are highly sought after by autonomous vehicle companies, OEMs, and Tier-1 suppliers1. Transformers-based models are becoming the de facto standard for any autonomous stack, even on lower-level ADAS functions.
Shinpei Kato, Chairman of the Autoware Foundation said, “We are thrilled to partner with MulticoreWare, to introduce cutting-edge AI-based perception features to the Autoware stack. This collaboration is a great example of how openly and efficiently we can collaborate with industry leaders such as MulticoreWare and improve Autoware’s capabilities through collaborative partnerships.”
AGK Karunakaran, President and CEO of MulticoreWare said, “Our collaboration with the Autoware Foundation reinforces our commitment to open-source innovation. By contributing our advanced AI perception and edge intelligence optimization capabilities to Autoware’s perception stack, we aim to work closely with the Autoware Foundation and its industry partners to drive the development of safe, scalable, and practical Advanced Driver Assistance (ADAS) and autonomous systems.”
1https://multicorewareinc.com/power-of-aerial-perspective-birds-eye-view-approaches-in-focus/
About the Autoware Foundation
The Autoware Foundation is a non-profit organization that hosts the Autoware project, the world’s leading open-source software project for autonomous driving. The Autoware project is built on Robot Operating System (ROS), and through using open source, it lowers the entry barrier to autonomous driving technology and enables commercial deployment of autonomous driving in a broad range of vehicles and applications.
Autoware democratizes autonomous driving technology through open-source development and is committed to creating synergies among the world’s leading technology companies, academic/non-profit organizations, and individual contributors.
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About MulticoreWare
MulticoreWare delivers software IP Solutions and Engineering Services serving a wide group of customers with solutions like Hardware Platform Compilers & Toolchains, SDK Libraries, Video codecs, and Algorithm & Data Engineering using vision & non-vision sensors (Radar, LiDAR, IMU, GPS). MulticoreWare’s solutions are being used in Automotive (ADAS/AD), Surveillance, Defence, Smart Health, IoT, Industrial, Robotics, Smart Cities. Their industry-leading video codec products (x266/x265/Ultraziq) are used in live streaming or VOD services across many broadcast customers.
