Baidu Apollo, ON Semiconductor co-develop studio for autonomous driving image sensors

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Baidu's autonomous driving unit Apollo and the U.S.-based semiconductor supplier ON Semiconductor recently set up a joint studio dedicated to exploring and developing autonomous vehicle image sensor solutions, according to a post on Apollo's WeChat account.

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As an autonomous driving and automotive intelligence platform, Baidu Apollo assists partners from the automobile and autonomous driving industries in building their own complete autonomous driving systems integrated with vehicle's machinery structure and hardware systems. ON Semiconductor, as a leading global image sensor provider, has a significant advantage in many intelligent sensing products like CMOS image sensor.

In January 2018, On Semiconductor joined Baidu's Apollo autonomous driving platform. Through this collaboration, ecosystem partners of Apollo can get the plug-and-play compatible imaging solutions jointly developed by both companies.

The cooperation has been cemented by the development of the new joint studio, through which Baidu can get access in priority to ON Semiconductor's technical support and product information, and is allowed to use latter's new-generation image sensor technology.

Baidu said image sensors and cameras are very important to the development of autonomous driving technologies. Baidu Apollo formed partnership with ON Semiconductor as it valued the latter's product roadmap, expertise in automotive electronics, and technical support for ecosystem platforms. The latest development of joint studio is of significance to both ecosystem partners and the whole autonomous driving industry.