Maruti Suzuki has partnered with Qualcomm to make smarter vehicles with Snapdragon Elite automotive chips. Advanced digital features, connected car technologies, and state-of-the-art automation systems will be brought to Maruti's smart cars through this strategic partnership.
Snapdragon Elite Chips by Qualcomm come in the Snapdragon Digital Chassis Solution portfolio. Some of them include Snapdragon Cockpit Elite and Snapdragon Ride Elite. Maruti Suzuki aims to incorporate these chips in their cars to provide drivers and passengers with an enhanced digital experience.
Snapdragon Cockpit Elite and Ride Elite will provide high digital experiences in a vehicle. They will feature advanced infotainment systems, real-time monitoring, and voice-controlled interfaces. The Snapdragon Ride Elite will be designed to provide automatic driving functionalities by delivering state-of-the-art driver-assistance systems (ADAS), for more comfort and safety.
The two chips’ design features the Oryon CPU, Adreno GPU, and Hexagon NPU with significant performance improvements over their predecessors. Qualcomm said the new processors' CPU processing speeds are three times faster with 12 times faster AI-powered capabilities. This will ensure fewer frustrations and a comfortable in-car experience.
Snapdragon's chips even support more than 40 kinds of multimodal sensors with up to 20 very high-resolution cameras that produce a 360-degree vision around the vehicle.
The sensors along with AI-enhanced imaging solutions help improve vehicle monitoring or object detection and decision-making in real time. Through this level of integration, the chips are powerful and can perform the complicated procedures needed for autonomous driving. The chips will also enable sophisticated systems for safety.
The details of the timeline of Qualcomm chips integration with Maruti Suzuki cars are not clear as of yet. However, Qualcomm has issued a statement about its Snapdragon Cockpit Elite and Ride Elite samples going into distribution in 2025.
Qualcomm has partnered with other Indian automobile giants like Tata and Mahindra & Mahindra long ago. Thus, this partnership with Maruti Suzuki only expands Qualcomm’s operations in the booming automotive sector of India.
The collaboration will change the driving experience in India and further push Maruti Suzuki into the realm of smart and safe vehicles.