Since they are known as such, Computers are machines that can do a lot for us. But they can’t do anything unless we give them the right data and instructions first.
He wants to remedy this apparent lack of “proactivity”. “Machine learning” is one of the main applications of artificial intelligence in computers, allowing their processors to collect data and make decisions themselves. A technology that is gradually finding its way into the automotive industry.
Now, Hyundai is bringing that future closer with its latest research and development investment, which has a lot to do with that and, at the same time, with securing its position in the battle for semiconductors that the industry still wages.
A future mobility with its own “consciousness”
Hyundai Motor Group, through its two brands Hyundai and Kia, will invest a total of $50 million (distributed in a total of 30+20) at Tenstorrent, a startup specializing in the development of microchips for AI and machine learning software.
The company, which has just raised a total of $100 million in its most recent funding round, will have Hyundai as its majority investor and key technology partner, which is expected to establish new joint developments of these technologies, which in turn will find application in future automobiles and mobility solutions from the Korean group.
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