ZF and Qualcomm collaborate to deliver scalable ADAS

ZF has partnered with Qualcomm Technologies to provide “a cutting-edge and scalable” ADAS solution that combines “advanced AI compute and perception capabilities”.

Powered by Qualcomm Technologies’ Snapdragon Ride system-on-chips (SoCs), the solution promised to deliver a powerful and flexible platform for automated driving.

ZF’s ProAI supercomputer additionally integrates Snapdragon Ride Pilot and Vision stack for faster time-to-market and delivers turn-key systems to automotive manufacturers.

According to ZF, this collaboration brings together “state-of-the-art automotive computing and real-time perception”, enabling automakers to deploy scalable ADAS solutions across a wide range of vehicle types and automation levels—from regulatory functions up to Level 3.

With Snapdragon Ride, the ZF ProAI supercomputer is capable of serving as a domain, zone, or central controller, while supporting enhanced computer vision, sensor fusion, and decision-making control logic, or all of these functions in a single end-to-end (E2E) AI model.

The result, says ZF, is a robust, open architecture that allows for seamless integration of third-party software features, giving automakers the flexibility to tailor solutions to their specific needs.