NORM MARKS |SEPT. 6, 2018
END TO END NEEDS FOR
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
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THE MOST EXCITING TIME IN TECH HISTORY
NVIDIA GPU
GAMING
$100B Industry
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
$3T IT Industry
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
$10T Transportation Industry
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END-TO-END SYSTEM FOR AV
COLLECT DATA TRAIN MODELS SIMULATE RE-SIMULATE MAPPING
Lanes Lights
Path
Signs
PedestriansCars
Sources: NVIDIA & RAND Corporation
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Validate/
Verify
Train on
NVIDIA DGX
Library of
Labeled Data
Test
Data
Data
Factory
DRIVE
Pegasus
NVIDIA PERCEPTION
INFRASTRUCTURE
LARGE-SCALE DEEP LEARNING MODEL DEVELOPMENT
Workflow, Tools, Supercomputing Infrastructure
Data Ingest, Labeling, Training, Validation, Adaptation
Automation, Best Model Discovery, Traceability,
Reproducibility
Purpose-built for Safety Standards of Automotive
“Data is the new source code”
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DATA COLLECTION AND LABELING FOR AI
Raw Data Total Images Useful Data Labeled Images # DNNs
100’s of
petabytes of
data from test
vehicles
10’s of billions of
total images
from test
vehicles
20% to 50% of
data may not be
useful
1,500 workers
Label up to 1M
images per month
10+ DNNs for
self-driving vehicles
Source: Data from test fleets of 50-100 cars
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AI FOR SELF-DRIVING WORKFLOW
DNN Development
Exploration
Development
Model Selection
Simulate Re-Simulate
Labeled Data Trained Model Fine Tune Model Export Model Inference at Edge
Train & Test Adjust DeployGet Data Test & Validate
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AI FOR SELF-DRIVING
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Customer Application
DRIVE OS
DRIVE AV
Object, Freespace, Path / Lane, Path Planning,
Wait, Map, Sign, Lights, Road Markings, Surround
DRIVE IX
Gaze, Eye Openness, Head Pose, Gestures, Emotions
Facial Recognition, Voice Recognition & Lip Reading
Exterior Driver
Recognition
Automatic
Personalization
Device usage
detection
Cyclist
Alert
Distracted
Driver Alert
Driver/Passenger
Recognition
AI OUTSIDE AND INSIDE THE VEHICLE
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MANY THINGS TO LEARN
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“ Autonomous vehicles need to be driven
more than 11 billion miles to be 20% better
than humans. With a fleet of 100 vehicles,
24 hours a day, 365 days a year, at 25 miles
per hour, this would take 518 years.”
Rand Corporation, Driving to Safety
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SIMULATION
THE PATH TO BILLIONS OF MILES
World drives trillions of miles each year.
U.S. has 770 accidents per billion miles.
A fleet of 20 test cars cover 1 million miles
per year.
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NVIDIA DRIVE SIM
AND CONSTELLATION
AV VALIDATION SYSTEM
Virtual Reality AV Simulator
Same Architecture as DRIVE Computer
Simulate Rare and Difficult Conditions, Recreate
Scenarios, Run Regression Tests, Drive Billions of
Virtual Miles
1,000’s Constellations Drive Billions of Miles per Year
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NVIDIA DRIVE SIM
AND CONSTELLATION
AV VALIDATION SYSTEM
Virtual Reality AV Simulator
Same Architecture as DRIVE Computer
Simulate Rare and Difficult Conditions, Recreate
Scenarios, Run Regression Tests, Drive Billions of
Virtual Miles
1,000’s Constellations Drive Billions of Miles per Year
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NVIDIA DRIVE SIM
AND CONSTELLATION
AV VALIDATION SYSTEM
Virtual Reality AV Simulator
Same Architecture as DRIVE Computer
Simulate Rare and Difficult Conditions, Recreate
Scenarios, Run Regression Tests, Drive Billions of
Virtual Miles
1,000’s Constellations Drive Billions of Miles per Year
16
NVIDIA DRIVE SIM
AND CONSTELLATION
AV VALIDATION SYSTEM
Virtual Reality AV Simulator
Same Architecture as DRIVE Computer
Simulate Rare and Difficult Conditions, Recreate
Scenarios, Run Regression Tests, Drive Billions of
Virtual Miles
1,000’s Constellations Drive Billions of Miles per Year
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MULTI-SENSOR SIMULATION
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NVIDIA DRIVE END-TO-END PLATFORM
COLLECT & PROCESS DATA TRAIN MODELS
PedestriansCars
Lanes Path
LightsSigns
SIMULATE DRIVE
PedestriansCars
Lanes Path
LightsSigns
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370 PARTNERS
DEVELOPING ON
NVIDIA DRIVE
CARS
TRUCKS
MOBILITY
SERVICES
SUPPLIERS
MAPPING
LIDAR
CAMERA /
RADAR
STARTUPS
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KEY TAKEAWAYS
1. Understand end-to-end requirements of autonomous vehicle development
2. AI demands data center design built on dense GPU compute-at-scale
3. Consider the complete workflow of AI from experimentation to training to inference
4. Carefully weigh cost of productivity vs hardware cost alone = true TCO of DL
5. NVIDIA best practices leads to TSTADI reference platform
(Training, Simulation, Testing for Autonomous Driving Infrastructure)
NORM MARKS |NMARKS@NVIDIA.COM
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Nvidia needsfor atonomousvehicles

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    NORM MARKS |SEPT.6, 2018 END TO END NEEDS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
  • 2.
    2 THE MOST EXCITINGTIME IN TECH HISTORY NVIDIA GPU GAMING $100B Industry ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE $3T IT Industry AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES $10T Transportation Industry
  • 3.
    3 END-TO-END SYSTEM FORAV COLLECT DATA TRAIN MODELS SIMULATE RE-SIMULATE MAPPING Lanes Lights Path Signs PedestriansCars Sources: NVIDIA & RAND Corporation
  • 4.
    4 Validate/ Verify Train on NVIDIA DGX Libraryof Labeled Data Test Data Data Factory DRIVE Pegasus NVIDIA PERCEPTION INFRASTRUCTURE LARGE-SCALE DEEP LEARNING MODEL DEVELOPMENT Workflow, Tools, Supercomputing Infrastructure Data Ingest, Labeling, Training, Validation, Adaptation Automation, Best Model Discovery, Traceability, Reproducibility Purpose-built for Safety Standards of Automotive “Data is the new source code”
  • 5.
    5 DATA COLLECTION ANDLABELING FOR AI Raw Data Total Images Useful Data Labeled Images # DNNs 100’s of petabytes of data from test vehicles 10’s of billions of total images from test vehicles 20% to 50% of data may not be useful 1,500 workers Label up to 1M images per month 10+ DNNs for self-driving vehicles Source: Data from test fleets of 50-100 cars
  • 6.
    6 AI FOR SELF-DRIVINGWORKFLOW DNN Development Exploration Development Model Selection Simulate Re-Simulate Labeled Data Trained Model Fine Tune Model Export Model Inference at Edge Train & Test Adjust DeployGet Data Test & Validate
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    9 Customer Application DRIVE OS DRIVEAV Object, Freespace, Path / Lane, Path Planning, Wait, Map, Sign, Lights, Road Markings, Surround DRIVE IX Gaze, Eye Openness, Head Pose, Gestures, Emotions Facial Recognition, Voice Recognition & Lip Reading Exterior Driver Recognition Automatic Personalization Device usage detection Cyclist Alert Distracted Driver Alert Driver/Passenger Recognition AI OUTSIDE AND INSIDE THE VEHICLE
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    11 “ Autonomous vehiclesneed to be driven more than 11 billion miles to be 20% better than humans. With a fleet of 100 vehicles, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, at 25 miles per hour, this would take 518 years.” Rand Corporation, Driving to Safety
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    12 SIMULATION THE PATH TOBILLIONS OF MILES World drives trillions of miles each year. U.S. has 770 accidents per billion miles. A fleet of 20 test cars cover 1 million miles per year.
  • 13.
    13 NVIDIA DRIVE SIM ANDCONSTELLATION AV VALIDATION SYSTEM Virtual Reality AV Simulator Same Architecture as DRIVE Computer Simulate Rare and Difficult Conditions, Recreate Scenarios, Run Regression Tests, Drive Billions of Virtual Miles 1,000’s Constellations Drive Billions of Miles per Year
  • 14.
    14 NVIDIA DRIVE SIM ANDCONSTELLATION AV VALIDATION SYSTEM Virtual Reality AV Simulator Same Architecture as DRIVE Computer Simulate Rare and Difficult Conditions, Recreate Scenarios, Run Regression Tests, Drive Billions of Virtual Miles 1,000’s Constellations Drive Billions of Miles per Year
  • 15.
    15 NVIDIA DRIVE SIM ANDCONSTELLATION AV VALIDATION SYSTEM Virtual Reality AV Simulator Same Architecture as DRIVE Computer Simulate Rare and Difficult Conditions, Recreate Scenarios, Run Regression Tests, Drive Billions of Virtual Miles 1,000’s Constellations Drive Billions of Miles per Year
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    16 NVIDIA DRIVE SIM ANDCONSTELLATION AV VALIDATION SYSTEM Virtual Reality AV Simulator Same Architecture as DRIVE Computer Simulate Rare and Difficult Conditions, Recreate Scenarios, Run Regression Tests, Drive Billions of Virtual Miles 1,000’s Constellations Drive Billions of Miles per Year
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    18 NVIDIA DRIVE END-TO-ENDPLATFORM COLLECT & PROCESS DATA TRAIN MODELS PedestriansCars Lanes Path LightsSigns SIMULATE DRIVE PedestriansCars Lanes Path LightsSigns
  • 19.
    19 370 PARTNERS DEVELOPING ON NVIDIADRIVE CARS TRUCKS MOBILITY SERVICES SUPPLIERS MAPPING LIDAR CAMERA / RADAR STARTUPS
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    20 KEY TAKEAWAYS 1. Understandend-to-end requirements of autonomous vehicle development 2. AI demands data center design built on dense GPU compute-at-scale 3. Consider the complete workflow of AI from experimentation to training to inference 4. Carefully weigh cost of productivity vs hardware cost alone = true TCO of DL 5. NVIDIA best practices leads to TSTADI reference platform (Training, Simulation, Testing for Autonomous Driving Infrastructure)
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