The average age of a privately owned vehicle in the US is roughly 12 years and climbing last I could be bothered to look. That implies 50% or more of US people are operating older vehicles. Imagine the fun it will be to find replacement components for a modern vehicle produced today in 15 years. I would imagine NV will not support these technologies for as long as they are expected to function for their owners.
FYI my Nvidia Shield was released in 2015 and still gets SW updates. There doesn't seem to be any automotive rules regarding support cycles though, horror stories floating online about ppl not getting HW support for batteries and needing to find 3rd party for their hybrid vehicles.
Might be an area where gov needs to ensure we dont get too much electronic junk.
Those "updates" are courtesy of Google, not nVidia. nVidia practically abandoned the software support for the device after release.
Word on the street is, Shield Pro 2 will be coming with the release of the Nintendo Switch 2 as with the original Shield, they're based on the same SoC as the Switch. We shall see!
Long term support is standard in the automotive industry. These car companies would have never signed a contract for Nvidia's (or anyone else's) products to go into production vehicles without it; certainly not for something as important and mandatory as the on screen display and especially the vehicle safety system (ADAS).
Furthermore, Nvidia has been supplying GPUs to production automobiles, for both infotainment and automated driving/ADAS purposes, since at least the 2012 model year vehicles. They are not new to this.
Finally, it takes a significant amount of work for an OEM to update their device to work with each new Android TV/Google TV release. It's not Google that does that work. Google does not support the Nvidia shield with their Google TV releases, Nvidia supports the latest Google TV release on their Nvidia Shield device.
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Threska - Thursday, March 21, 2024 - link
"This ISP supports front-facing, in-cabin, and bird's-eye-view cameras for a variety of safety applications. "An automotive telescreen.
James5mith - Friday, March 22, 2024 - link
13 years ago...Nvidia: "Please use our graphics IP in your chips!"
- Other companies: "No."
Now:
Other companies: "Pleeeease let us use your graphics ip in our chips"
- Nvidia: "Give us a crapton of money and we'll allow it."
PeachNCream - Friday, March 22, 2024 - link
The average age of a privately owned vehicle in the US is roughly 12 years and climbing last I could be bothered to look. That implies 50% or more of US people are operating older vehicles. Imagine the fun it will be to find replacement components for a modern vehicle produced today in 15 years. I would imagine NV will not support these technologies for as long as they are expected to function for their owners.webdoctors - Friday, March 22, 2024 - link
FYI my Nvidia Shield was released in 2015 and still gets SW updates. There doesn't seem to be any automotive rules regarding support cycles though, horror stories floating online about ppl not getting HW support for batteries and needing to find 3rd party for their hybrid vehicles.Might be an area where gov needs to ensure we dont get too much electronic junk.
HaninAT - Wednesday, April 3, 2024 - link
Those "updates" are courtesy of Google, not nVidia. nVidia practically abandoned the software support for the device after release.Word on the street is, Shield Pro 2 will be coming with the release of the Nintendo Switch 2 as with the original Shield, they're based on the same SoC as the Switch. We shall see!
Yojimbo - Friday, May 10, 2024 - link
Long term support is standard in the automotive industry. These car companies would have never signed a contract for Nvidia's (or anyone else's) products to go into production vehicles without it; certainly not for something as important and mandatory as the on screen display and especially the vehicle safety system (ADAS).Furthermore, Nvidia has been supplying GPUs to production automobiles, for both infotainment and automated driving/ADAS purposes, since at least the 2012 model year vehicles. They are not new to this.
Finally, it takes a significant amount of work for an OEM to update their device to work with each new Android TV/Google TV release. It's not Google that does that work. Google does not support the Nvidia shield with their Google TV releases, Nvidia supports the latest Google TV release on their Nvidia Shield device.