Racing Towards A Self-Driving Future

Forget the motor and the drivetrain. The main engine of the self-driving car of the future will be an AI-powered supercomputer. That future could be approaching faster than you think: Next month Nvidia will release a self-driving car computer, one of the first to hit the market. Called Drive PX, it has 2.3 teraflops of processing horsepower, 12 camera inputs, and computer vision algorithms--essentially it's an automotive OS that automakers and developers can use to help "teach" cars how to drive. Making smart decisions quickly is one of the big promises of artificial intelligence.