From next-generation Cloud infrastructures to self-driving cars, real time extreme computing will revolutionize our lives in the coming years. Kalray processors and solutions are at the heart of this revolution. The foundation of Kalray's supercomputing on a chip solutions lies in its breakthrough, patented MPPA manycore processor technology. This revolutionary architecture uniquely addresses extreme computing, low-power and real-time applications with an unparalleled combination of technology benefits.

As an Associate Member, Kalray was proud to represent the Khronos Group during the keynote sessions at Autosens 2019, held in Brussels, Belgium, from Sept.17 to 19, 2019. Stephane Strahm, Senior Product Manager at Kalray, talked about "Open minds to Open Standards for the deep learning automotive solutions". In order to efficiently orchestrate the adoption of the automotive industry's rapidly advancing connected technology, it is always mandatory in evaluating standards or creating standards, to improve interoperability of components as systems' complexity grows. This is happening nowhere more so than in the area of intelligent data compute for tactical driving systems – autonomous vehicles. Khronos' open standards are a key solution to providing versatility in the supply chain and embracing more of the collective AI development community to solve tomorrow's goals.

When the discussion turns to the computing platforms expected to power the coming wave of automated vehicles (AVs), there are basically two companies that seem to get all of the attention, Nvidia and Intel with its Mobileye subsidiary. Most of the companies developing AVs that have acknowledged their choice of chip providers are using hardware from one of those two companies. But if you open up the electronic control units in today's cars and trucks, there's a good chance that you will find chips from Eindhoven, Netherlands based NXP and they are fighting to keep a place in future vehicles through a new partnership with Kalray. French chip design firm Kalray has been around for about a decade and they specialize in processors that can run many calculations in parallel simultaneously. Kalray's Massively Parallel Processor Array (MPPA) chips are particularly adept at handling the type of machine learning and neural network algorithms that are at the heart of most automated driving perception systems.

In Grenoble, France, one company is aiming to make an impact in the field which is so visibly dominated by multi-billion dollar corporations. We caught up with the company's Business Unit Director responsible for introducing their products to the Automotive market, Stéphane Cordova, to find out more, ahead of their attendance at AutoSens Detroit in May. The company's approach to "Supercomputing on a chip" has evolved from a the business origins providing components and software services to data centres, where high speed and reliability as well as low power consumption and significantly reduced heat generation were all key factors in processor component design. What helped you decide to commit to exhibiting at AutoSens again? Kalray's technology will be at the heart of autonomous driving.

Las Vegas – Jan. 08, 2019 – NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI), a technology and market leader in next-generation automotive technologies, today announced a new strategic partnership with Kalray (Euronext Growth Paris – ALKAL), a pioneer in processors for new intelligent systems. The partnership will combine NXP's scalable portfolio of functional safety products for ADAS and Central Compute with Kalray's high-performance intelligent MPPA (Massively Parallel Processor Array) processors. The new platform is significant because it addresses the performance, safety and near-term commercial needs of levels 2 and 3 driving with an eye to longer-term release in level 4 and 5 autonomous vehicles. The collaboration also aims to take on the safety shortcomings of today's pilots and experimental offerings in the autonomous development space. The autonomous driving ecosystem faces technology challenges and concerns related to the safety of self-driving vehicles.

Financing of €11.7m obtained under the Bpifrance Invest for the Future Program (Programme d'Investissements d'Avenir -- PIA). Grenoble, February 6, 2019 -- Kalray (Euronext Growth Paris: ALKAL), a pioneer in processors for new intelligent systems, today announces the launch of the collaborative ES3CAP program[1], combining 11 industrial and academic partners, for which Kalray is the lead partner. The ES3CAP program, with a total budget of €22.2m over three years, will receive €11.7 million[2]in financing under the Invest for the Future Program[3], managed by Bpifrance, to contribute to finance the research activities. The objective of the ES3CAP project is to build a hardware and software platform for manufacturers developing critical applications that require high-performance computing capacity, in the fields of aeronautics (aviation, flying taxis, drones), defense and self-driving vehicles. It comprises an entire ecosystem of partners working on complementary aspects of operating systems and real-time, critical software tools, computer vision, data fusion and artificial intelligence, all on a reliable and secure hardware platform, Kalray's MPPA ("Massively Parallel Processor Array").