Proposal and Prototyping of Automotive Computing Platform with Quantum inspired Processing Unit

Abstract

As an automotive computing platform for solving combinatorial optimization problems in real-time, novel automotive computer architecture which has Quantum inspired Processing Unit (QiPU) is proposed. A prototype of Simulated Bifurcation Machine (SBM; one of Quantum inspired machines), which can execute Multiple Object Tracking (MOT) in real-time by collaborating with AI calculation, was implemented in an automotive mass production FPGA and verified. As a result, the compatibility for autonomous driving system and the effectiveness in the MOT application is proven by evaluation.