NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion
NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion™ is an end-to-end development platform and reference architecture for designing autonomous vehicles (AV). It includes multiple DRIVE AGX Orin™ Developer Kits, each powered by an Orin SoC delivering up to 254 TOPS, a variety of sensor modalities to enable 360-degree surround view, and extra compute power to offload data recording and replay. The system is verified, calibrated, and synchronized out of the box to support rapid scaling from development to production.
High Performance
NVIDIA DRIVE AGX modular computing platform delivers rich automotive IO and 254 TOPS per SoC, and is built on auto-grade silicon.
Algorithm Development
Safety-certified L2+/L3 sensor sets with production validated sensor drivers and tuning accelerate algorithm development.
Data Productivity
Accurate sensor calibration, precise time synchronization, efficient data compression, and integrated utilities improve the entire data processing pipeline efficiency.
Optimization & Testing
Physically accurate ray tracing-based virtual sensors are available in NVIDIA DRIVE Sim™ to virtually test and augment datasets with synthetic data.
Hyperion 8.1
DRIVE AGX Orin Developer Kit
- Powered by a single Orin SoC delivering up to 254 TOPS.
- Includes hardware, software, and sample applications needed for the development of production-level autonomous vehicle applications.
- Built on production auto-grade silicon.
- Provides rich automotive I/O and flexibility to expand.
- Base kit for bench development and add-on vehicle kit for installation.
| Component | Description | Details |
|---|---|---|
| One Orin SoC | Deep Learning Accelerators (DLA) | 21.5 TOPS (FP16) | 87 TOPS (INT8) |
| NVIDIA Ampere architecture-class integrated GPU | 167 TOPS (INT8) | 5.2 TOPS (FP32) | |
| Image Signal Processor (ISP) | 1.85Gigapixels/s | |
| DRIVE AGX System I/O | Camera | 90 Gb/s over 16x GMSL(R) ports |
| LIDAR / Radar | ~30Gb/s over Ethernet | |
| Vehicle IO | 6 CAN interfaces |
| Component | Description | Details |
|---|---|---|
| One Orin SoC | 12 Cortex-A78A CPU | |
| Deep Learning Accelerators (DLA) | 21.5 TOPS (FP16) | 87 TOPS (INT8) | |
| NVIDIA Ampere architecture-class integrated GPU | 167 TOPS (INT8) | 5.2 TOPS (FP32) | |
| Programmable Vision Accelerators (PVA) | 2048 GMACS (INT8) | 512 GMACS (INT16) | |
| Image Signal Processor (ISP) | 1.85Gigapixels/s | |
| Video encoder | Up to 1.0GPix/s (H.265) | |
| Video decoder | Up to 1.9GPix/s | |
| Memory Bandwidth (256-Bit LPDDR5) | ~200GB/s | |
| DRIVE AGX System I/O | Camera | 90 Gb/s over 16x GMSL(R) ports |
| LIDAR / Radar | ~30Gb/s over Ethernet | |
| Vehicle IO | 6 CAN interfaces | |
| Included Accessories | Network Interface Adapter | Converts 1GbE Rugged Auto HMT-D IO to Standard Ethernet RJ45 IO |
| Other cables | Connects the DRIVE AGX system to a host development computer |
Scaleable AV Platform
- A single Orin SoC with up to 254 TOPS (CUDA Tensor Core GPU + DLA)
- 12 Arm Cortex-A78AE CPUs
- Architected for safety
Rich Automotive I/O
- 16x GMSL cameras
- 2x 10GbE, 10x 1GbE, 6x 100 MbE
- DisplayPort 1.4
- Automotive Audio Bus (A2B)
NVIDIA DRIVE SDK Support
- Includes the foundational software stack, NVIDIA DRIVE OS with DriveWorks
- Contains a rich suite of developer tools such as NvMedia, NvStreams, CUDA, cuDNN, and TensorRT
Availability
- Early access in limited quantities in Q4 2021. Signed agreements required
- General availability in Q2 2022 directly from NVIDIA or via distributor / channel. No signed agreements required
Camera
A mix of wide-angle fisheye cameras for near vision, paired with high-fidelity wide and tele 8MP cameras for detecting longer distances.
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Radar
Multiple radars for overlapping front, side, and corner visibility and redundancy, with increased angular and vertical resolution for complex urban driving.
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Lidar
Front center automotive-grade lidar for an additional layer of redundant vision, as well as a rooftop high-resolution lidar for ground truth (GT) data collection.
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IMU + GPS
Vehicle odometry sensing for precise localization and ground truth determination.
Learn MoreHyperion 8.1 Sensor Specifications
| Sensor Qty & Type | Function | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 8 exterior cameras | Wide & tele vision | Sony IMX728, 8.3MPix |
| 4 exterior cameras | Fisheye near vision | Sony IMX623, 3.0MPix |
| 6 radars | Corner & side sensing | Hella Short Range Radar |
| 3 radars | Front & rear sensing | Continental Long Range Radar/Image |
| 1 lidar | Front redundant sensing | Luminar |
| 3 interior cameras | Driver & occupant monitoring | OVT 2311/2312, 2.3MPix |
| 2 IMUs | Vehicle dynamics detection | Continental |
| 1 GPS | Vehicle location detection | U-blox |
| 1 development lidar | Ground Truth data collection | Hesai |
| 1 development GNSS | Ground Truth data collection | Novatel |
Offloads Sensor Record & Replay
- Compact record & replay platform for DRIVE Hyperion 8.1 development platform sensors
- Capture raw data from sensors along with output control data and encode for external storage
- Replay encoded data from external storage and decode it for simulation
- Each recorder has 2x Orin SoC & 2x Mellanox CX6-DX with dual 100G QSFP28 port
- Each Orin connects to each of CX6-DX via 4x PCIE Gen4 (8 GB/s)
- Dedicated Marvell Spruce to PTP sync SoCs & connected sensors
- Supports DRIVE OS Linux for development only
Vehicle Setup Flow
Recorder I/O
- 3x Harness for CAN/Flexray/A2B/GPIO
- 8x 1 GbE-T1 H-MTD
- 4x 10 GbE RJ45
- 4x 100 GbE QSFP
- 2x DisplayPort 1.4
- 4x Host USB A, 1x Recovery USB C
- Debug Micro-USB
- Antenna
Smart Network Attached Storage (NAS)
- Efficient and scalable storage solution with CPU offload support (Bluefield2- based)
- 2GB/s lossless data recording storage bandwidth guaranteed Data encryption support
- Data encryption support
- Supports RDMA & NVMe-oF
- 4x M.2 NVMe SSDs
- Hot-pluggable
- 4x PCIE Gen3 lanes
Hyperion 7.1
DRIVE AGX Xavier™ Developer Kit (SKU 2000)
Includes two Xavier Systems-on-a-Chip (SoCs) for developing SAE Level 2/3 autonomous driving applications
DRIVE AGX Xavier™ Developer Kit (SKU 2000):
| Component | Description | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Two Xavier SoCs | 8-core “Carmel” CPUs based on ARM v8 ISA | |
| Deep Learning Accelerators (DLA) | 5 TOPS (FP16) | 10 TOPS (INT8) | |
| NVIDIA Volta™-class integrated GPU | 20 TOPS (INT8) | 1.3 TFLOPS (FP32) | |
| Programmable Vision Accelerators (PVA) | 1.6 TOPS | |
| Image Signal Processor (ISP) | 1.5Gigapixels/s | |
| Video encoder | Up to 1.2GPix/s | |
| Video decoder | Up to 1.8GPix/s | |
| Memory Bandwidth (256-Bit LPDDR4) | 136GB/s | |
| DRIVE AGX System I/O | Camera | 90Gb/s over 16x GMSL(R) ports |
| Lidar/Radar | ~50Gb/s over Ethernet | |
| Vehicle IO | 6 CAN interfaces | |
| Included Accessories | Camera | 2 Megapixel RCCB Camera with 60-degree FOV |
| Vehicle harness | Connects to vehicle IO ports | |
| Other cables | Connects the DRIVE AGX system to a host development computer | |
| DRIVE SDK | DRIVE OS Preflashed Linux Ubuntu OS QNX option also available | NVIDIA CUDA Libraries, including TensorRT (for access to deep learning hardware accelerator); NVMEDIA (for access to hardware accelerators for image processing and computer vision); compute and NVIDIA CUDA tools. |
| NVIDIA DriveWorks SDK | Provides reference applications, tools, and a comprehensive library of modules that leverage the computing power of the DRIVE AGX platform. | |
| DRIVE AV | Provides modules for perception, mapping, and planning that leverage the DriveWorks SDK. | |
| DRIVE IX | Algorithms to visualize the vehicle’s surroundings, AI-based driver monitoring, and in-cabin assistance. |
*TOPS measurements are per-chip
DRIVE AGX Pegasus™ Developer Kit (SKU 2200): Same as above with the addition
| Component | Description | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Two “Turing” Discrete GPUs (DRIVE AGX Pegasus) | Turing discrete GPU (TU104 SXM2) | 130 TOPS (INT8) | 8.1 TFlops (FP32) connected to Xavier SoC over NVIDIA NVLink™ (20GB/s) |
| Discrete GPU Memory Bandwidth | 384GB/s |
1 DRIVE AGX Pegasus Developer Kit
320 TOPS of total compute power
2 Xavier SoCs
2 Turing GPUs
IO for sensors, actuation, and networking
DRIVE AGX Pegasus™ Developer Kit (SKU 2200)
Includes two Xavier SoCs and two NVIDIA Turing™ GPUs for developing robotaxi applications
7x external cameras (Sekonix/On Semi AR0231)
2x front cameras (120 FOV and 60 FOV) for Euro NCAP safety and basic L2 features
3x side (120 FOV) and back cameras (60 FOV) for advanced highway L2+ features
2x cross-traffic (120 FOV) cameras for urban development
1x in-cabin (55 FOV) camera for driver monitoring features (On Semi AR0144)
8x radars (Continental ARS430)
1x front centered radar for basic L2 features
4x corner radars for advanced highway L2+ features
1x rear radar for high-speed automatic lane changes
2x cross-traffic radars for urban development
1x IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) for self-calibration and egomotion (Xsens)
Refer to the DRIVE Hyperion Developer Kit Quick Start Guide (PDF) for details.
IMU + GPS
Vehicle odometry sensing for improved precise localization and ground truth determination.
Learn MoreFAQ
NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion™ is an AV development platform and reference architecture for developing Level 2+ and Level 3 highway autonomous solutions. It consists of a complete sensor suite that’s tuned, optimized, and safety-certified, as well as a high-performance AI computing platform, NVIDIA DRIVE AGX™.
The NVIDIA DRIVE AGX™ Developer Kit provides the hardware, software, and sample applications needed for the development of production-level AVs. The DRIVE AGX system is built on production, auto-grade silicon and engineered with security in mind, featuring an open software framework.
The NVIDIA DRIVE Software Development Kit (SDK) is a collection of software packages used for developing autonomous vehicles. It comprises the foundational NVIDIA DRIVE® OS and DriveWorks SDK as well as advanced applications such as highly automated supervised driving (DRIVE AV) and AI cockpit (DRIVE IX).
The DRIVE AGX Xavier and Pegasus™ XT Developer Kits are available directly from NVIDIA and through authorized sublease partners. Software releases and materials are published in the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX SDK Developer Program. Your company or university must have current legal agreements on file. Please contact your Account Representative (or contact us) to ensure necessary agreements have been signed before requesting to join the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX SDK Developer Program. Users may only join with an approved corporate or university email address.
The NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Orin™ Developer Kit will be available directly from NVIDIA or through authorized distributors. Users must register their DRIVE AGX Orin Developer Kit to get access to the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX SDK Developer Program where software releases and materials will be published. Users may only join with an approved corporate or university email address.
If you’ve received your NVIDIA DRIVE AGX DevKit, congratulations! The Onboarding Guide provides an overview of all resources relevant to help you start your development.
The DRIVE AGX platforms are compatible with a number of sensors and peripherals from different vendors. A full list is available on the DRIVE Ecosystem Hardware and Software Components.
While both the Jetson AGX and DRIVE AGX kits use the same Orin SoC, DRIVE is built for automotive applications. The following table highlights the differences between the two platforms.
10GbE RJ45 100 T1, 1000 T1, 10 GbE T1 CAN, LIN, Flexray, USS | 10GbE RJ45 M.2 Key E (WLAN / BT, PCIe, USB 2.0, UART, I2S & I2C) | |||
MicroSD M.2 Key M (NVMe) | ||||
Comprehensive safety & security services: Functional safety island integration, streamlined safety framework, platform security controller integration, secure boot & PKCS #11 support for crypto acceleration features | Secureboot, trusted execution environment, disk and dram encryption, crypto acceleration, hardware-based security fuses | |||
NvMedia, NvStreams, CUDA, cuDNN, TensorRT, Triton inference server, NVIDIA container runtime Tools: Nsight Systems (performance analysis), Nsight Graphics (debug, profiler and export with Direct3D), Nsight Eclipse Edition (IDE), Nsight Compute (interactive kernel profiler for CUDA applications) | Tools: Nsight Systems (performance analysis), Nsight Graphics (debug, profiler, and export with Direct3D), Nsight Eclipse Edition (IDE), Nsight Compute (interactive kernel profiler for CUDA applications) | |||
1GbE (x10) 10GbE (x2) | 1GbE (x7) 10GbE (x2) | |
TensorRT 8.x cuDNN 8.x | TensorRT 6.4 cuDNN 7.6 | |
USB3.2 | 2 Type-C | |
If you can’t find what you're looking for in the downloads, public documentation, or forum, please contact your NVIDIA representative or reach out directly.
Documentation
= You will need to be a member of the NVIDIA DRIVE Developer Program for DRIVE AGX to access this file.
DRIVE AGX Orin
DRIVE Hyperion 7.1
- NVIDIA Hyperion 7.1 Developer Kit videos.
- DRIVE Hyperion 7.1 Kit Quick Start Guide (PDF)*
- DRIVE Hyperion 7.1 Hardware Installation Guide (PDF)*
DRIVE AGX Xavier
- Onboarding Guide for NVIDIA DRIVE AGX DevKit
- DRIVE AGX Developer Kit Hardware Errata (10/02/2020)
- DRIVE Software 10.0 and DRIVE OS 5.2.0 include fixes for some items documented in this Errata. Please immediately update to one of these releases available on DRIVE Downloads.
- DRIVE AGX Developer Kit Hardware Quick Start Guide (PDF)
- DRIVE AGX Developer Kit Product Brief (PDF)
- DRIVE AGX Developer Kit Mechanical & Installation Guide (PDF)
* Requires DRIVE AGX Pegasus running DRIVE Software
Training
The best way to learn is by doing. To help you get started, we’ve assembled a series of tutorials and instructional materials featuring the latest developer innovations.
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