Four well-known technology trends have emerged as key drivers of innovation in the automotive industry: autonomous driving, connectivity, electrification, and shared mobility—such as car-sharing services. Collectively, these are referred to as the ACES trends, and they will have a significant impact on computing and mobile-network requirements.
With ACES functions, industry players now have three main choices for workload location: onboard the vehicle, cloud, and edge
Multiple factors may need to be considered for balancing workloads across onboard, edge, and cloud computing, but four may be particularly important. The first is safety, since workloads essential for passenger safety require extremely fast reaction times. Other considerations include latency, computing complexity, and requirements for data transfer, which depend on the type, volume, and heterogeneity of data.
