Garmin, announced an expansion of its automotive technology collaboration with the introduction of the Nexus automotive-grade High Performance Compute (HPC) platform. Powered by Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.’s Snapdragon® Elite Platform for automotive, Nexus is designed to streamline vehicle architectures by consolidating multiple domains-such as in-vehicle infotainment, digital instrument clusters, and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)-into a single, highly efficient system.
Planned for automotive programs beginning in 2029, Nexus delivers a customizable, ASIL-compliant solution that supports advanced ADAS capabilities enabled by Snapdragon Elite. The platform integrates sophisticated localization, perception, vehicle control, and mapping technologies, and is architected to scale from a single system-on-chip (SoC) to dual SoC configurations to support higher levels of vehicle autonomy.
Built on the Snapdragon Elite automotive platform, Nexus delivers up to six times the compute performance of Garmin’s previous Unified Cabin domain controller. To support sustained high-performance operation under demanding workloads, the system incorporates a Garmin-engineered liquid-cooling solution, ensuring thermal stability and long-term reliability.
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“Garmin and Qualcomm Technologies have a strong history of working together to deliver innovative solutions that drive both the feature set and capabilities of next generation domain controllers. We look forward to building on our past success by providing automakers with new solutions and feature sets that offer unparalleled capability, scalability and integration.” —Matt Munn, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Garmin Automotive OEM
“Qualcomm Technologies is excited to deepen our collaboration with Garmin, combining our Snapdragon Elite automotive platforms with Garmin’s automotive expertise to transform the in-vehicle experience. These next-generation solutions deliver automakers unparalleled in-vehicle experiences, generative AI-driven personalization, and advanced driver awareness capabilities – setting a new benchmark for software-defined vehicle architecture that prioritize safety and intelligence.” —Nakul Duggal, EVP, Group General Manager, Automotive, Industrial and Embedded IoT, and Robotics, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Garmin and Qualcomm Technologies teamed up in 2019 to introduce advanced domain controllers for cars. In 2022, they launched the Garmin Unified Cabin™ solution, using the next-gen Snapdragon Cockpit Platform. They have released updates every year since.
Through this long-term partnership, Garmin has worked closely with Qualcomm on digital cockpit solutions. These solutions feature advanced capabilities with smooth integration of displays, peripherals, and software. They support multi-zone, multi-user vehicle setups, backed by complete infotainment and digital cluster systems. This helps automakers create unique, software-defined in-vehicle experiences.