Wayve Uses Microsoft's SuperComputer Technology To Process 1 Trillion Data Every Minute

Wayve, will use a Microsoft-designed supercomputer infrastructure. (photo: doc. @edvaizey ·)

Jakarta – British startup Wayve announced on Wednesday, May 18 that it will deploy a supercomputer infrastructure designed for the company by its investor Microsoft. This technology is used to process large amounts of data when developing machine learning-based models for self-driving cars.

Wayve's technology relies on machine learning that uses camera sensors mounted on the outside of the vehicle. Where the system learns from traffic patterns and driver behavior seems different, from using conventional methods that rely on detailed digital maps and coding to tell vehicles how to operate.

"Microsoft provides the supercomputer muscle", Wayve Chief Executive Alex Kendall told Reuters. "What we wanted to do went beyond what's possible for today's commercial cloud offerings."

Kendall said Microsoft will be able to process terabytes of data or as much as - 1 trillion bytes. This data is equivalent to about an hour of consumer video and this data is generated by Wayve cars every minute.

The technology will help the startup as it scales up self-driving technology for long-distance delivery vehicle trials with British online wholesale technology company Ocado and supermarket chain Asda.

Trials of the grocery delivery will begin this year with a human safety operator on board.

"We see this as a commercial fleet offering", he said. "That's how we think autonomy will first come to the market."

Earlier this year, Microsoft participated in the London-based startup's Series B funding round of $200 million.