Not everyone wants to make their products silicon grade," said Owens. We've got great relations with the silicon providers. "We've always had a history where our products are built on software, silicon, and systems. Delphi tricked out the Audi SQ5 with its active safety systems and autonomous vehicle technology, solutions it sells to automakers. The nine-day trip covered almost 3,400 miles and 15 states, and gathered 3 terabytes of data, said Owens. Jeff Owens, CTO, Delphi Automotive (Source: ITU/YouTube)ĭelphi demonstrated many of its advanced safety technologies earlier this year when it set off on a multi-vehicle coast-to-coast test drive of its self-driving car solutions. You drive, but it parks and brakes on icy roads and controls your speeds on the highway," said Bruce Daley, principal analyst at Tractica and author of the recently released report, " Artificial Intelligence for Enterprise Applications." "I think plan is to back into self-driving cars by adding safety features. Delphi's products are part of the 372.3 million Internet of Things (IoT) devices installed in the automotive industry this year, according to Gartner by 2020, there will be 3,511.1 billion IoT devices within the car business, the research firm estimated. While a lot of mainstream attention focuses on autonomous cars, many of Delphi's software-driven technologies eliminate error-prone or complex areas of driving, Jeff Owens, chief technology and executive vice president, told Enterprise Technology.
"Software is becoming a bigger component of our product portfolio, without a doubt," said Kevin Clark, president and CEO of Delphi, during the earnings call. While $160 million is only a small drop in a $17-billion pond, these solutions are increasingly important to Delphi and its auto-making customers.
These technologies include a collision mitigation system integrated radar and camera system adaptive cruise control lane departure warning, and parking guidance system. Sales of Delphi's advanced safety technology, which is often software-based, are predicted to grow 50 percent annually over the next several years from $160 million in 2013, according to Delphi's 2014 earnings conference call with analysts. Delphi Automotive generated 2014 revenue of $17 billion and operates in 33 countries, but the leading developer of solutions that make vehicles safer, greener, and more connected relies on a Silicon Valley mentality and start-up's agility to continually innovate and create new products.