Albert Liu, Kneron’s founder and CEO. After graduating from the Taiwan National Cheng Kung University, he got the scholarships from Raytheon and the University of California to join the UC Berkeley/UCLA/UCSD research programs, and then got his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Before establishing Kneron in San Diego in 2015, He has worked in R&D and management positions in Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics R&D centre, MStar and Wireless Information.
Albert has been invited to give lectures of computer vision technology and artificial intelligence at the University of California, as well as to be a technical reviewer for many internationally renowned academic journals. In addition, Albert owned more than 30 international patents in the areas of artificial intelligence, computer vision and image processing. He has published more than 70 papers in major international journals and received the IEEE Darlington Award.
AI chips, which are semiconductors designed to accelerate machine learning, have many applications. One of the promising use cases, according to Albert Liu, is using AI chips in autonomous driving vehicles. That’s why Liu’s AI chipmaking startup Kneron has been quietly racking up invest…
The future of L4 or L5 autonomous driving lies not only in the vehicle but also roadside AI.
Kneron’s latest investment followed the release of its first auto-grade semiconductors for advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicles.
With roadside perception units that can communicate with nearby vehicles, an ambulance would not have to stop at intersections. Such infrastructure is particularly useful in Asian countries where traffic conditions are more complicated than those in the U.S..