Autonomous vehicle computing system compute architecture for assured processing

An autonomy computing system for an autonomous vehicle comprising:

• first functional circuitry configured to generate a first output associated with a first autonomous compute function of the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on sensor data associated with a sensor system of the autonomous vehicle and one or more first neural networks;
• second functional circuitry configured to generate a second output associated with the first autonomous compute function of the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the sensor data and one or more second neural networks;
• monitoring circuitry configured to determine a difference between the first output of the first functional circuitry and the second output of the second functional circuitry, wherein the monitoring circuitry is configured to determine, based on the difference between the first output and the second output, an optimal output;
• one or more switches communicatively coupled to the first functional circuitry, the second functional circuitry, and the monitoring circuitry, the one or more switches configured to receive the sensor data from a sensor system of the autonomous vehicle and provide the sensor data to the first functional circuitry and the second functional circuitry;
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• a vehicle control system configured to generate one or more vehicle control signals for the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on one or more outputs of the autonomy computing system, wherein the vehicle control signals are configured to control the autonomous vehicle to operate according to a motion plan.

A vehicle computing system, comprising:

• an autonomy computing system comprising:
• first functional circuitry configured to generate a first output associated with a first autonomous compute function of an autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the sensor data and one or more first neural networks,
• second functional circuitry configured to generate a second output associated with the first autonomous compute function of the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the sensor data and one or more second neural networks,
• monitoring circuitry configured to determine a difference between the first output of the first functional circuitry and the second output of the second functional circuitry, wherein the monitoring circuitry is configured to determine, based on the difference between the first output and the second output, an optimal output, and
• one or more switches communicatively coupled to the first functional circuitry, the second functional circuitry, and the monitoring circuitry, the one or more switches configured to receive sensor data from a sensor system and provide the sensor data to the first functional circuitry and the second functional circuitry;
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• a vehicle control system configured to generate one or more vehicle control signals for the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on one or more outputs of the autonomy computing system, wherein the vehicle control signals are configured to control the autonomous vehicle to operate according to a motion plan.