Kodiak AI, Inc. (NASDAQ: KDK) announced a collaboration with AMD to integrate AMD EPYC Series processors into its seventh-generation autonomous truck platform, according to a press release from the company.

Kodiak claims to be the first company to deploy AMD EPYC processors in a hardware platform for driverless trucking. The processors will handle sensor data aggregation and preprocessing from LiDAR, camera, and radar systems, as well as support path-planning processes within the Kodiak Driver autonomous driving system.

AMD EPYC CPUs offer higher clock speeds compared to the previous generation device, with the company stating this enables faster data processing at lower power consumption.

"Physical AI requires compute capabilities that can rapidly handle enormous amounts of sensor data while supporting increasingly sophisticated AI workloads," said Don Burnette, Founder and CEO of Kodiak. "AMD delivers best-in-class CPU technology with the performance, scalability and efficiency required for advanced autonomous driving applications."

Wayne Lyons, senior director of Automotive Market at AMD, said the collaboration is aimed at scaling driverless trucking operations: "Together with Kodiak, AMD is providing the processing capabilities needed to move driverless trucking from innovation to significant scale."

Kodiak currently operates a driverless fleet in the Permian Basin with no human operators in the cab and stated it is working toward launching driverless trucks on public highways later this year.