CARIAD, the Volkswagen Group’s software program firm, has chosen BlackBerry QNX know-how as one element of its software program platform VW.OS. Introduced as a part of Volkswagen Group’s NEW AUTO technique, CARIAD is creating a unified software program platform that consists of VW.OS, the Volkswagen Cloud VW.AC and a scalable, unified end-to-end digital structure.
The platform will probably be accessible for Volkswagen Group manufacturers from the center of the last decade.
BlackBerry will license its BlackBerry QNX know-how to CARIAD, together with its QNX OS for Security 2.2. It is going to be built-in in CARIAD’s software program platform VW.OS, particularly within the stack for superior driver help techniques and automatic driving features (ADAS/AD).
Inside this ADAS/AD stack of VW.OS, QNX OS for Security 2.2 will function a dependable, protected and safe basis. As a part of the settlement, BlackBerry QNX will even present skilled engineering and consulting companies for system-level integration, efficiency optimization, and resolution validation.
Primarily based on BlackBerry’s superior and safe QNX Neutrino real-time working system (RTOS), QNX OS for Security is a completely POSIX-compliant, open-standards-based working system that embedded builders can use to construct safety-critical techniques and has been licensed to ISO 26262 ASIL D, the automotive trade’s highest practical security commonplace.
With a pre-certified, scalable microkernel RTOS, the answer permits automakers and embedded software program builders in all kinds of industries to speed up their improvement timelines and scale back the price in shifting tasks from analysis to manufacturing.
BlackBerry’s pedigree in security, safety, and continued innovation has led to the usage of its QNX know-how in manufacturing packages with 45 totally different OEMs, 7/7 of the highest Tier 1s and over 215 million automobiles worldwide.
