OpenSynergy GmbH - OpenSynergy joins GenIVI Infotainment Alliance

Store this angel in big sizeInfotainment Alliance aboriginal absorption in virtualization

Berlin, 11. June 2009 OpenSynergy joins the Infotainment Alliance GenIVI as an Associate Member. GenIVI was founded by arch car manufacturers and suppliers. In accurate the aggregation is traveling to acquaint its abiding acquaintance in areas like Infotainment, Connectivity and AUTOSAR to the Alliance. OpenSynergy will play a cogent role in faster adapting development after-effects from accessible antecedent and accepted software to the requirements of the automotive industry. Based on an able coupling of key technologies, like virtualization and AUTOSAR, it is accessible to seamlessly accommodate Linux-based accessible antecedent software in an automotive environment. Members of GenIVI can account from a faster car affiliation and bazaar addition of their GenIVI-based infotainment application.

Scalibility of infotainment platforms application virtualization
One of the above requirements of circuitous infotainment systems is the scalability of infotainment functions above altered artefact models. During the development appearance abnormally the reusability of software apparatus plays an important role at bank 1 suppliers to accommodated set goals for time-to-market and amount targets in arrangement development. To accomplish these goals the supplier needs to use a belvedere which can calibration above the accordant accouterments spectrum. “Virtualization enables the supplier reusing absolute software apparatus above the use of altered bedfellow operating systems. This allows a clearing aisle from the today´s date of development to the point of application the GenIVI-standard-system.”, explains Rolf Morich, COO of OpenSynergy. By way of archetype aforementioned software apparatus can run and be reused on a Single-core ARM9 processor as able-bodied as on a x86 Intel Atom or a Multicore-ARM11 system.

Integration of accessible antecedent Linux applications into the car
One of the above GenIVI challenges OpenSynergy identifies in accomplishing automotive specific requirements accompanying to startup of arrangement interfaces and specific applications as for archetype Diagnostics. Automotive accompanying applications, for archetype a rear-view camera, accept to be accessible in a actual abbreviate time on the affectation of the car. The COQOS abstraction and its chip clear and video basic acquiesce the faster availability of a archetypal automotive action like the rear-view camera. In accurate the µOS takes over the albatross to run all automotive functions and to let the Linux-system assassinate specific infotainment applications of the customer. “The abstraction of COQOS and its µOS enables the affiliation of absolute accessible antecedent ball applications into the car and accordingly even meets the harder automotive requirements on the car interfaces.”, explains Dr. Stefaan Sonck Thiebaut, CTO of OpenSynergy.

AUTOSAR and infotainment on a individual hardware
For GenIVI a concise claiming will be to accommodate infotainment applications and AUTOSAR functions on one individual hardware, as for archetype the arch unit. This allows the AUTOSAR apple to acceptance next bearing able processors. Currently on the infotainment ancillary COQOS supports Linux. In aggregate with the use of the micro-kernel technology this enables the affiliation of a GenIVI-based infotainment appliance into a connected AUTOSAR environment.
Frank-Peter Böhm, CEO of OpenSynergy, explains: „Virtualization is the advanced technology to allotment altered automotive functions (AUTOSAR, Non-AUTOSAR) from altered car domains on one individual hardware, for archetype the arch unit. This accordingly allows car manufacturers and suppliers to bound and cautiously accommodate latest infotainment applications into the car. Efforts in arrangement development and accouterments costs can be bargain significantly. “

About “The GENIVI Alliance”
The „GenIVI Alliance“ is a bunch founded by arch car manufacturers and suppliers who ambition to acceleration up the development and the all-embracing use of a connected automotive infotainment-platform (In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI)) in the car. The goals of that bunch are abbreviation development cycles, faster time-to-market and abbreviation development costs for IVI-based accessories and software. The founders of the GenIVI Alliance are BMW Group, Delphi, General Motors Corp., Intel, Magneti Marelli, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Visteon Corp. and Wind River.

The aggregation accepting its address in Berlin develops and markets the accepted car operating arrangement COQOS. This operating car arrangement allows a safe beheading of infotainment applications and AUTOSAR functions on a individual accouterments through virtualization. Based on a modular abstraction COQOS can be acclimated in arch units, apparatus array and anatomy ascendancy modules. Additionally OpenSynergy offers consulting and software engineering in the areas like infotainment, connectivity and AUTOSAR.

OpenSynergy GmbH
Mr. René Drescher
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10245 Berlin, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)30-2018 1835-41
E-Mail: rene.drescher@opensynergy.com
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