Elektrobit supports BlackBerry QNX OS for HPC-based vehicle architecture

EB Adaptive AUTOSAR solution and BlackBerry QNX Software Development Platform 7.1® provide automakers and Tier 1 suppliers with a complete, safe, production-ready solution for developing safety-critical ADAS and autonomous driving features

ERLANGEN, Germany, November 17, 2020 – Elektrobit (EB),  a global supplier of visionary embedded and connected software products for the automotive industry, today announced that EB corbos AdaptiveCore 2 software now supports the BlackBerry QNX Software Development Platform 7.1 ® for building high-performance computing (HPC)-based automotive architectures. The best-in-class implementation of EB’s AUTOSAR Adaptive Platform combined with the ISO 26262 ASIL D-certified BlackBerry QNX OS and Hypervisor technology provides automakers and Tier 1 suppliers with a complete, pre-integrated foundation for developing vehicle electronic control units (ECUs) that meet cybersecurity requirements and have the highest functional safety levels. Both products are available now.

EB corbos AdaptiveCore 2 software now supports BlackBerry QNX Software Development Platform 7.1® for building high performance computing (HPC)-based automotive architectures

This extension of the long-term partnership between the two companies is designed to make it easier for automakers and Tier 1 suppliers to develop advanced features related to autonomous driving and reduce the overall time to market. EB corbos AdaptiveCore 2 software seamlessly integrates with the QNX ® Neutrino ® real-time operating system (RTOS) to provide an architectural foundation that meets the highest automotive safety standards.

EB corbos AdaptiveCore 2 is the basic software for running Adaptive AUTOSAR. Designed as a safety unit out of a cell (SEooC), it is the core technology for creating functionally safe, secure, flexible, updatable, and high-performance ECUs. The software provides a holistic software framework based on the Adaptive AUTOSAR standard.

"EB and BlackBerry QNX have a long history as collaborators and innovators in embedded automotive software," said Christoph Herzog, Head of Portfolio and Product Management at Elektrobit. "With this latest collaboration, we are bringing together the QNX OS and the Elektrobit AUTOSAR Adaptive Platform to advance and accelerate automakers' ability to bring HPC projects to production."

“BlackBerry QNX and Elektrobit have a wealth of experience in production planning in the automotive space,” said Grant Courville, vice president of products and strategy at BlackBerry QNX. “Combining QNX OS for Safety and EB corbos AdaptiveCore is a perfect match for the current and future needs of the automotive industry.”

Critical embedded systems require reliable software that is both functionally safe and secure. As a leader in this field, BlackBerry QNX provides advanced basic software and security technologies to global OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers. BlackBerry QNX technology has been used in more than 175 million vehicles on the road, including advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), digital instrument clusters and smart cockpits, connectivity modules, hands-free systems, and infotainment systems.

About Elektrobit (EB)

Elektrobit (EB) is an award-winning, visionary, global supplier of embedded connected software products and services for the automotive industry. As a leader in the automotive software industry, with more than 30 years of experience serving the industry, EB supports more than 1 billion devices in more than 100 million cars and provides flexible and innovative solutions for automotive basic software, connectivity and safety, automated driving and related tools, and user experience. EB is a wholly owned subsidiary of Continental AG.