BlackSesame Smart and BlackBerry QNX reach cooperation

BlackBerry QNX and BlackSesame Smart Technology Collaborate to Build a Safe and Reliable Autonomous Driving Platform

# Empowering future travel with chips#

On January 18, Black Sesame Intelligence, the global leader in autonomous driving computing chips, announced that it will work with BlackBerry QNX to build a highly reliable, high-performance, flexible and open autonomous driving platform. The platform will be based on Black Sesame Intelligence's high-performance Huashan II A1000 autonomous driving computing chip and will use BlackBerry's ISO 26262 ASIL-D safety certified real-time operating system (RTOS). It aims to provide automakers and Tier 1 automotive suppliers with high computing power, high stability and reliability, and high portability innovative solutions to accelerate the mass production and launch of autonomous driving models. The two parties have jointly obtained a series of automotive enterprise projects, with the goal of achieving mass production in 2022.

As a market leader in security-certified embedded automotive software, BlackBerry QNX supports a range of critical systems for many automakers and first-tier car brands. Currently, BlackBerry has provided security protection for more than 500 million terminals, including 195 million vehicles. Headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, BlackBerry focuses on using artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to provide innovative solutions in the fields of network security, functional safety and data privacy, and is a global leader in terminal security, terminal management, encryption and embedded systems.

As assisted driving gradually moves towards high-level autonomous driving, and as automotive electronic and electrical architecture develops from distributed to centrally integrated, the automotive industry's demand for high-performance autonomous driving chips is booming. Black Sesame Intelligence is an industry-leading automotive-grade autonomous driving AI computing chip and platform R&D company. Positioned as Tier 2, it is committed to building an autonomous driving high-computing chip platform . It has currently launched the Huashan II A1000, the first domestically produced high-performance autonomous driving chip platform that has passed automotive safety certification and can be mass-produced with a single chip that supports a domain controller for both driving and parking, and can support L2-L4 intelligent driving systems. Based on the two core IPs independently developed to form core technical barriers, Black Sesame Intelligence has established a complete customer empowerment system, including chips, algorithms, data, software and tools. Through its own technological advantages, product system, open ecosystem and flexible business model, it enables customers to create differentiated products and enhance market competitiveness.

Dhiraj Handa, Vice President of BlackBerry Technology Solutions Asia Pacific, said:

"BlackBerry is a trusted partner in the automotive industry. BlackBerry QNX provides industry-leading functional safety, cybersecurity and reliability solutions, has accumulated deep expertise and created a strong track record. BlackSesame Intelligence is a Chinese autonomous driving chip manufacturer with leading technology and excellent product performance. We are very pleased to establish a partnership with BlackBerry to jointly launch a reliable, high-performance, flexible and open autonomous driving platform."

Yang Yuxin, CMO of Black Sesame Intelligence, said:

" BlackBerry QNX's operating system With its advantages of high security, strong stability and fast running speed, it has become the automotive real-time operating system with the most users in the world. As the first domestic autonomous driving chip company to complete functional safety expert certification, functional safety process certification and product compliance, the high-performance automotive-grade autonomous driving computing chip provided by BlackSesame Intelligence can further enhance the high real-time and network security of the BlackBerry QNX system, and jointly create a leading autonomous driving computing platform. BlackSesame Intelligence will also provide localized support for BlackBerry QNX to help partners better serve the Chinese automotive market."

BlackSesame Intelligence and BlackBerry QNX have joined forces to create a reliable, high-performance, flexible and open autonomous driving platform that can provide efficient and safe autonomous driving hardware and software integrated solutions to customers in the automotive industry, helping automakers and Tier 1 manufacturers to quickly launch smart and reliable smart driving cars, creating a more diverse and safer travel experience.