Neusoft Reach and BlackBerry QNX jointly develop a new generation of autonomous driving domain controller

This solution has won mass production orders from leading domestic automakers

Shanghai, China – April 18, 2023 – BlackBerry today announced that the autonomous driving assistance system developed by Neusoft Reach, an industry-leading automotive technology company, using QNX® OS for Safety has been deployed at a leading Chinese automaker and has officially entered mass production.

Neusoft RichAuto's next-generation automotive-grade autonomous driving domain controller is independently developed based on the NeuSAR software development platform. It uses the QNX® OS for Safety operating system at the bottom layer, providing high-security and high-reliability products and services to create a richer human-vehicle interaction and driving experience for users.

"As an industry-leading supplier of basic software, operating systems, and cross-domain fusion products, Neusoft Reach has taken the lead in realizing the mass production of domestic 'AUTOSAR AP+CP+middleware' full-stack software platform products and high-performance autonomous driving domain controllers based on its rich practical experience in the NeuSAR and ADAS fields." Cao Bin, General Manager of Neusoft Reach, said, "BlackBerry QNX has a rich software control foundation that can meet the growing safety needs of the automotive industry. We are very pleased to work with BlackBerry to provide OEMs with innovative autonomous driving solutions and create a comfortable, safe and smooth driving experience for users."

Dhiraj Handa, Vice President of BlackBerry Technology Solutions (BTS) Asia Pacific , said: "As a market leader in safety-certified automotive embedded systems, BlackBerry is committed to providing partners with functional safety, cybersecurity and a reliable software foundation. We are pleased to work with Neusoft Reach to build safe and innovative autonomous driving systems and promote the advancement and development of software-defined vehicles."

Neusoft RichAuto is committed to providing the automotive industry with highly secure, reliable, and stable products and services. It has built a new automotive software application development framework for the cross-domain integration stage - NeuSAR 4.0, which is committed to solving the software deployment problems of multi-core heterogeneous domain controllers and creating a new ecosystem for generalized operating systems.

Based on the QNX® Neutrino® real-time operating system (RTOS), the QNX® OS for Safety is certified to ISO 26262 ASIL D, the automotive industry’s highest functional safety standard. The solution enables automakers and embedded software developers across industries to accelerate their development schedules and reduce the cost of moving projects from research to production through a pre-certified, scalable microkernel RTOS.

In the future, Neusoft Reach will continue to build system-level development capabilities around software, provide reusable core technology products and software platforms, and enable the rapid development of personalized and differentiated functions for vehicles and continuous iteration and upgrading. BlackBerry QNX will also continue to provide advanced basic software technology to OEMs and Tier 1 automotive suppliers around the world.