QNX, Vector and TTTech Auto Join Forces to Develop Foundational Vehicle Software Platform to Turbocharge Auto Innovation
QNX, Vector, and TTTech Auto have announced a multi-year global collaboration to develop and market a foundational vehicle software platform. The initiative aims to eliminate complex software integration issues that currently plague automakers. The platform will be pre-integrated, lightweight, and certified to the highest automotive functional safety (ISO 26262 ASIL D) and security (ISO 21434) standards.
The collaboration addresses a critical industry challenge where automakers spend significant resources on software platform development and maintenance, dealing with hundreds of software providers and integration complexities. The new platform will allow OEMs to focus on developing consumer-facing applications that build brand differentiation instead of managing underlying software infrastructure.
The core platform will be jointly developed by QNX and Vector, combining their expertise in operating systems and automotive middleware solutions. TTTech Auto will contribute expertise in task scheduling and communication. The platform's general availability will be announced in FY'26.
QNX, Vector e TTTech Auto hanno annunciato una collaborazione globale pluriennale per sviluppare e commercializzare una piattaforma software per veicoli fondamentale. L'iniziativa mira a eliminare i complessi problemi di integrazione software che attualmente affliggono i costruttori di automobili. La piattaforma sarà pre-integrata, leggera e certificata secondo i più elevati standard di sicurezza funzionale automobilistica (ISO 26262 ASIL D) e di sicurezza (ISO 21434).
La collaborazione affronta una sfida critica nel settore, dove i costruttori di automobili spendono risorse significative nello sviluppo e nella manutenzione delle piattaforme software, gestendo centinaia di fornitori di software e complessità di integrazione. La nuova piattaforma consentirà ai produttori di attrezzature originali (OEM) di concentrarsi sullo sviluppo di applicazioni rivolte ai consumatori che costruiscono una differenziazione del marchio, invece di gestire l'infrastruttura software sottostante.
La piattaforma centrale sarà sviluppata congiuntamente da QNX e Vector, unendo la loro esperienza nei sistemi operativi e nelle soluzioni middleware per l'automotive. TTTech Auto contribuirà con la propria esperienza nella pianificazione dei compiti e nella comunicazione. La disponibilità generale della piattaforma sarà annunciata nell'anno fiscale '26.
QNX, Vector y TTTech Auto han anunciado una colaboración global de varios años para desarrollar y comercializar una plataforma de software vehicular fundamental. La iniciativa tiene como objetivo eliminar los complejos problemas de integración de software que actualmente aquejan a los fabricantes de automóviles. La plataforma estará preintegrada, será ligera y estará certificada según los más altos estándares de seguridad funcional automotriz (ISO 26262 ASIL D) y de seguridad (ISO 21434).
La colaboración aborda un desafío crítico en la industria, donde los fabricantes de automóviles gastan recursos significativos en el desarrollo y mantenimiento de plataformas de software, lidiando con cientos de proveedores de software y complejidades de integración. La nueva plataforma permitirá a los OEM centrarse en el desarrollo de aplicaciones orientadas al consumidor que generen diferenciación de marca, en lugar de gestionar la infraestructura de software subyacente.
La plataforma central será desarrollada conjuntamente por QNX y Vector, combinando su experiencia en sistemas operativos y soluciones de middleware automotriz. TTTech Auto aportará su experiencia en planificación de tareas y comunicación. La disponibilidad general de la plataforma se anunciará en el año fiscal '26.
QNX, Vector 및 TTTech Auto는 차량 소프트웨어 플랫폼을 개발하고 시장에 출시하기 위해 다년간의 글로벌 협력을 발표했습니다. 이 이니셔티브는 현재 자동차 제조업체들이 겪고 있는 복잡한 소프트웨어 통합 문제를 해결하는 것을 목표로 합니다. 이 플랫폼은 사전 통합되고 가벼우며, 최고 수준의 자동차 기능 안전(ISO 26262 ASIL D) 및 보안(ISO 21434) 기준에 따라 인증됩니다.
이 협력은 자동차 제조업체가 소프트웨어 플랫폼 개발 및 유지 관리에 상당한 자원을 쓰고, 수백 개의 소프트웨어 공급자 및 통합 복잡성을 다루는 등 중요한 산업 과제를 해결합니다. 새로운 플랫폼은 OEM이 기본 소프트웨어 인프라를 관리하는 대신 브랜드 차별화를 구축하는 소비자 지향 응용 프로그램 개발에 집중할 수 있도록 합니다.
핵심 플랫폼은 QNX와 Vector가 공동으로 개발하여 운영 체제와 자동차 미들웨어 솔루션에 대한 전문성을 결합합니다. TTTech Auto는 작업 일정 관리 및 통신에 대한 전문성을 기여할 것입니다. 플랫폼의 일반 가용성은 26회계연도에 발표될 예정입니다.
QNX, Vector et TTTech Auto ont annoncé une collaboration mondiale pluriannuelle pour développer et commercialiser une plateforme logicielle fondamentale pour les véhicules. L'initiative vise à éliminer les problèmes d'intégration logicielle complexes qui affligent actuellement les fabricants automobiles. La plateforme sera préintégrée, légère et certifiée selon les normes les plus élevées de sécurité fonctionnelle automobile (ISO 26262 ASIL D) et de sécurité (ISO 21434).
La collaboration répond à un défi critique de l'industrie, où les fabricants automobiles dépensent des ressources considérables pour le développement et la maintenance de plateformes logicielles, traitant avec des centaines de fournisseurs de logiciels et des complexités d'intégration. La nouvelle plateforme permettra aux OEM de se concentrer sur le développement d'applications orientées vers le consommateur qui créent une différenciation de marque, plutôt que de gérer l'infrastructure logicielle sous-jacente.
La plateforme centrale sera développée conjointement par QNX et Vector, combinant leur expertise dans les systèmes d'exploitation et les solutions middleware automobiles. TTTech Auto apportera son expertise en planification des tâches et en communication. La disponibilité générale de la plateforme sera annoncée dans l'exercice '26.
QNX, Vector und TTTech Auto haben eine mehrjährige globale Zusammenarbeit angekündigt, um eine grundlegende Fahrzeugsoftware-Plattform zu entwickeln und zu vermarkten. Die Initiative zielt darauf ab, die komplexen Software-Integrationsprobleme zu beseitigen, die derzeit die Automobilhersteller plagen. Die Plattform wird vorintegriert, leichtgewichtig und nach den höchsten Standards für funktionale Sicherheit in der Automobilindustrie (ISO 26262 ASIL D) und Sicherheit (ISO 21434) zertifiziert sein.
Die Zusammenarbeit greift eine wichtige Herausforderung der Branche auf, bei der die Automobilhersteller erhebliche Ressourcen in die Entwicklung und Wartung von Software-Plattformen investieren und sich mit Hunderte von Software-Anbietern und Integrationskomplexitäten auseinandersetzen müssen. Die neue Plattform ermöglicht es den OEMs, sich auf die Entwicklung von verbraucherorientierten Anwendungen zu konzentrieren, die eine Markenunterscheidung schaffen, anstatt die zugrunde liegende Software-Infrastruktur zu verwalten.
Die Kernplattform wird gemeinsam von QNX und Vector entwickelt, wobei ihre Expertise in Betriebssystemen und Automobil-Middleware-Lösungen kombiniert wird. TTTech Auto wird Fachwissen im Bereich Aufgabenplanung und Kommunikation beitragen. Die allgemeine Verfügbarkeit der Plattform wird im Geschäftsjahr '26 bekannt gegeben.
- Partnership with major automotive software players Vector and TTTech Auto strengthens BlackBerry's market position
- Platform will be certified to highest automotive safety and security standards (ISO 26262 ASIL D and ISO 21434)
- Solution addresses significant market need for simplified software integration in automotive industry
- Platform already has support from major OEMs including BMW, Bosch, Continental, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, and Volkswagen
- Platform won't be generally available until FY'26, indicating a long development timeline
- Success depends on widespread OEM adoption, which previous industry solutions have failed to achieve
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This strategic collaboration between QNX, Vector and TTTech Auto represents a pivotal shift in automotive software development. The initiative targets a critical pain point in the industry - the complex, costly and time-consuming process of software integration that currently plagues automakers. By creating a pre-integrated, safety-certified (ISO 26262 ASIL D) platform, this partnership could potentially save OEMs
The platform's architecture, designed to support multiple SoCs while maintaining vendor independence, addresses the current vendor lock-in issues that limit OEMs' flexibility. This approach aligns with the industry's shift toward Software Defined Vehicles (SDV) and could accelerate the adoption of advanced automotive technologies.
BlackBerry's QNX division already powers systems for major OEMs like BMW, Honda and Toyota. This new platform could strengthen their market position and create a new revenue stream through licensing and support services.
This partnership tackles the automotive industry's software integration bottleneck at a important time. With modern vehicles containing upwards of 100 million lines of code across multiple ECUs, the current fragmented approach to software development is unsustainable. The proposed platform could reduce development cycles by
The timing is particularly strategic as the industry transitions to software-defined vehicles. The platform's planned compliance with ISO 21434 security standards addresses growing cybersecurity concerns in connected vehicles. The collaboration model, shifting from a traditional value chain to a value network, could reshape automotive supplier relationships and create new industry standards.
The technical architecture proposed by this collaboration addresses three critical challenges: safety certification, cross-platform compatibility and scalability. By pre-integrating middleware solutions and providing a unified toolchain, the platform could eliminate many of the integration issues that currently cause production delays and quality problems.
The platform's "simple by design" approach, combined with the expertise in task scheduling from TTTech Auto, suggests a focus on real-time performance - important for safety-critical automotive applications. The planned openness to additional ecosystem players and open-source initiatives indicates a forward-thinking approach to platform evolution and maintenance.
Industry heavyweights in safe and secure operating system, middleware and tooling combine their collective know-how to eliminate software integration complexities so OEMs can focus on brand differentiation
LAS VEGAS, NV / ACCESSWIRE / January 6, 2025 / QNX, a division of BlackBerry Limited (NYSE:BB)(TSX:BB), Vector and TTTech Auto today announced a multi-year, global undertaking to collaborate, develop and market a foundational vehicle software platform that will end the cumbersome and costly process of software integration, empowering automakers to shift their focus to delivering innovative consumer-facing applications that build brand loyalty, differentiation and value.
Solving the Software Dilemma - Managing Complexity and Costs
Today's automakers face a critical dilemma - while a robust vehicle software platform is a critical enabler for next-generation vehicles, it is expensive to develop and maintain internally while offering little consumer-facing value once complete. The involvement of hundreds of software providers in every single vehicle ECU adds significant complexity, with compounding integration and upgrade costs which can often lead to software incompatibilities, performance issues, deployment challenges and production delays. Hardware-specific dependencies further exacerbate the issue by creating vendor lock-in, limiting portability across different modules and programs. And despite best efforts from industry consortiums, existing vehicle software platform approaches have yet to gain widespread OEM acceptance due to performance issues, complex configuration requirements and safety certification hurdles.
Simplifying Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) Development
With the vehicle software platform being built by QNX, Vector and TTTech Auto, automakers will gain a solid software foundation that solves these challenges and which they can build on to deliver the brand differentiating applications and services that are most in demand by their customers. Automakers will also benefit from the governance of an open and transparent multi-party collaboration that will evolve over time to embrace contributions from new ecosystem members. Pre-integrated, lightweight and certified to the automotive industry's highest functional safety (ISO 26262 ASIL D) and security (ISO 21434) standards, this vehicle software platform will be simple by design, performant by nature and able to scale vehicle-wide, making it easier than ever for automakers to accelerate their Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) development efforts so they can optimize costs, focus vital resources and deliver better customer experiences.
Freeing Automakers to Focus on What Matters Most
"Automakers are under intense pressure to deploy software quickly, simply, and at scale - a demanding reality that often results in a whack-a-mole of issues that distract from their core mission to deliver a compelling in-car experience that differentiates their brand," said John Wall, Chief Operating Officer and Head of Product, Engineering and Services at QNX. "Amidst that backdrop, many have reached out with the same question - ‘Can you take care of the heavy lifting of the underlying software stack so we can focus on what matters most to our customers?'. Working with like-minded partners in Vector and TTTech Auto, we're excited to be stepping up to the plate, with a holistic vehicle software platform that will make development headaches and managing multiple suppliers a thing of the past, freeing automakers to create the groundbreaking features that will redefine what it means to get behind the wheel."
"Behind the best software engineering organizations in the world exists a mature, well-integrated toolchain," said Alex Oyler, Director at the global automotive research firm SBD Automotive. "With the rapid transition to software-defined vehicles, entirely new tools - and integrations between them - must be developed to scale development in the world of over-the-air updates, software-in-loop simulation, and cloud-native vehicle simulation. Close cooperation between companies like QNX, Vector, and TTTech Auto plays a critical role in helping accelerate achievement of crucially important SDV key performance indicators such as faster time-to-market, complexity reduction, and workforce efficiency."
"Our customers are investing significant time in integrating various components of a vehicle software platform and maintaining it throughout the vehicle's lifecycle. By pre-integrating more parts upfront, we can drastically reduce the effort required by OEMs, ultimately shortening their time to market. The collaboration between QNX, TTTech Auto, and Vector to develop a pre-integrated vehicle software platform will enable OEMs to reallocate resources from non-differentiating software to focus on customer-facing functionalities. By jointly creating a vehicle software platform, variants will be reduced, quality and maturity of the software will be increased and the total maintenance costs will be drastically reduced," said Matthias Traub, President and Managing Director at Vector Informatik.
"At TTTech Auto, we are committed to accelerating the development of Software Defined Vehicles by providing faster, more robust integration solutions. Our collaboration with QNX and Vector enables us to deliver a scalable platform that supports multiple System on Chips (SoCs), ensuring that automakers can innovate rapidly and efficiently. This collaboration marks a significant step forward in simplifying the complexities of vehicle software integration, allowing OEMs to focus on driving experiences for their customers", said Dirk Linzmeier, CEO TTTech Auto.
The core of the vehicle software platform will be developed and managed in collaboration between QNX and Vector, with the two companies combining their expertise in safe and secure operating systems and proven automotive middleware solutions. Vector will enrich the project with in-depth knowledge in the areas of tooling and testing solutions while TTTech Auto will complement the platform with expertise in the fields of advanced task and communication scheduling and its genuine correct-by-design approach. This partnership also demonstrates the transformation of the collaboration model from the traditional value chain to value network. Upon release, the vehicle software platform will also be open to contributions from additional ecosystem players as well as from open-source initiatives to further strengthen its overall value proposition to automakers.
Additional details on the General Availability of the vehicle software platform will be announced in FY'26.
QNX is trusted as the foundation for a software-driven future by most leading OEMs and Tier 1s worldwide, including BMW, Bosch, Continental, Dongfeng Motor, Geely, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Volkswagen, Volvo, and more. Its foundational software supports future-proof engineering design, from digital cockpits and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to infotainment systems and domain controllers, enabling automakers to bring innovation to market faster and at lower cost.
QNX's complete suite of automotive offerings will be on display at CES from January 7 - 10, 2025, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Visit QNX at Booth #4224 in the West Hall or schedule a meeting with a spokesperson here.
For more information on how the QNX portfolio of embedded software solutions can help accelerate safety-certification, ensure reliability and reduce development time, visit QNX.
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About BlackBerry
BlackBerry (NYSE:BB)(TSX:BB) provides enterprises and governments the intelligent software and services that power the world around us. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the company's high-performance foundational software enables major automakers and industrial giants alike to unlock transformative applications, drive new revenue streams and launch innovative business models, all without sacrificing safety, security, and reliability. With a deep heritage in Secure Communications, BlackBerry delivers operational resiliency with a comprehensive, highly secure, and extensively certified portfolio for mobile fortification, mission-critical communications, and critical events management. The company is also a pioneer in leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to deliver advanced cybersecurity solutions to its customers.
About QNX
QNX, a division of BlackBerry Limited (NYSE:BB)(TSX:BB), enhances the human experience and amplifies technology-driven industries, providing a trusted foundation for software-defined businesses to thrive. The business leads the way in delivering safe and secure operating systems, hypervisors, middleware, solutions, and development tools, along with support and services delivered by trusted embedded software experts. QNX® technology has been deployed in the world's most critical embedded systems, including more than 255 million vehicles on the road today. QNX® software is trusted across industries including automotive, medical devices, industrial controls, robotics, commercial vehicles, rail, and aerospace and defense. Founded in 1980, QNX is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. Learn more at qnx.com.
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About Vector
Vector is the leading manufacturer of software tools and components for the development of software-based electronic systems and their networking.
For more than 35 years, Vector has been a capable partner in the development of automotive electronics. More than 4,500 employees at 33 locations worldwide support manufacturers and suppliers of the automotive industry and related industries with a professional platform of tools, software components and services for developing embedded systems. Driven the passion for technology Vector develops solutions which relieve engineers of their demanding tasks.
Vector worldwide currently employs more than 4,000 people with sales of EUR 1.16 billion in 2023. Vector is headquartered in Germany (Stuttgart) and has subsidiaries in Brazil, China, France, Great Britain, India, Italy, Japan, Austria, Romania, Sweden, South Korea, Spain and the USA.
Efficient, technical solutions are Vector's passion. Customers value Vector as a reliable and technically competent partner in terms of efficient solutions for developing embedded systems. Customers from automotive, commercial vehicle, aeronautical, transport and control engineering worldwide rely on the solutions and products of the independent Vector groups.
About TTTech Auto
TTTech Auto is a leading platform product and service provider with a focus on System, Safety and Security for the Software-Defined Vehicle (4SDV). With series experience from several million cars on the road and a strong technology portfolio, TTTech Auto has the key ingredients to enable and drive the transformation. TTTech Auto empowers customers to focus on driving experience while its platform solutions optimize performance, safety, integration, and software updates.
TTTech Auto was founded in 2018 by TTTech Group and technology leaders Audi, Infineon and Samsung to build a global, safe vehicle software platform for automated and autonomous driving. In 2022, the company raised USD 285 million (EUR 250 million) from Aptiv and Audi in its latest funding round. At TTTech Auto's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, and its subsidiaries across Europe and Asia, 1,100 employees work with leading car manufacturers on their software-defined vehicles, ADAS and autonomous driving programs. The company has acquired and invested in technology companies in the UK, Spain, Turkey, China and Central and Eastern Europe. www.tttech-auto.com
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