Expanding their existing partnership, TTTech Auto and BlackBerry have collaborated again to address the challenges of software-defined vehicles (SDVs). The collaboration aims to create a product that can adapt to various system architectures, from zonal to domain controllers and central compute, while also ensuring reliability in both fail-safe and fail-operational scenarios.
The cooperation, which initially began in 2022, will support the native integration of the latest BlackBerry QNX operating system (OS) 8.0 with TTTech Auto’s scheduling solutions to support safety and real-time domains with high computational performance combined with functional safety.
The aim is to enhance performance and enable better utilization of the underlying semiconductors in mission-critical environments such as ADAS in SDVs.
By incorporating advanced scheduling algorithms, the companies aim to simplify the design process and testing efforts, so users can make configuration changes easily and consistently achieve desired functionality.
“The combination of rapid advancements in silicon chip performance, increasing system integration and interdependency and growing software complexity is creating a pressure cooker environment for SDV manufacturers,” said John Wall, SVP and head of QNX at BlackBerry.
“When safety and security are paramount, there is no room for compromise. That’s where our partnership with TTTech Auto excels. It will deliver a linchpin product that supports scalable architectures and complex interactions needed by SDVs on our trusted safe and secure QNX foundation.”
Stefan Poledna, CTO at TTTech Auto, added, “SDVs of the future require a system-wide approach that embraces the ‘4 S’s’ of system, safety, security and software integration. In partnership with QNX, we’re helping overcome a major hurdle by offering a pre-integrated and pre-certified solution that ticks all of the boxes to support innovation and advancement in SDVs.”
The single-safety product is pre-certified to meet relevant safety standards (ISO 26262 up to ASIL D) and security standards (ISO 21434). It is expected to be available for projects by the end of the second quarter of 2024 and fully certified by the fourth quarter of 2024.