Foundational Software for Automotive Systems

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QNX® software is used in more than 255 million vehicles on the road. Automakers and Tier 1s worldwide trust QNX to help them build safe, secure, and reliable automotive systems.
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Highly-integrated, Safe, and Secure Software for SDVs

The electrical architecture of the modern vehicle has evolved from being hardware-driven to being software-defined. Complex systems, including digital cockpits, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), and autonomous drive controllers, now run on zone controllers, domain controllers, and other central processing units based on sophisticated systems on chips (SoCs). This consolidation of modules drives a need for virtualization to manage multiple OSs and mixed criticality, as well as a higher level of integration between software layers than ever before.
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The Challenge

Carmakers are challenged to deliver more complicated, more integrated, and more cohesive in-vehicle experiences while navigating certification, time to market, and the challenge of ever-increasing lines of code in order to stay competitive in the software-defined vehicle marketplace that is today’s automotive industry.
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How We Support

QNX is uniquely positioned to support modern automotive software developers with its real-time performance, safety certifications (up to ISO 26262 ASIL-D), and secure operating systems built on a robust microkernel architecture. QNX software enables secure, scalable development across infotainment, ADAS, and domain controllers, accelerating innovation while meeting stringent automotive reliability and cybersecurity requirements.
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The Solution

QNX offers a range of software products designed to work together to enable rapid, seamless execution of complex in-vehicle software. The foundational components, including QNX® Software Development Platform (SDP) 8.0 real-time operating system and Hypervisor, are both available in pre-certified ISO 26262 ASIL-D variants. QNX also supplies middleware products like QNX® Sound and QNX® Cabin, designed to enable cohesive digital cockpits and amazing listening experiences. Plus, pre-integrated software platforms, such as the foundational vehicle software platform, for an even higher level of pre-integration and design-in ease. QNX software is designed to allow carmakers and Tier 1s a secure, flexible path to on-time, bug-free delivery of the software-defined vehicles of tomorrow.
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Safety Certifications, Compliance, and Conformance

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Functional safety standard for electronic systems requiring a high level of reliability and risk reduction, including transportation, energy generation and process control.
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ISO 26262 ASIL D
The highest classification of injury risk in the functional safety standards for automotive applications.
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Process and Systems for Development and Design of QNX® software.
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Automotive Solution Guide

QNX has a depth and breadth of solutions to enable automakers to reduce hardware and embrace technologies like high-performance compute, data enablement, and cloud computing to reduce both cost and complexity.
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Software and Solutions

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QNX Cabin
Cloud-first digital cockpit reference solution.
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QNX SDP 8.0
High-performance, safety-ready microkernel RTOS platform.
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QNX Hypervisor 8.0
Deterministic hypervisor for mixed-criticality.
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QNX Sound
Software-defined in-vehicle audio.
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Customer Success Stories

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White Paper

Why QNX is the Leading Electric Vehicle (EV) Software Supplier

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Case Study

How Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America Paves the Way for Innovation

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With its DTS Brand, Xperi Drives the Future of Infotainment

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aiMotive Charts a Simpler Course to the Future of ADAS

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