QNX OS for Safety 8.0

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Certified RTOS for functional safety and cybersecurity.

Pre-certified OS for Embedded Systems

QNX OS® for Safety is engineered with safety and security at its core, and powered by a safe-by-design microkernel architecture trusted in the world’s most demanding systems. For over 45 years, our experts in functional safety and embedded systems have continuously refined it to meet the real-time performance, reliability, and certification needs of mission-critical products. With QNX as your foundation, you can focus on building the differentiated systems your customers expect, while we help you meet your safety goals with confidence. When failure isn’t an option, QNX is the platform you can count on.

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Streamline Certification for Safety-critical Systems

Protect Critical Functionality and Security Needs

A system can’t be safe if it isn’t secure. In today’s connected world, QNX OS for Safety provides the trusted foundation embedded developers need to protect both. More than a set of features, security is a mindset, embedded in our culture, our processes, and the way we deliver technology. QNX OS for Safety is designed for spatial and temporal isolation, defending against internal faults and external threats. It’s backed by independent cybersecurity certifications and delivered with the documentation needed to help you meet evolving regulations with confidence. In mission-critical systems, security isn’t optional; it’s essential.

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Unlock Performance with Leading-edge Hardware and Software

In today’s most advanced systems, performance means more than raw speed. It’s about predictability, low latency, and real-time responsiveness, especially when safety is at stake. Built on the next-generation QNX® Software Development Platform 8.0 microkernel, QNX OS for Safety 8.0 is designed to harness the full power of High-Performance Compute (HPC) platforms. It enables you to deliver lightning-fast throughput without compromising deterministic behavior or system integrity. For environments where milliseconds matter and failure isn’t an option, QNX delivers performance you can trust.

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Reliably Certify Your System, Not Your Toolchains

A safety-certified OS and qualified toolchains mean that you’ll have confidence in the software you build, and that you’ll have a quick and smooth certification process. With the QNX OS for Safety, you’ll be able to build your systems with C and C++ toolchains classified as TCL3 and T3 according to ISO 26262 and IEC 61508. You’ll need to certify only the parts of the system you build, not the OS you build it on or the toolchains you use to build it.

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Aligns to SEooC Design

As a Safety Element out of Context (SEooC), the QOS can be integrated into a safety-critical system as a foundational building block.

Save Time and Reduce Re-Work

Transition designs into different SOCs or hardware architectures without recompiling and recertifying the underlying software components.

Pre-certified and Ready-To Use

Maximize resources to developing and certifying the components you know best, trusting that the foundation software has been built with the highest levels of safety and security in mind.

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PRODUCT BRIEF

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QNX OS for Safety 8.0, Certified by TÜV Rheinland

The latest QNX OS for Safety 8.0 is certified by TUV Rheinland to meet the highest functional safety and cybersecurity standards, including ISO 26262 ASIL D, IEC 61508 SIL3, IEC 62304 Class C, and ISO/SAE 21434.

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QNX OS for Safety FAQ

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QNX SDP 8.0 and QOS 8.0 are completely binary compatible, meaning projects built for QNX SDP 8.0 can already be built for QOS 8.0. With compatible binaries, APIs, and Toolchains, a migration experience from QNX SDP 8.0 to QOS 8.0 mainly involves familiarizing oneself with the knowledge documented in the key safety artifacts delivered with the QOS, including the Safety and Security Manuals, and ensuring that best practices for safety and security are integrated into your embedded system.

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How do I port my QNX SDP 8.0 projects to QOS 8.0?

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Whether your product is a car, a surgical robot, a drone, or a power plant, choosing a software product certified under ISO/SAE 21434 is a powerful signal of cybersecurity excellence. This certification provides third-party validation that the product was developed with rigorous, risk-based security practices that are well in line with industry best practices, ensuring resilience against modern cyber threats. It reflects QNX's commitment to secure engineering, lifecycle risk management, and proactive threat mitigation.

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What value does using an OS certified to ISO/SAE 21434 provide?

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QNX OS for Safety 8.0 comes certified to an existing set of standards that allow it to be certifiable to a variety of other safety standards recognized across a variety of functional areas, including machinery, control systems, power plants, and rail systems. Such standards include, but are not limited to: IEC 62061, ISO 25119, IEC 61513, ISO 13849-1:2015, EN 50128, and EN 50657. QNX also delivers its decades of experience in the safety certification through custom services, helping you build a system that will meet the demanding certification needs of the environment where your products will operate.

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What if the certification my product needs is not listed?

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