BlackBerry has introduced an growth of its strategic partnership with Baidu, whose high-definition maps will run on the QNX Neutrino Actual-time Working System (RTOS) and will likely be mass-produced within the forthcoming GAC New Vitality Aion fashions from the EV arm of GAC Group (Guangzhou Car Group Co., Ltd.).
BlackBerry says the growth builds on the corporate’s January 2018 settlement to make BlackBerry QNX’s industry-leading ISO 26262 ASIL D licensed working system (OS) the inspiration for Baidu’s ‘Apollo’ autonomous driving open platform.
Baidu is likely one of the few high-definition map distributors with an Automotive SPICE certification from TÜV Rheinland – an {industry} certification that addresses inflexible necessities for the software program improvement course of for Tier 1 and Tier 2 automotive suppliers. With world-leading ranges of information granularity, Baidu’s high-definition maps present a important element for world automakers seeking to launch subsequent era linked and autonomous automobiles in China.
The QNX Neutrino RTOS basis for Baidu’s high-definition maps is a strong real-time microkernel working system that gives deterministic efficiency in addition to flexibility to handle the restricted assets of the embedded system.
“With BlackBerry QNX’s embedded software program as its basis, Baidu has made important progress as a part of its Apollo platform in establishing a business ecosystem for progressive applied sciences that OEMs can leverage for his or her subsequent era automobiles,” stated Dhiraj Handa, VP, Channel, Companions and APAC, BlackBerry Expertise Options. “We look ahead to persevering with to work carefully with Baidu to assist develop and deploy forefront autonomous driving and linked automobile applied sciences to satisfy the ever rising mission-critical and safety necessities of the automotive {industry}.”
“We goal to offer automobile producers with a transparent and quick path to the manufacturing of autonomous automobiles, with security and safety as the highest precedence. The BlackBerry QNX software program performs properly in useful security, community safety and reliability, whereas Baidu has achieved long-term improvement in synthetic intelligence and deep studying. Collectively, we might help automobile producers rapidly produce secure autonomous automobiles and promote the event collaboratively of the clever networked vehicle {industry},” stated Wang Yunpeng, Senior Director of Expertise Division of Baidu’s Clever Driving Group.
BlackBerry QNX offers OEMs and Tier 1s around the globe with foundational software program and cybersecurity applied sciences. BlackBerry QNX know-how is utilized in greater than 175 million automobiles on the highway of their superior driver help (ADAS), digital instrument clusters, connectivity modules, hands-free, and infotainment programs.
