BlackBerry QNX Releases Ultra-Scalable, High-Performance Compute Ready Operating System to Advance
BlackBerry Limited announced the early access release of QNX® Software Development Platform (SDP)
8.0 to enable automakers and IoT systems developers to deliver more powerful
products at lower costs, while maintaining the unparalleled safety, security
and reliability standards that QNX technology has long been known for.
Powered
by its new next generation QNX® operating system (OS), the company’s highest
performance, safe and secure embedded OS ever, SDP 8.0 is designed to realize
the performance potential of the increasing number of multi-core processors
that automakers and IoT systems developers are selecting for their products and
is the result of intense R&D work utilizing BlackBerry QNX’s leading IP and
unique experience in high performance EDGE computing.
Providing
a step-change in performance while maintaining its competitive differentiator
as an inherently safe and secure, POSIX compliant, real-time microkernel-based
OS, the new architecture has shown an impressive 1-to-1 performance scaling
factor as the number of cores increase, unprecedented for a commercial real
time operating system. With the next generation QNX OS, customers can now fully
realize the performance of next generation processors and reduce their overall
costs by maximizing utilization of the available compute resources, a boon for
the likes of automakers whose shift towards Software-Defined Vehicles has
brought an exponential amount of software-based architecture complexity.
QNX SDP
8.0 lays the foundation for the next generation BlackBerry® QNX® product
portfolio, including next generation QNX® OS for Safety, QNX® Hypervisor and
QNX® Hypervisor for Safety, allowing developers to reap the benefits of this
new technology irrespective of which BlackBerry QNX technology best suits their
requirement.
“The
automotive industry is redefining software in the vehicle,” said John Wall,
Senior Vice President, and Head of BlackBerry QNX. “Automotive architectures
are transitioning to zonal, central compute and ultimately Software Defined
Vehicles. The top to bottom scalability inherent to SDP 8.0, the QNX OS
for Safety and the QNX Hypervisor makes this a natural choice for automakers
looking for a total car OS.”
BlackBerry is working with NVIDIA to
integrate the QNX OS microkernel on the next-generation NVIDIA DRIVE Thor,
which delivers 2000 TFLOPS of performance and consolidates automated driving
with AI cockpit on a single centralized platform.
“The
combination of our DRIVE Thor centralized computer and the new QNX OS will
serve as a powerful foundation on which OEMs can build next-generation
automotive systems that offer the highest levels of safety and security,” said
Ali Kani, Vice President of Automotive at NVIDIA. “This represents another
major milestone in a nearly 20-year collaboration with BlackBerry QNX that has
helped both companies move to the forefront of the automotive industry.”
"With
more than 300 million vehicles capable of over-the-air software updates
expected to be on the road globally by 2032, automakers are clamoring for
better tools to help them develop compelling technology features in the
software-defined vehicle," said Alex Oyler, a director at SBD Automotive,
a leading global automotive technology research and consulting firm. "A
secured-by-design operating system that seamlessly integrates with other
software components on a high-performance system-on-chip represents the
foundation of a safe, secure, and seamless experience for drivers. Both
automakers and suppliers rely on validated software and well-integrated
development tools to help them more efficiently build and maintain
differentiating software for their fleets."
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