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Fresh from being listed as one of the world ’ s ‘ most loved ’ workplaces , Wind River confirms a collaboration with Samsung Electronics ’ System LSI business to accelerate the softwaredefined vehicle , including development of high-quality in-vehicle infotainment ( IVI ) solutions , cabin monitoring and advanced driver-assistance features .
The automotive industry is evolving toward the software-defined vehicle , in which more features and functions are enabled primarily through software that can be updated quickly and easily .
Ensuring that developers have superior tools , processes and structures to create , test and update that software efficiently is a top priority for the entire industry .
To help drive this evolution , Wind River and Samsung will collaborate to provide customers with Wind River technology on Samsung ’ s Exynos Auto V920 chipset – a fully integrated software and hardware solution for automotive .
This integration will use Wind River Helix Virtualization Platform , a safety certifiable multi-core , multi-OS platform allowing end users to mix a diverse set of runtime environments , safe and / or non-safe , including the VxWorks real-time operating system ( RTOS ), Linux and Android .
“ A new software-defined approach is required for designing and developing the high-performance compute systems needed for connected , autonomous and electric vehicles ,” said Avijit Sinha , Chief Product Officer , Wind River .
“ Our collaboration with Samsung enables OEMs and Tier 1 ’ s to leverage our four decades of experience in developing safety-critical applications for aerospace and defense , industrial , medical and telecommunications customers toward building the certified , mixed-criticality software systems that are essential for the software-defined vehicles of the future .”
Hyeokman Kwon , Vice President of System LSI marketing , Samsung Electronics , said : “ Our latest 5nm automotive processor , Exynos Auto V920 , offers powerful and intelligent performance for a new level of in-vehicle experience with safer driving .
“ It ’ s able to run multiple applications on multiple VMs simultaneously in a highly power-efficient
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