With an aim to accelerate the deployment of integrated Digital Cockpit solutions for the world's leading OEMs, BlackBerry has announced an expansion of its collaboration in China with Marelli.
According to a communication from the company, the expansion follows previous technology collaboration announcements focused on Digital Cluster developments in 2016 and 2018.
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BlackBerry and Marelli began co-developing embedded cockpit systems for four major Chinese automakers in 2016. In 2018, the two companies extended the collaboration to utilize the QNX® Platform for Digital Cockpits in Marelli's Electronic Systems Cockpit and Digital Cluster solution.
Marelli has chosen its QNX Neutrino RTOS and QNX Hypervisor to power their Cockpit Domain Controller, a critical in-vehicle system featuring infotainment and digital cluster functions. The QNX Neutrino RTOS has been adopted across a number of Marelli's in-production projects in China.
This engagement marks a significant milestone in the collaboration between BlackBerry and Marelli and demonstrates their shared commitment to empowering a connected transportation future with secure, safe, and innovative mobility technologies.
Leveraging QNX® Neutrino RTOS and QNX Hypervisor, Marelli's Cockpit Domain Controller solution is both flexible and scalable. BlackBerry QNX software also enables Marelli's Cockpit DCU solution to consolidate multiple systems with mixed criticality and different operating environments onto a single powerful hardware and software platform. This reduces both the initial development and long-term costs of ownership while still ensuring the highest functional safety and security standards, providing an enhanced, unified and integrated user experience to all passengers.
John Wall, SVP and Co-Head, BlackBerry Technology Solutions, said, 'Together, we will continue to deliver innovative, integrated and intelligent next generation cockpit technology to the market underpinned by BlackBerry's safety-certified, secure and reliable solutions.'
David Fan, EVP and President, Marelli China, said, 'A strong collaboration between BlackBerry and Marelli allows us to provide a safe, secure and reliable Digital Cockpit for Chinese OEMs and auto.
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