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The Car as an IT Security Use Case
Safety and Security for embedded automotive systems can be achieved by using microkernel technology. Dr. Matthias Gerlach, Customer Project Lead of OpenSynergy, explains this in his presentation at Teletrust, the Federal Association for IT Security, on May 11, 2012 in Berlin. On the information day dealing with „The Car as an IT Security Use Case” Teletrust addresses the danger of attacks on IT security of cars.
Final Symposium of VirtuOS
Can automotive manufacturers reuse avionics software in cars? How can avionics software be used in ISO 26262 developments? Technical University of Berlin, Fraunhofer Institute FIRST and the Berlin based software company OpenSynergy addressed these questions during their three years joint research project called VirtuOS (Virtual Architectures for Safe Automotive system with cross-domain and safety-relevant communication). On the final Symposium on April 26, 2012 the partners presented their results.
COQOS now in Japan too
OTSL, a Japanese distributor for embedded systems, real-time systems and short-range wireless systems is now distributor for OpenSynergy’s core product COQOS. Members of the two companies have signed the contract this morning. OpenSynergy’s General Manager Stefaan Sonck Thiebaut in a comment on the contract: “We are glad that now COQOS will become known in Japan’s automotive industry. We are convinced that OTSL is the best partner towards this goal.”
Fraunhofer affirms COQOS as right approach
Future embedded automotive applications will require the computing power of multi-core processors. In his article “Virtualization Technology for Optimal Use of Multi-core Processors” on elektronik.net.de Robert Hilbrich from Fraunhofer Institute FIRST explains that virtualization technology is the right choice for the integration of several software functions on a single multi-core processor.
Virtualization for Multi-Core Processors in Cars
OpenSynergy is one of 30 companies and institutions nationwide to participate in the ARAMiS (automotive, railway, and avionics multi-core system) research initiative. Automobile manufacturers such as BMW, Daimler, Audi, suppliers such as Bosch and Continental, aircraft companies EADS and Airbus, as well as technology companies such as Intel, Freescale and SYSGO are partnering in the initiative. ARAMiS supports the development of concepts for multi-core processors in cars, trains and airplanes.
Big success on embedded world 2012
Embedded world 2012 in Nuremberg has been a great success for OpenSynergy: a large number of visitors, much interest for the COQOS live demonstration and some concrete business intentions by renowned companies. “The exhibition has shown that virtualization technology has already reached series projects,” summarized OpenSynergy’s General Manager Rolf Morich.
Visit us at embedded world 2012
At the upcoming embedded world in Nuremberg, OpenSynergy is showing its standards-based software platform COQOS at two locations. COQOS makes it possible to build automotive infotainment and telematics systems that include Linux and/or Android, satisfy automotive requirements and are AUTOSAR-compliant.
New COQOS distributor in South Korea
The Korean company MDS Technology is now OpenSynergy’s distributor for South Korea. MDS will also provide customer services and technical support. Focus is on selling COQOS. Through MDS OpenSynergy enters the market of another economically powerful country in Asia.
MDS Technology has been focusing on the embedded industry for more than 15 years and has about 1.000 customer companies including Samsung, LG, Hyundai and others.
Presentation at Elektronik automotive congress
During the 4th Elektronik automotive congress, taking place on February 15th and 16th in Munich, Matthias Gerlach will give a talk on “Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and Infotainment on one Platform”. In this presentation he will introduce a micro-kernel-based architecture that makes it possible to safely integrate Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Infotainment applications on one piece of hardware. Even ADAS based on car-to-car and car-to-infrastructure communication can be securely integrated using this approach.
COQOS at French Real Time Event
OpenSynergy is going to demonstrate COQOS at “ERTS² 2012 – Embedded Real Time Software and Systems” from February 1 to 3, 2012 in Toulouse, France. 60 exhibitors are expected at the conference and the exhibition. The COQOS demonstrator will be presented at the booth of OpenSynergy’s partner SYSGO. The demonstrator exemplifies the main features and unique advantages of COQOS in five concrete use-cases: real time performance, security, full-featured Android virtualization, fast boot of the CAN-interface and connectivity between the CAN-bus and Linux.