EMPRESS Embedded Database is a full-featured embedded database management software designed for both embedded and real-time applications on Unix, Linux, Windows and. The rise of Linux in in- vehicle infotainment (IVI)[Updated July 2. A Linux Foundation executive revealed that the 2. Toyota Lexus IS is the second major automobile to offer an in- vehicle infotainment (IVI) system based on Linux. Meanwhile, ABI Research projects that Linux will quickly grow to represent 2. Microsoft behind industry- leading QNX. Since the GENIVI Foundation was launched in 2. Linux, the move toward Linux- based IVI and connected automotive telematics systems has been halting. Now, however, a second car manufacturer — Toyota — is introducing a Linux IVI system, according to the Linux Foundation. Last year, GM’s Cadillac division released a Debian Linux- based Cadillac User Experience (CUE) IVI system, initially built into the Cadillac XTS and now also available in the Cadillac SRX. GM’s Cadillac CUE was built by GENIVI Alliance members Monta. Vista Software and Bosch and uses similar code, but is not listed as compliant with the open GENIVI spec. ![]() Cadillac XTS CUE IVI system(click image to enlarge)Yesterday, Rudolf Streif, Director of Embedded Solutions with the Linux Foundation and the Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) working group, outed Toyota’s 2. Lexus IS luxury sedan as being the second major car brand to offer a Linux- based IVI navigation system. Toyota does not mention Linux in its promotion for the Lexus IS, which appears to have recently gone on sale. It does, however, tout features like smartphone interconnectivity, 3. D map displays, and blind spot monitors, as well as automotive features like new styling and suspension. Toyota’s 2. 01. 4 Lexus IS has a Linux- based IVI system. Streif offered no tech details on the sedan’s inner tuxification, mentioning it in passing in his announcement for the Linux Foundation’s 3rd Annual Automotive Linux Summit, to be held Oct. Edinburgh, Scotland. Toyota is a foundational member of the AGL, although not, like GM, a member of GENIVI (see farther below for details). ABI sees growing role for Linux in automotive. Use of Linux is accelerating in automotive in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems, as indicated by industry analyst predictions and new car announcements. Yes software is expensive, and yes once you select your flavor you are basicly locked into the system due to capitol investment costs. Changing a system to another is. According to a report released this week by ABI, the total number of “OEM- installed connected car telematics systems,” which include IVI systems, will increase from around 7. Currently, Black. Berry’s QNX Software and Microsoft’s Windows Embedded Automotive together account for around 7. ABI. According to the ABI study, over the next 1. Linux will be the fastest growing platform in automotive computers, achieving 2. Linux “will slowly displace Microsoft’s Windows Embedded Automotive in importance,” predicts the research firm, although it’s unclear whether it will surpass Windows by 2. Earlier this year, Microsoft received something of a blow when its major partner Ford said it was releasing the proprietary source code for Ford’s Microsoft Windows Embedded Automotive based Sync platform to GENIVI. Ford is establishing an open- source GENIVI project called Smart. Phone. Link based on Sync that will contain the code and documentation necessary to implement its App. Link software into any vehicle’s IVI system for i. OS and Android devices. ![]() The Smart. Phone. Link code will be available on Linux and QNX in addition to Windows Embedded.“The automotive industry is set for a number of dramatic paradigm shifts,” stated ABI principal analyst, Gareth Owen. The adoption of open source platforms, such as GENIVI is just one example. In this regard, the automotive industry mirrors trends in mobile.”Both QNX and Microsoft have responded to the open source trend, but QNX has gone farther in opening its platform, suggests ABI. QNX developers “can now tap into established and innovative mobile- developer eco- systems for Android, HTML5, and Qt 5 apps,” stated Owen. With the pace of change in automotive still being quite slow, the mid- term future for QNX still looks bright. Plus QNX has the important advantage of having a tried and tested optimized solution. Hence, QNX is still an attractive solution for a risk- averse automotive industry.”GENIVI leads open source IVI efforts. Platforms based on GENIVI and other Linux and Android platforms are underway at numerous first- and second- tier automotive system providers. The fact that Linux has so far appeared in only two IVI systems in three car models reflects how slowly the complex automotive business moves. The glacial aspect of automotive development is tied in part to the emphasis on safety. As car computers increasingly do double duty, with navigation and infotainment on the one hand and increasingly complex in- car telematics on the other, their development must proceed more slowly than with a consumer electronics device. Yet, slow time to market is a problem with IVI, as the navigation and IVI systems launched today are often years behind similar functionality found on consumers’ smartphones and tablets. It is the very sluggishness of the industry that has inspired automakers to try out open source Linux solutions. With the time- saving advantage of reusable open source code, automotive suppliers can respond to new trends and reach market more quickly, while also saving money on the licensing fees they would pay to a QNX or Microsoft. One challenge with open source, however, is the need to track down and post source code for open- source components in order to avoid potential litigation. This challenge, along with the benefits that can be provided by standardization, is one reason why vendors are increasingly (PDF download) building systems based on the GENIVI Alliance spec. By using GENIVI code, vendors can be more secure that all licensing issues have been vetted. Although the GENIVI Alliance has yet to claim a single shipping automobile that has pre- installed equipment registered as compliant, a comment to this post by GENIVI Community Manager Jeremiah Foster of Pelagicore informs us that “a 2. GENIVI compliant is coming from a GENIVI member and there are more in the pipeline, both in the form of head units and likely rear seat entertainment systems.”GENEVI’s membership roster includes GM, Honda, BMW, Volvo, Hyundai, Renault, Peugeot, and Nissan, among others. Some 2. 3 first- tier automotive equipment providers have signed up with the GENIVI Foundation, as well as dozens of other technology companies, including ARM and Intel. Major Linux software vendors are invested in GENIVI, including Canonical (Ubuntu) Wind River, and Mentor Graphics, which earlier this year acquired Monta. Vista’s GENIVI/IVI business. Earlier this month, ABI Research released a related set of findings projecting that GENIVI- and Mirror. Link- compliant car connected automotive infotainment systems will increase from around 1. The findings were limited to North America, Western Europe, and the Asia- Pacific region. Mirrorlink supports most popular smartphones and tablets. Like the GENIVI Alliance, the Car Connectivity Consortium’s newer Mirror. Link is an open standard. However, it’s not limited to Linux, and it’s focused primarily on standardizing connections between automotive systems and mobile devices, as opposed to establishing the entire stack. The goal is to enable all applications found on a connected smartphone or tablet to be mirrored on the IVI display. The CCC shares many members in common with GENIVI, including GM, Honda, and Hyundai, and also includes manufacturers like Toyota and Volkswagon. GENIVI’s open source baseline code, which does not in itself indicate compliance, moves upstream to projects like Tizen, Mee. Go, Ubuntu, and Yocto. Tizen is the only current reference platform for the Linux Foundation’s relatively new Automotive Grade Linux working group. AGL counts GENIVI members Jaguar Land Rover and Nissan among its members, as well as Toyota. It’s unclear whether Toyota’s Lexus IS integrates any AGL- related technology. It’s also uncertain to what extent AGL is a facilitator or a rival to GENIVI. In April, AGL chair Streif told Linux. User that the first AGL spec would be GENIVI compliant. Streif also said he envisions AGL becoming more of a “community distribution” like Debian or Fedora that will provide reference platforms for other GENIVI- related projects. Android flying under the radar. If the relationship between GENIVI, AGL, Mirror. Link, and other open automotive efforts is still unclear, the growing presence of Android in automotive muddies the waters even more. ABI did not break out Android’s market share, which is presumably slim and built into the Linux figures.
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