GENIVI Alliance Unveils Member Compliance Program
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on August 16, 2011 at 11:28:01 AM
GENIVI Alliance Unveils Member Compliance Program
SAN RAMON, California, August 16, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
- First Five GENIVI Compliant Solutions Approved
The GENIVI Alliance, an automotive and consumer electronics industry
association driving the development and adoption of an open In-Vehicle
Infotainment (IVI) reference platform, today announced the availability of
its newly-created Compliance Program to its member companies. This milestone
program is the result of 14 months of painstaking research and investigation
among GENIVI "expert groups" -- with broad representation across the
membership -- to define a detailed set of technical requirements.
GENIVI members Canonical, Mentor Graphics, MontaVista, and Wind River,
along with the Linux Foundation are the first to have offerings approved as
GENIVI compliant, enabling them to qualify for OEM request for proposals
requiring GENIVI compliant products.
"This program embodies the natural flow within GENIVI from aligned
requirements, to identified components which meet those requirements, to a
packaged, re-usable platform," said Steve Crumb, executive director, GENIVI
Alliance. "The program clarifies what is expected for members wishing to
provide compliant software solutions."
"Jaguar Land Rover and other GENIVI member automotive OEMs are now
specifying GENIVI compliance in their requests for proposals (RFPs) for
future IVI systems," said Matt Jones, Jaguar Land Rover Infotainment Lead
and GENIVI vice president. "To respond to these RFPs, software suppliers
need to have demonstrated that they can produce products and services that
meet the GENIVI compliance requirements."
The program also provides the foundations for delivering the benefits of
using the GENIVI platform. These benefits are: speeds time-to-market;
dramatically reduces development costs; provides code transparency; broadens
options for integrating and customizing solutions and increases IVI
interchangeability across vehicle makes and models.
In addition to allowing multiple distributions to be compliant, the
program encourages member companies to offer different versions of
components enabling diversity while still being compliant, allowing
replacement of a particular component or group of components with another
open-source or proprietary implementation that satisfies the compliance
criteria.
For further information on GENIVI's compliance program and current list
of GENIVI complaint products, visit http://www.genivi.org/compliance.
About GENIVI Alliance
GENIVI Alliance is a non-profit industry association whose mission is to
drive the broad adoption of an In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) open source
development platform. GENIVI will accomplish this by aligning requirements,
delivering reference implementations, offering certification programs and
fostering a vibrant open source IVI community. GENIVI's work will result in
shortened development cycles, quicker time-to-market, and reduced costs for
companies developing IVI equipment and software. GENIVI is headquartered in
San Ramon, Calif. http://www.genivi.org.
Media Contact- GENIVI:
Craig Miner
+1-248-840-8368
cminer1@att.net
Linux Foundation MeeGo IVI Project
MeeGo IVI is a true open-source solution for next generation in-vehicle
infotainment systems built on Linux. It is architected from the ground up
with connected mobile devices in mind providing essential features such as
fast boot, power efficiency, small footprint, networking and telephony
stacks. Together with its build infrastructure and application development
SDK it provides the ideal platform to jump-start development on various
hardware platforms including Intel(R) architecture and ARM. OEMs, Tier 1s
and OSVs can extend and modify the MeeGo IVI platform to their requirements
while getting the most return on investment by leveraging an open and
maintained platform. MeeGo IVI follows a strong roadmap with a twice a year
release cadence integrating the latest but proven Linux technologies such as
SystemD, BTRFS, Wayland, etc. into a production-ready platform.
Mentor Embedded IVI Base Platform
The Mentor Embedded IVI Base Platform provides a GENIVI compliant
foundation for in-vehicle infotainment software development. The IVI Base
Platform integrates graphics, communication and multimedia middleware with
libraries, system infrastructure, and management components on top of Linux
and relevant drivers. When combined with Mentor Embedded development tools
and expert services, automotive OEMs and their suppliers have a
comprehensive solution for building the next generation of IVI systems on
open source software. The Mentor Embedded IVI Base Platform is available for
Intel(R) architecture and ARM Cortex architectures.
MontaVista Automotive Technology Platform (ATP)
Leveraging MontaVista's 10+ years of Embedded Linux experience, the
MontaVista Automotive Technology Platform (ATP) contains hardened frameworks
for graphics, video, sound, USB, Bluetooth, Location Based Services,
security, customizable UI and much more. The MontaVista ATP is highly tuned
in the areas of performance, ultra fast boot and power management on select
automotive-specific platforms based on ARM and Intel(R) Atom(TM)-based
architectures.
Some of the key components of MontaVista Automotive Technology Platform
include: Linux-based, GENIVI Compliant platform with fast boot/start up,
high performance, power management and security options built in;
comprehensive networking and internet support; multimedia capabilities for
audio and video requirements; integration for consumer devices via Bluetooth
or APIs; vendor specific UI customization and fully integrated tool set for
application development.
Ubuntu IVI Remix
The Ubuntu IVI Remix is based on Ubuntu Core, a sub set of Ubuntu
technologies suited for the next generation of Internet-enabled embedded
devices such as IVI systems. It supports both Intel and ARM-based
microprocessors, allowing software development to easily target platforms
using either architecture.
The Ubuntu IVI Remix also supports Ubuntu One, a personal cloud service
that enables users to access their personal media and stream their music
from anywhere in the world. Ubuntu One's APIs are fully open allowing
developers to take advantage of innovation in loud technology in future
designs to deliver advanced capabilities into IVI solutions.
Wind River Platform for Infotainment
Wind River Platform for Infotainment is a software platform for
in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) devices. By providing automotive equipment
manufacturers with a powerful and reliable foundation for IVI devices as
well as world-class commercial support and services, Wind River helps
customers save on development time and costs, allowing them to focus on the
technologies that will differentiate their IVI products and accelerate
time-to-market. Wind River is a founding member of the GENIVI Alliance and
plays a key role in this consortium by developing, integrating, testing and
contributing key automotive middleware and hardware integration components.
With Wind River's strong history of automotive expertise and innovation,
OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers worldwide have long relied on Wind River to
deliver leading edge and proven automotive technologies and services
supporting both Intel(R) architecture and ARM architectures.
Source: GENIVI Alliance
.
SAN RAMON, California, August 16, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
- First Five GENIVI Compliant Solutions Approved
The GENIVI Alliance, an automotive and consumer electronics industry
association driving the development and adoption of an open In-Vehicle
Infotainment (IVI) reference platform, today announced the availability of
its newly-created Compliance Program to its member companies. This milestone
program is the result of 14 months of painstaking research and investigation
among GENIVI "expert groups" -- with broad representation across the
membership -- to define a detailed set of technical requirements.
GENIVI members Canonical, Mentor Graphics, MontaVista, and Wind River,
along with the Linux Foundation are the first to have offerings approved as
GENIVI compliant, enabling them to qualify for OEM request for proposals
requiring GENIVI compliant products.
"This program embodies the natural flow within GENIVI from aligned
requirements, to identified components which meet those requirements, to a
packaged, re-usable platform," said Steve Crumb, executive director, GENIVI
Alliance. "The program clarifies what is expected for members wishing to
provide compliant software solutions."
"Jaguar Land Rover and other GENIVI member automotive OEMs are now
specifying GENIVI compliance in their requests for proposals (RFPs) for
future IVI systems," said Matt Jones, Jaguar Land Rover Infotainment Lead
and GENIVI vice president. "To respond to these RFPs, software suppliers
need to have demonstrated that they can produce products and services that
meet the GENIVI compliance requirements."
The program also provides the foundations for delivering the benefits of
using the GENIVI platform. These benefits are: speeds time-to-market;
dramatically reduces development costs; provides code transparency; broadens
options for integrating and customizing solutions and increases IVI
interchangeability across vehicle makes and models.
In addition to allowing multiple distributions to be compliant, the
program encourages member companies to offer different versions of
components enabling diversity while still being compliant, allowing
replacement of a particular component or group of components with another
open-source or proprietary implementation that satisfies the compliance
criteria.
For further information on GENIVI's compliance program and current list
of GENIVI complaint products, visit http://www.genivi.org/compliance.
About GENIVI Alliance
GENIVI Alliance is a non-profit industry association whose mission is to
drive the broad adoption of an In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) open source
development platform. GENIVI will accomplish this by aligning requirements,
delivering reference implementations, offering certification programs and
fostering a vibrant open source IVI community. GENIVI's work will result in
shortened development cycles, quicker time-to-market, and reduced costs for
companies developing IVI equipment and software. GENIVI is headquartered in
San Ramon, Calif. http://www.genivi.org.
Media Contact- GENIVI:
Craig Miner
+1-248-840-8368
cminer1@att.net
Linux Foundation MeeGo IVI Project
MeeGo IVI is a true open-source solution for next generation in-vehicle
infotainment systems built on Linux. It is architected from the ground up
with connected mobile devices in mind providing essential features such as
fast boot, power efficiency, small footprint, networking and telephony
stacks. Together with its build infrastructure and application development
SDK it provides the ideal platform to jump-start development on various
hardware platforms including Intel(R) architecture and ARM. OEMs, Tier 1s
and OSVs can extend and modify the MeeGo IVI platform to their requirements
while getting the most return on investment by leveraging an open and
maintained platform. MeeGo IVI follows a strong roadmap with a twice a year
release cadence integrating the latest but proven Linux technologies such as
SystemD, BTRFS, Wayland, etc. into a production-ready platform.
Mentor Embedded IVI Base Platform
The Mentor Embedded IVI Base Platform provides a GENIVI compliant
foundation for in-vehicle infotainment software development. The IVI Base
Platform integrates graphics, communication and multimedia middleware with
libraries, system infrastructure, and management components on top of Linux
and relevant drivers. When combined with Mentor Embedded development tools
and expert services, automotive OEMs and their suppliers have a
comprehensive solution for building the next generation of IVI systems on
open source software. The Mentor Embedded IVI Base Platform is available for
Intel(R) architecture and ARM Cortex architectures.
MontaVista Automotive Technology Platform (ATP)
Leveraging MontaVista's 10+ years of Embedded Linux experience, the
MontaVista Automotive Technology Platform (ATP) contains hardened frameworks
for graphics, video, sound, USB, Bluetooth, Location Based Services,
security, customizable UI and much more. The MontaVista ATP is highly tuned
in the areas of performance, ultra fast boot and power management on select
automotive-specific platforms based on ARM and Intel(R) Atom(TM)-based
architectures.
Some of the key components of MontaVista Automotive Technology Platform
include: Linux-based, GENIVI Compliant platform with fast boot/start up,
high performance, power management and security options built in;
comprehensive networking and internet support; multimedia capabilities for
audio and video requirements; integration for consumer devices via Bluetooth
or APIs; vendor specific UI customization and fully integrated tool set for
application development.
Ubuntu IVI Remix
The Ubuntu IVI Remix is based on Ubuntu Core, a sub set of Ubuntu
technologies suited for the next generation of Internet-enabled embedded
devices such as IVI systems. It supports both Intel and ARM-based
microprocessors, allowing software development to easily target platforms
using either architecture.
The Ubuntu IVI Remix also supports Ubuntu One, a personal cloud service
that enables users to access their personal media and stream their music
from anywhere in the world. Ubuntu One's APIs are fully open allowing
developers to take advantage of innovation in loud technology in future
designs to deliver advanced capabilities into IVI solutions.
Wind River Platform for Infotainment
Wind River Platform for Infotainment is a software platform for
in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) devices. By providing automotive equipment
manufacturers with a powerful and reliable foundation for IVI devices as
well as world-class commercial support and services, Wind River helps
customers save on development time and costs, allowing them to focus on the
technologies that will differentiate their IVI products and accelerate
time-to-market. Wind River is a founding member of the GENIVI Alliance and
plays a key role in this consortium by developing, integrating, testing and
contributing key automotive middleware and hardware integration components.
With Wind River's strong history of automotive expertise and innovation,
OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers worldwide have long relied on Wind River to
deliver leading edge and proven automotive technologies and services
supporting both Intel(R) architecture and ARM architectures.
Source: GENIVI Alliance
.