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BlackBerry Limited announced that CARIAD the Volkswagen Groups software company has selected BlackBerry QNX technology as one component of its software platform VW.OS. Announced as part of Volkswagen Groups NEW AUTO strategy CARIAD is developing a unified software platform that consists of VW.OS the Volkswagen Cloud VW.AC and a scalable unified end-to-end electronic architecture. The platform will be available for Volkswagen Group brands from the middle of the decade.BlackBerry will license its BlackBerry QNX technology to CARIAD including its QNX OS for Safety 2.2. It will be integrated in CARIADs software platform VW.OS specifically in the stack for advanced driver assistance systems and automated driving functions ADASAD. Within this ADASAD stack of VW.OS QNX OS for Safety 2.2 will serve as a reliable safe and secure foundation. As part of the agreement BlackBerry QNX will also provide professional engineering and consulting services for system-level integration performance optimization and solution validation.From chip to cloud BlackBerry QNX is trusted by the worlds leading automotive companies for our leading-edge embedded software solutions that deliver safety reliability and security said John Wall SVP and Head BlackBerry Technology Solutions. With the industry coalescing around the pursuit of the software-defined vehicle we look forward to working closely with CARIAD to help enable the cutting-edge cars of the future.Based on BlackBerrys advanced and secure QNX Neutrino real-time operating system RTOS QNX OS for Safety is a fully POSIX compliant open standards-based operating system that embedded developers can use to build safety-critical systems and has been certified to ISO 26262 ASIL D the automotive industrys highest functional safety standard. With a pre-certified scalable microkernel RTOS the solution enables automakers and embedded software developers in a wide variety of industries to accelerate their development timelines and reduce the cost in moving projects from research to production.BlackBerrys pedigree in safety security and continued innovation has led to the use of its QNX technology in production programs with 45 different OEMs 77 of the top Tier 1s and over 215 million vehicles worldwide.For more information on how BlackBerry QNX can help with building the safe and secure vehicles of tomorrow please visit BlackBerry.QNX.com.
