Mentor Blogs

Automakers are looking for ways to integrate smartphone apps safely and securely into vehicle head units. Ford’s strategy for doing so is to offer its own application programming interface (API), AppLink, and it seems to be working for them. App developers interested in partnering with Ford can (re)write their apps to work with AppLink, and if Ford wants the apps we have a match. But if every automaker … Read More

Livio Connect, Ford, GENIVI-compliant, AppLink, KPIT Cummins, Livio, HTML5, in-vehicle infotainment

Mentor made significant announcements during a well-attended IESF in suburban Detroit.  Its Capital® tool suite has been accredited to IBM’s “Ready for IBM Rational” program, which validates integrations between IBM’s Rational Software Delivery Platform and adjacent applications, promising seamless interoperability. (In his IESF presentation, Paul Hansen, editor and publisher of the Hansen Report … Read More

Inflexion, in-vehicle infotainment, Rational Team Concert, Capital Harness, Capital tool suite, ADIT, IBM, Ready for Rational, Robert Bosch Car Multimedia GmbH, IESF, DENSO Corporation, Simco Ltd., GENIVI 2.0, The Hansen Report on Automotive Eelctronics

The increasing complexity of cars has taught automakers the value of cooperating with competitors on technology that customers won’t see and don’t care about but would be prohibitively expensive for a single automaker to develop in-house. Automakers and suppliers formed the GENIVI Alliance, for example, to create an open source (Linux-based) development platform for in-vehicle infotainment, facilitating … Read More

Jaguar Land Rover, intel, Genivi Alliance, Visteon, Microltron, MontaVista Software, QNX, Linux, Android, PSA Peugeot Citroën, in-vehicle infotainment, Magneti Marelli, Mentor Graphics, XS Embedded, Renault, Delphi, Microsoft, ARM

The GENIVI Alliance, which is working toward a scalable software architecture for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI), recently released an IVI software architecture report based on interviews with automakers, tier one firms, semiconductor suppliers, and service providers, including Alliance member and non-member companies. Relevant IVI architecture suppliers, according to the report, include Microsoft, … Read More

Microltron, MeeGo, Microsoft, Genivi Alliance, Strategy Analytics, Wind River, in-vehicle infotainment, Android, Moblin, Linux, Maemo OS, QNX, Roger Lanctot, IVI

It’s nice to see that some groups can work together for the common good. I’m thinking of the companies participating in the GENIVI Alliance. BMW, Delphi, General Motors, Intel, Magneti Marelli, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Visteon, and Wind River formed the Alliance a year ago to create an open source in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) reference platform. The initial version of the platform was released just nine … Read More

Magneti Marelli, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Delphi, ARM, Visteon, Graham Smethurst, Will Tu, in-vehicle infotainment, General Motors, Wind River, Genivi Alliance