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Posts tagged with 'Wind River'

Keeping connected cars secure

Posted Apr 17, 2012, by John Day

As connected vehicle technology evolves, security is an increasing concern. Franz Walkembach, senior product manager for automotive solutions at Wind River, addresses the issue in an article worth reading (http://johndayautomotivelectronics.com/?p=9809). “The message is clear,” he writes. “Consumers want access to their important data at all times,” which means continuous connectivity and optimum integration … Read More

Tags: embedded virtualization, hypervisors, connected vehicle, Wind River, IVI (in-vehicle infotainment), malware

GENIVI Alliance compliance

Posted Aug 6, 2011, by John Day

The non-profit GENIVI Alliance (www.genivi.org) took a rather large step forward last week in its effort to drive adoption of an open source in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) development platform. The Alliance announced a compliance program to which four of its members have already signed on, as has the Linux Foundation. Canonical (Ubuntu IVI Remix), Mentor Graphics (Mentor Embedded IVI Base Platform), … Read More

Tags: Wind River, Ubuntu IVI Remix, Wind River Platform for Infotainment, Genivi Alliance, in-vehicle infotainment IIVI), Canonical, MontaVista, MontaVista Automotive Technology Platform, Mentor Embedded IVI Base Platform, Mentor Graphics

Look Ma, No Tail

Posted Feb 14, 2011, by J VanDomelen

The Northrop Grumman-built U.S. Navy X-47B, an Unmanned Combat Air System–Demonstration (UCAS-D) Next-gen Unmanned Fighter, took its maiden flight on a hazy California morning, Feb. 4, 2011 at Edwards Air Force Base. The flight began at 2:09 p.m. PST and lasted for 29 minutes. The goal of the program is to create a tailless, fighter-sized unmanned system capable of safely landing and taking off from … Read More

Tags: NAVAIR, Northrup Grumman, Parker Aerospace, Aviation, Computer, Pratt & Whitney, robot, Aerospace, Rockwell Collins, Skynet, Design, Design Automation, Software, Terminator, COTS, Dell, U.S. Navy, Eaton, DoD, Edwards Air Force Base, Vetronics, Warfighters, UAV, Wind River, X-47B, Hamilton Sundstrand, Goodrich, Engineer, Geek, General Electric, GKN Aerospace, Electric, electrical, Electronic, Embedded Systems, Moog, Hardware, Milaero, Military, Mentor.com, Mil-Aero, Mentor, Mentor Graphics, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin

It ain’t over ‘til it’s over

Posted Aug 17, 2010, by John Day

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

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

Working together for the common good

Posted Mar 25, 2010, by John Day

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

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