Last year, BlackBerry opened a research center in Canada, which was supposed to do the adaptation of the QNX software platform to the needs of car manufacturers with "autopilot" systems. Apparently, it's time to talk about the first fruits of cooperation with customers in this area, as the head of the BlackBerry John Chen talked about some agreements reached at the quarterly reporting conference.
Let's start with the fact that BlackBerry managed to develop a software solution HyperVisor 2.0, which allows you to create virtual containers to run isolated environments on the same equipment that can output information to the virtual instrument panel of the car, as well as to manage the on-board infotainment system, respectively . Hacker attack on the latter, according to Cheney, will not cause a virtual dash panel failure. Since both containers operate on the same hardware, it is a good opportunity for car manufacturers to save on components without compromising security.
The HyperVisor software has already been adopted by Qualcomm Corporation, which is developing a solution for the virtual instrument panel. But NVIDIA has agreed with BlackBerry to use the QNX real-time operating system with its "on-board supercomputer" DRIVE PX2, which is used by many "autopilot" systems. For example, Volvo and Tesla build their systems of active assistance to the driver on this platform, Volkswagen / Audi is also actively interested in it, on the approach of Toyota Corporation. The head of BlackBerry market capacity of such services is estimated at $ 30 billion, so you should not worry that the company's business in the segment of smartphones and software for them is not very smooth.
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