CAMPBELL, Calif. and
WATERLOO, Ontario, Jan. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Global automotive
software company, Renovo, and BlackBerry QNX, a business unit of
BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB), announced today the
companies will cooperate to jointly develop and market
safety-critical data management solutions for use in the next
generation of connected and autonomous vehicles.
As part of the partnership, BlackBerry's QNX ISO 26262
safety-certified real time operating system (RTOS) will integrate
with Insight, Renovo's award-winning, intelligent automotive
data platform that accelerates development cycles, improves product
performance and reduces operational costs for R&D and
production fleets.
The BlackBerry QNX-Renovo partnership will deliver an innovative
ADAS & AV development platform, combining over 45 years of
experience and deep knowledge of embedded systems, highly scalable
software platforms and mission-critical safety systems. The
companies will reveal some of the new features created through
their partnership at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020.
"QNX RTOS is a world-class real-time OS providing global OEMs
with the highest levels of safety and reliability. We're immensely
proud to announce our partnership with BlackBerry," said
Chris Heiser, Co-Founder and CEO of
Renovo. "As leaders in our respective fields, we are excited to
join forces to accelerate ADAS and autonomous driving from the lab
to the open road."
BlackBerry QNX technology is embedded in 150 million cars on the
road today, including many of Renovo's own autonomous test fleet.
The integration with Renovo's platform is a critical component in
creating safe, reliable in-vehicle systems with a clear safety
certification path. The integration also brings the BlackBerry QNX
RTOS to the Renovo platform outside the vehicle, in edge computing,
equally vital to development and certification efforts. As
automakers continue to chase the $70
billion market for ADAS features, this partnership
represents a significant step forward for the integration of these
features at a larger scale than ever before. By working together,
Renovo and BlackBerry QNX hope to speed the development and
implementation of these features at scale across the
globe.
"Data is the lifeblood of software-defined vehicles of the
future and being able to rapidly identify actionable insights is a
critical problem facing the automotive industry," said John Wall, SVP and Co-Head, BlackBerry QNX. "By
combining Renovo's data management and technology expertise with
ours, we will bring a solution forward to accelerate the
development of safe and secure connected and autonomous
vehicles."
Visit Renovo at the BlackBerry booth #7515 in the North Hall
where a Renovo autonomous vehicle and other state-of-the-art
automotive technologies and software will be on display. Visit
www.BlackBerry.com and www.Renovo.auto for more
information on the world's leading products and services for the
automotive industry.
About BlackBerry
BlackBerry (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) is a
trusted security software and services company that provides
enterprises and governments with the technology they need to secure
the Internet of Things. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the company is unwavering
in its commitment to safety, cybersecurity and data privacy, and
leads in key areas such as artificial intelligence, endpoint
security and management, encryption and embedded systems. For more
information, visit BlackBerry.com and follow @BlackBerry.
About Renovo
Renovo is an award-winning automotive
vehicle software company focused on enabling the global
commercialization of autonomous vehicle fleets. Renovo's scalable
platform merges software, data management, and automotive-grade
safety systems into a unified solution for autonomous vehicle fleet
deployments. Renovo combines Silicon Valley agility with proven
automotive capabilities in a singular commitment to bring
autonomous vehicles to the greatest scale, highest safety and
lowest cost imaginable.
Media Contacts:
BlackBerry
(519) 597-7273
mediarelations@BlackBerry.com
Renovo Auto
Rick Medieros
Rick@CodewordAgency.com
209-330-3129
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