Red Hat to drive open innovation in software-defined vehicles

Red Hat has announced a comprehensive partner ecosystem collaborating around Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System to pre-integrate silicon, middleware, application software and services on the platform, propelling the next generation of software-defined vehicles.

The automotive industry's transition to software-defined architectures demands a new era of collaboration. While automakers have long relied on a diverse ecosystem of IP providers, silicon vendors, independent software vendors (ISVs), tier-1 suppliers and global systems integrators (GSIs), the shift towards a software-centric design approach necessitates more focused partnerships. Red Hat is actively cultivating these targeted collaborations to ensure Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System effectively underpins this transformation.

By bringing together a robust ecosystem of trusted industry leaders, Red Hat enables the automotive industry with greater confidence and choice when deploying Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System, helping automakers deliver more capable, software-defined vehicles in a shorter amount of time. For instance –

·         With silicon vendors, Red Hat enables software portability through hardware abstraction to enable faster software design while ensuring that key silicon features remain available for upper layers of the software stack. 

·         Middleware and software vendors help drive more seamless integration for critical applications running on Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System. 

·         Systems integrators are collaborating with Red Hat to build end-to-end solutions and system capabilities to accelerate design processes and shorten test cycles, transforming the vehicle into a high-value platform that can deliver richer end-user experiences and unlock new revenue streams for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).