Kanata firm's Black Channel Communications platform is designed to ensure a vehicle’s embedded safety systems are able to seamlessly and securely exchange data.
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What Happened: Although BlackBerry’s QNX software is used in more than 175 million vehicles, Motional will be the first to use the software in fully autonomous vehicles. Blackberry’s QNX platform is designed to protect data communication within the vehicle and the “product makes the countless nodes of data communication in embedded systems functionally safe.”
Why It Matters: Motional prides itself on a legacy of safety, a priority shared by BlackBerry which has developed its QNX technology with safety and security at the forefront.
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BlackBerry Expands Partnership with Baidu to Power Next Generation Autonomous Driving Technology
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WATERLOO, ON and BEIJING, Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today announced an expansion of its strategic partnership with Baidu, whose high-definition maps will run on the QNX® Neutrino® Real-time Operating System (RTOS) and will be mass-produced in the forthcoming GAC New Energy Aion models from the EV arm of GAC Group (Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd.).
The milestones build on the company s January 2018 agreement to make BlackBerry QNX s industry-leading ISO 26262 ASIL D certified operating system (OS) the foundation for Baidu s Apollo autonomous driving open platform.
BlackBerry expands Baidu partnership to take autonomous driving to a higher gear The partnership expansion focuses on automotive safety as autonomous driving capabilities proliferate in the years ahead. Image: iStock/onlyyouqj
Some of the biggest names in the tech and automotive industries are racing to develop autonomous vehicles and have these systems ready for the open road in the years ahead. As our sister site ZDNet reported in January of 2018, BlackBerry previously announced a partnership with Baidu, which involved incorporating the company s QNX operating platform with Baidu s autonomous vehicle platform, Apollo. On Monday, BlackBerry announced an expansion of this partnership to assist with the software side of the burgeoning autonomous vehicles market.