Turin, Italy: Embedded software specialist Wind River and Magneti Marelli, an automotive systems and component supplier, have announced a technological collaboration to create the first GENIVI-compliant in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) solution for the automotive industry.
“Starting with BMW, Wind River and Magneti Marelli are providing car manufacturers with an IVI solution, delivering the latest infotainment technologies via open-source software, which promotes the acceleration of innovation while reducing time-to-market and development costs,” commented Alexander Kocher, vice president and general manger for automotive solutions at Wind River.
The GENIVI open-source platform standard aims to provide automobile manufacturers and their suppliers a common underlying framework to simplify elements of the IVI development process.
The IVI solution, which complies with the GENIVI standard, can support a range of control module or “head unit” architectures and is available and customizable for all car manufacturers.