BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) shares climbed 9% on Tuesday after Coretura selected Alloy Kore, a software platform jointly developed by BlackBerry’s QNX division and Vector, for its software-defined commercial vehicle architecture.
The agreement represents the first design win for Alloy Kore, which will serve as the safety-certified software foundation for high-performance computing within Coretura’s vehicle platform.
Coretura was established by Daimler Truck and Volvo Group to develop a common software-defined vehicle platform for commercial vehicles.
Coretura is developing its commercial vehicle architecture around a common platform and standard, with the aim of simplifying software development across vehicle programmes.
The company selected Alloy Kore through Vector Distribution, a ready-to-use implementation combining the automotive operating system foundation with Vector’s middleware, communications and integration capabilities.
The arrangement provides Coretura with an integrated software foundation for its high-performance computing architecture.
The selection marks Alloy Kore’s first announced design win since its development by QNX and Vector.
Alloy Kore integrates a safety-certified real-time operating system with a pre-integrated collection of common automotive system services.
The result is a scalable software foundation intended to support the development of software-defined vehicles.
The platform is designed to address challenges associated with fragmented automotive software development, including integration complexity, duplicated engineering work and rising costs.
By providing a common foundation, QNX and Vector aim to allow vehicle manufacturers to focus more of their engineering resources on applications and features that differentiate their products.
Johan Lundén, Chief Executive Officer of Coretura, said the company was established to accelerate the development of software-defined commercial vehicles.
“Coretura was founded to advance mobility at the speed of ideas,” Lundén said.
He added:
“We are building one foundation the industry can rely on, so our customers can concentrate their engineering on the applications that bring value to theirs.”
The company intends to use its common architecture to support software development across commercial vehicle applications.
John Wall, President of QNX, described Coretura’s selection as a significant development for software-defined commercial vehicles.
According to QNX, Alloy Kore is designed to help original equipment manufacturers develop differentiated vehicle features more quickly and efficiently while maintaining a consistent software foundation across development programmes.
The agreement establishes Coretura as the first announced customer to select Alloy Kore for a vehicle platform, extending the collaboration between QNX and Vector into a commercial vehicle development programme.
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