Blackberry and Qualcomm announce cooperation in the car industry. By joint efforts, the companies will develop platforms for the cars of the next generation.
Under the agreement, Blackberry will use Qualcomm chips in information-entertainment and telematic systems as well as interfaces of onboard electronics control and device panels, Finance.Ua reports quoting 3dnews.
As Reuters agency notes, the automobile technologies are one of the most rapidly increasing segments of IT field, as many car manufactures want to create new functions for unmanned driving and really autonomous cars.
Blackberry developed car solutions for long. For example, the Ford multimedia systems use the software BlackBerry QNX.
Previously, this year, Blackberry announced QNX Hypervisor 2.0 for QNX OS, which allows launching consumer applications in certain containers. This solution can separate the operation of critical program systems, responsible for management of certain units and mechanisms of the automobile, from programs, with which the users interact. QNX Hypervisor 2.0 supports the processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 820Am, specially designed for transport vehicles.