Making Infotainment Systems Become Intelligent - Hypervisor Approach to Incorporate Android or AliOS in a Current IVI

Berlin/Ningbo, 17 March, 2021 —— JOYNEXT and OpenSynergy announce their joint mass production project: a new generation of in-vehicle infotainment bringing this domain to the next level without adding more complexity to the electronic system of the cars. The systems contain a well-known reliable full-featured infotainment system and another smartphone-like open platform, which offers the flexibility to download apps from the app store. Both subsystems are running on one single high-performance system on chip side-by-side with the help of JOYNEXT’s integration about OpenSynergy’s COQOS Hypervisor SDK.

On JOYNEXT’s design, COQOS Hypervisor SDK enables the convergence of the infotainment systems and the platform for individual app downloads on a single System-on-Chip (SoC). While additional resources (e.g. RAM, CPU, Flash) for the new OS need to be taken into account, COQOS Hypervisor does not require significant overhead, especially because of the minimalistic architectural approach of the hypervisor. The existing infotainment system maintains its performance, as it continues to use native drivers (pass-through) after adding the virtual machine. 

With JOYNEXT’s innovative concept and strict requirements, this hypervisor approach integrates perfectly COQOS Hypervisor SDK and CE-grade operating systems on top of the existing custom IVI, which leverages both of JOYNEXT and OpenSynergy’s investment made during many years of intense customer-driven development. JOYNEXT’s unique solution concept actually helps both quickly provide up-to-date features to customers (e.g. online services, access to App stores) by using the current IVI already in production product.

JOYNEXT is a direct supplier (Tier1) for the automotive industry and has been a development partner and system supplier of well-known automotive manufacturers for over 20 years. Their connected infotainment and smart connectivity gateway technologies can be found in well over ten million vehicles worldwide. JOYNEXT’s 5G-V2X product also will boost the development of autonomous driving related technologies.

Realizing this kind of innovative system, JOYNEXT reduces the cost of material and weight of the car, while offering a new experience to its customer. Moreover, the intercommunication between the systems is much more performant since they run on the same ECU.

Regis Adjamah, CEO of OpenSynergy, emphasizes “With JOYNEXT, we bring the best of two worlds together: reliable full-featured OEM infotainment systems and smartphone-like open platforms. The integration is quick and the performance is close to native.”

JOYNEXT Board Chairman & CEO, Mr. Yuan Liu, recognizes OpenSynergy’s cooperation and efforts on this IVI project and adds: “It is always the rapidly changing market needs that drive JOYNEXT to create scalable and adaptable solutions. I believe that by working more closely with our excellent partners, such as OpenSynergy, JOYNEXT is better prepared to meet the diverse expectations of end users around the world."

About OpenSynergy

INTEGRATING THE DRIVER EXPERIENCE

OpenSynergy provides embedded software products for the next generation of vehicles. Its hypervisor and communication products pave the way for an integrated driving experience.

The automotive virtual platform COQOS Hypervisor SDK integrates a mix of real-time applications and open source solutions on powerful domain controllers. It supports a large bundle of features corresponding to the virtualization standard VIRTIO, creating maximum flexibility: guest operating systems can be used and reused on different Systems on Chips. OpenSynergy cooperates with the primary Operating System (OS) providers to ensure that Android, AGL, AliOS, and other OS are entirely supported.

The automotive leading Bluetooth® stack Blue SDK is one of OpenSynergy’s communications platforms. It is the reference Bluetooth® implementation for many OEMs around the world. The variant Blue SDK Fusion offers a reliable Automotive-Grade Bluetooth stack for Android™ Automotive OS.

OpenSynergy further provides complimentary Automotive-Grade software components tailored for the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) to boost Android’s adoption in the automotive domain.

OpenSynergy also provides engineering services to support the customization of its products.

Read more on www.opensynergy.com

About JOYNEXT

JOYNEXT is the Automotive Connectivity BU of Joyson Electronics. Headquartered in Ningbo, China. We have around 1,300 employees, including over 800 R&D engineers, working across four R&D centers, three global manufacturing locations, and seven customer centers around the world.

With over two decades of experience as a Tier-1 supplier to the world’s top automotive makers, we have established and maintained long-term partnerships with leading automotive brands, such as Volkswagen, Audi, and Ford. Putting ourselves in the shoes of our users, we are consistently working on intelligent car networking solutions of vital importance to both car makers and users. Through our V2X (Vehicle to Everything) technology, we have achieved the intelligent connectivity of cars, infrastructure, and even mobile devices, such as smartphones, for advancing the uptake of autonomous driving. In addition to our diverse range of exemplary cloud-based service features, we also deliver IoV-related SaaS/SaaP services, such as navigation and AR engines.

Balancing innovation with sustainability, our success is built on a strong foundation of product R&D and in novation, industrialization, connectivity services, automotive cyber security, and more. Our in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) and intelligent networking technologies have been used in over ten million cars around the world. Moreover, JOYNEXT won an order of 5G-V2X, and became one of the world's first 5G-V2X mass producers.

Working together with employees around the world, we are dedicated to delivering next-gen technologies, making continuous efforts in shaping future smart mobility!