That's infotainment, that's infotainment: Android Automotive OS goes virtual with new reference platform
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/07/07/android_auto_goes_virtual_with/
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The platform uses OpenSynergy's COQOS hypervisor and runs on Qualcomm's SA8155 SoC. Although it's traditionally associated with the mobile sector, Qualcomm is also active in the automotive industry, and the SA8155 is one of its primary products. It uses a custom 64-bit Kyro CPU, alongside the Adreno 640 GPU, which also features on handsets like the Oppo Reno 5G and OnePlus 7.
Virtualisation is centred on the [1]VIRTIO standard . As you've perhaps guessed from the last two characters in the acronym, VIRTIO is focused on guest I/O, with device drivers working in a paravirtualised environment. Drivers are aware they're virtualised, and perform in tandem with the hypervisor.
VIRTIO is relatively old-hat, [2]first appearing in the Linux kernel in the late 2000s. It's since worked its way into professional virtualisation environments like VirtualBox, and can be found on some mobile devices, where it plays a role in hardware acceleration for graphically-intensive applications. OpenSynergy hopes that this reference platform will allow VIRTIO to deepen its foothold in the car market.
In a statement, Regis Adjamah, CEO of OpenSynergy, said: "We believe the time has come for the automotive industry to abandon proprietary solutions, to embrace open standards and compete on the quality of their implementation."
This effort comes as car manufacturers try to consolidate existing computerised systems (such as the infotainment system or heads-up display) into as few components as possible. This has a couple of advantages: firstly, it reduces auto manufacturers' component costs while purportedly allowing tighter integrations between the various vehicular subsystems.
It also coincides with a trend for vehicle makers to offer phone connectivity — powered by Apple Carplay and Android Auto — as a standard. That is, unless you've gone and bought the cheapest Dacia Sandero. ®
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[1] https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Virtio
[2] https://lwn.net/Articles/239238/
[3] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
Great....
Just what every busy commuter needs,
To be harassed about 'Reviewing their security settings', in an attempt to inveigle more tracking and ad serving, every time they get behind the wheel.
It's gonna be like the cars of the near future in Rob Grants 'Incompetence'.
Re: Great....
Maybe. But then you should read up on some of the reviews of the security of car electronic systems: there usually isn't any. Can you pwn that car quickly and easily while driving by? Yep. Does that car use default credentials? Yep… the list is long.
Just think of the ad that pops up when you have had an accident.....
You have just had an accident. Not your fault? Contact Dodgy, Dodgy and Dodgier Solicitors.
Let me put you through now.....
Re: Just think of the ad that pops up when you have had an accident.....
As we're talkings cars, perhaps it's "Dewey, Cheatem & Howe" ?
Re: Just think of the ad that pops up when you have had an accident.....
As we're talking cars, "Dewey, Cheatem & Howe" shirley?
Dachia Sandero
* Makes note of car without built-in spyware to consider buying.