QNX collaborates with MicroSoft for software-defined vehicle innovations

QNX (BB) announced it is collaborating with Microsoft (MSFT) to make it easier for automakers to build, test, and refine software within the cloud, accelerating the development of Software-Defined Vehicles. As part of the collaboration, the QNX Software Development Platform 8.0 will soon be available on Microsoft Azure, providing developers with a robust and proven cloud environment to create, test and integrate the software that will power next-generation automotive and Internet of Things applications. Looking to the future, the two companies intend to work together to extend the solution to include the QNX Hypervisor and the new QNX Cabin, an innovative reference architecture that allows OEMs to develop hardware agnostic digital cockpits using the cloud.