CHELMSFORD, United Kingdom,
April 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/
-- Leading automotive electronics supplier Visteon and Linux
software specialist Codethink are partnering to improve the
long-term traceability and reproducibility of software used in
in-vehicle infotainment products.
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Visteon and Codethink have developed a unified approach to
collect and integrate Linux ecosystem source code across the wide
range of third-party and open source components used in Visteon's
infotainment projects with global automakers. Both companies are
members of the GENIVI® alliance, a non-profit industry alliance
committed to driving the broad adoption of specified, open source,
In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) software.
The approach combines key elements of the Baserock and Yocto
open source projects. Visteon is believed to be the first
organization to use Baserock's upstream source management
functionality to support Yocto builds.
"As our software platforms are becoming increasingly global, we
identified several benefits of combining the best elements of the
Baserock and Yocto approaches," said Christian Feltgen, vice president of Visteon's
technology office. "It provides us with local capture of the Yocto
upstream build "recipe" and enables teams to either cross-compile
using Yocto or build natively in Baserock – depending on the
requirements for each project."
"We are delighted to see Visteon contributing to the open source
ecosystem and innovating this way" said Codethink's CEO,
Paul Sherwood. "This new approach
has the potential to minimize maintenance costs for long-term
product support in Visteon's connected vehicle solutions."
About Visteon
Visteon is a global company that designs, engineers and
manufactures innovative products for nearly every vehicle
manufacturer worldwide. Visteon currently delivers value for its
customers and shareholders through two technology-focused
businesses: vehicle cockpit electronics and thermal management.
Visteon currently owns 70 percent of Halla Visteon Climate Control
Corp., one of only two global full-line automotive thermal
management suppliers. With corporate offices in Van Buren Township, Mich. (U.S.); Shanghai, China; and Chelmsford, UK; Visteon has approximately
25,500 employees at facilities in 26 countries. Visteon had sales
of $7.5 billion in 2014. Learn more
at www.visteon.com.
About Codethink
Codethink specializes in developing system-level software to
enable advanced technical applications, working across a range of
industries including finance, automotive, telecoms and medical. As
experts in Free and Open Source Software, they help customers take
maximum advantage of the knowledge and technologies developed by
the Open Source community. Their customers are international-scale
organizations who seek competitive edge through design of systems
which are faster, smaller, more secure, more up-to-date, or more
advanced than their competitors.
More about the Yocto project: http://yoctoproject.org
More about the Baserock project: http://wiki.baserock.org
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