On January 18, Black Sesame Intelligence, the global leader in autonomous driving computing chips, announced that it will work with BlackBerry QNX to create a highly reliable, high-performance, flexible and open autonomous driving platform. The platform will be based on Black Sesame's intelligent high-performance Huashan No. 2 A1000 autonomous driving computing chip, using BlackBerry's real-time operating system (RTOS) that has passed ISO 26262 ASIL-D safety certification. Innovative solutions with high computing power, high stability and reliability, and high portability accelerate the mass production and launch of autonomous driving models. At present, the two parties have jointly obtained a series of car company projects, and the goal is to achieve mass production in 2022.

As the market leader in safety-certified embedded automotive software, BlackBerry QNX powers a range of critical systems for numerous automakers and Tier 1 automotive brands. Currently, BlackBerry has provided security protection for more than 500 million terminals, including 195 million vehicles. Headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, BlackBerry focuses on leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to provide innovative solutions in the fields of network security, functional safety and data privacy, and is in the field of endpoint security, endpoint management, encryption and embedded systems. global leadership.

With the gradual progress of assisted driving towards high-level autonomous driving, and the development of automotive electronic and electrical architecture from distributed to central integration, the automotive industry's demand for high-performance autonomous driving chips is showing a blowout trend. Black Sesame Intelligence is an industry-leading research and development enterprise of automotive-grade autonomous driving AI computing chips and platforms. It is positioned at Tier 2 and is committed to building a large-scale computing power chip platform for autonomous driving. Currently, it has launched the first domestic vehicle-regulated safety certification that can be mass-produced. The domestic high-performance autonomous driving chip platform--Huashan No. 2 A1000, which supports single-chip parking and parking-integrated domain controllers, can support L2-L4 intelligent driving systems. Based on the two core IPs independently researched and developed to form core technical barriers, Black Sesame Intelligence has established a complete customer empowerment system, including chips, algorithms, data, software and tools. Through its own technical advantages, product systems, and open ecology There is also a flexible business model that enables customers to create differentiated products and enhance market competitiveness.

Regarding this cooperation, Dhiraj Handa, vice president of Asia Pacific, BlackBerry Technology Solutions, said: "BlackBerry is a trusted partner in the automotive industry, and BlackBerry QNX provides industry-leading functional safety, cybersecurity and reliable solutions, and has accumulated profound The professional knowledge of the company has created a strong performance record. Black Sesame Smart is a Chinese autonomous driving chip manufacturer with leading technology and excellent product performance. We are very pleased to establish a partnership between the two parties to jointly launch a reliable, high-performance, flexible and open autonomous driving platform. ."

Yang Yuxin, CMO of Black Sesame Intelligence, said: "The operating system of BlackBerry QNX has become the car real-time operating system that serves the most users in the world with the advantages of high security, strong stability and fast running speed. As the first domestic functional safety expert An autonomous driving chip company with certification, functional safety process certification and product compliance, the high-performance automotive-grade autonomous driving computing chip provided by Black Sesame Smart can further enhance the high real-time and network security of the BlackBerry QNX system, and join forces to create a leading edge The autonomous driving computing platform. Black Sesame Intelligence will also provide localized support for BlackBerry QNX to help partners better serve the Chinese auto market.”

Black Sesame Intelligence and BlackBerry QNX have joined forces this time to create a reliable, high-performance, flexible and open autonomous driving platform, which can provide customers in the automotive industry with efficient and safe autonomous driving software and hardware integration solutions, helping car manufacturers and Tier 1 manufacturers. Quickly roll out smart and reliable smart-driving cars for a more diverse and safer travel experience.