GENIVI Alliance expands with support from silicon & software industries

05 Jun 2009

The GENIVI Alliance has announced an expansion with significant new members from the silicon and software industries contributing to the infotainment ecosystem: Freescale Semiconductor, Texas Instruments (TI) and MontaVista Software have joined the Alliance, demonstrating their support for an open source In-vehicle Infotainment (IVI) platform and their commitment to expand the ecosystem for infotainment in the car.

Dedicated to driving the development and broad adoption of an open source, the GENIVI Alliance is an industry collaboration with founding members including BMW Group, Delphi, GM, Intel, Magneti-Marelli, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Visteon, and Wind River.

Contributing significant code and engineering resources for the continued development of the GENIVI Open Source Platform, the new members will also offer automotive OEMs and Tier 1 manufacturers increased alternatives for key hardware and software components in the resulting commercial GENIVI-based products.

Member contributions will provide everyone in the Open Source IVI ecosystem with a development platform to build compelling devices and applications resulting in a superior consumer experience. By pooling the interests and contributions of the members, the Alliance is planning to enable significant reductions in both development cost and time to market.