Arm's new technology helps the automotive industry embrace a software-defined future
Source: Manufacturer's feed•Author: Arm• September 16, 2021 11:52• 178 views

With the support of industry leaders such as AWS, ConTInental, CARIAD, Arm is providing key resources to help the automotive industry accelerate the realization of a software-defined future
·SOAFEE is a new set of software architecture and open source reference implementation, which can not only meet the real-time and safety requirements of automobiles, but also make full use of the advantages of cloud-based native development
·Through two new reference hardware platforms, the automotive industry can explore and test the computing power requirements of workloads on high-performance chips based on the Arm architecture before product commercialization.
(September 16, 2021, Cambridge, UK) Arm today announced the launch of a new software architecture and reference implementation-Scalable Open Architecture for Embedded Edge through collaboration with leading companies in the automotive supply chain , SOAFEE), and two new reference hardware platforms, aiming to accelerate the realization of the software-defined future of the automotive industry.

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With the evolution of automotive electronic and electrical architecture and functions, automotive developers are committed to providing advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), in-vehicle infotainment systems (IVI), electrified power systems and autonomous driving functions, and are therefore facing increasingly complex codes Challenge. In order to meet these evolving consumer demands, computing must become more centralized, and software is essential to achieve this goal. The resulting changes in software development, deployment, and management methods mean cloud-native development—the development method that has effectively promoted the cloud infrastructure industry to reduce costs, time, and complexity, and is more suitable for automotive development than ever.
However, in order to quickly and seamlessly meet the needs of today’s software-defined cars, a standardized framework is essential, which enhances proven cloud-native technologies that can be used on a large scale with the real-time and safety functions required in automotive applications cooperation. In addition, this framework can also benefit other real-time and safety-critical applications, such as robotics and industrial automation.
Chet Babla, Vice President of Arm’s Automotive and Internet of Things Business Unit, said: “The automotive industry is at a critical inflection point. The entire supply chain, from IP designers to automotive manufacturers, is undergoing revalidation and definition. The automotive industry looks forward to Arm and its ecosystem. The system helps to accelerate the realization of the vision of the software-defined future. With Arm’s unique position in the industrial supply chain, we have led this development cooperation to design and provide standards, software and developer resources as well as dedicated Processing platform."
Road map to success
SOAFEE is the result of the collaboration of car manufacturers, system integrators, semiconductor, software, and cloud technology leaders. It has developed a new architecture based on open standards for software-defined cars. In addition, the expert team composed of these leading companies also defined a reference implementation for SOAFEE and used it as free open source software for extensive prototyping, workload exploration, and early development. Arm works hand-in-hand with leading commercial solution providers to maximize compatibility and provide a faster path to functional safety design.

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Arm's Cassini and SystemReady projects have achieved a standardized cloud-native experience in edge computing. Based on this successful foundation, SOAFEE introduced cloud concepts for the first time in the automotive industry, such as container orchestration with automotive functional safety and real-time capabilities. The initial version of SOAFEE's product documentation and reference implementation is open for download.
Shorten critical development time
The rapid development of the industry requires the development of new automotive applications to be as fast and seamless as possible. The instant availability of SOAFEE enables cloud developers to use their expertise to contribute to the future of mobility based on Arm technology.
Bill Foy, Director of Global Automotive Business Development at AWS, said: “The advancement of technology is promoting the transformation of automotive electronics and software architecture requirements, and is also driving the entire industry into a software-centric future. AWS is committed to working with important industry vendors like Arm. Collaborate and innovate together, through a service-oriented architecture to solve complex challenges, so that the vision of software-defined cars can be realized. With our cooperation with Arm and AWS Graviton2 cloud instances based on the Arm architecture, we have brought significant costs to our customers Save, and make its applications run seamlessly on the same architecture on cloud and automotive edge devices, simplifying the development process for developers."
Arm and ADLink work together to provide outstanding performance on a new SystemReady-compatible development platform to help accelerate product launches. The new development platform is driven by the Arm Neoverse-based Ampere Altra kernel, allowing developers to use the SOAFEE reference software stack. For applications such as smart cockpits, ADAS, power systems and autonomous driving, the exploration and development of workloads are realized on chips based on the Arm architecture. The platform is composed of a set of developer workstations and rugged in-vehicle products. It is now open for pre-orders and is expected to be available in the fourth quarter of 2021.
·AVA Developer Platform is a high-performance, 32-core scalable computing system, built for laboratory development, capable of running autonomous workloads. It allows developers to make full use of accelerator hardware to supplement the high-performance CPU.
In terms of vehicle prototyping and testing, the high-performance AVA-AP1 is equipped with an 80-core configuration, providing higher CPU performance and additional IO functions, and includes a security processor that can use real sensors to implement vehicle execution.
Unique industry position plus industry support Arm leads the software-defined revolution
Riclef Schmidt-Clausen, vice president and head of smart cockpit and car body of Volkswagen Group CARIAD, said: "The realization of software-defined cars is much faster than expected, and the required infrastructure is also being developed in full swing. At the same time, The entire industry is also facing great challenges, including achieving software portability on a wide range of hardware platforms, and building a cloud-native software architecture to ensure that applications developed in the cloud can be smoothly deployed to heterogeneous edge platforms. As a push As a pioneer of this new evolution, CARIAD has worked closely with Arm to solve key technical challenges and lay a solid foundation for a software-defined future."
Software-defined functions are becoming a trend in many industries. Solutions that integrate SOAFEE and new development platforms can also be suitable for other application markets, including robots for medical, manufacturing, logistics and other fields. In the automotive field, software-defined functions will provide safe and new in-vehicle experiences and functions to meet the needs and expectations of consumers. More importantly, it will provide support for automakers, tier-one suppliers, software vendors, and cloud Service providers open up new sources of revenue and opportunities to interact with customers.
In addition to AWS, ADLink, Ampere and CARIAD, this program has received extensive support from leading companies in the entire supply chain, including Apex.AI, ConTInental, Green Hills Software, Linaro, Marvell, MIH Alliance, Red Hat, SUSE, Woven Planet , Zing RoboTIcs, etc. Thanks to Arm's unique position in the field of software and hardware collaboration, the automotive industry has set its sights on Arm. Arm and its ecosystem are investing resources to provide a cloud-native paradigm of safety and real-time perception for automotive development, helping the vision of software-defined cars become a reality.
Partner testimony:
"If automakers want to accelerate the driving of the software-defined future, they cannot do without a development platform that can explore future automotive computing platforms. Our cooperation with Arm on the SOAFEE reference hardware platform is based on the ability to provide essential criticality and safety. On a high-performance chip based on the Arm architecture. We are excited about the potential for automotive innovation that is no longer limited to 32 and 80 core hardware platforms."
Joe Speed, Regional Chief Technology Officer, ADLINK Global Partners
"The future of software-defined cars relies on the cloud-native development paradigm. Ampere® Altra® and Ampere® Altra Max™ drive high-performance cloud-native computing platforms, opening up a new model for automotive developers, which can be developed in the cloud and cloud driven by Arm technology. Workloads can be migrated seamlessly between the edges. The combination of these end-to-end Ampere platforms and SOAFEE-like open source architecture can accelerate the technology development cycle to the greatest extent, and assist developers to meet the needs of the cloud-native autonomous driving market at an unprecedented speed. Future demand."
Jeff Wittich, Chief Product Officer, Ampere CompuTIng
"Apex.AI specializes in creating an on-board operating system for the automotive industry, assisting in the development and deployment of safety-first software. SOAFEE will support cloud-native software development, while accelerating software-defined functions, while meeting the automotive needs for safety and real-time. We It’s an honor to work with Arm on this project."
Sanjay Krishnan, Vice President of Apex.AI Products
"Continental is working closely with Arm on SOAFEE and the reference hardware ecosystem plan to adopt and promote cloud-native software engineering and technology in the automotive field. With the Continental Automotive Edge (CAEdge) platform, the IoT mobile ecosystem and software-defined automotive are developing Accelerated development."
Michael Huelsewies, Senior Vice President and Head of Architecture and Software, Continental
"As a leading company in the automotive safety software industry, hundreds of millions of vehicles use our technology. Green Hills Software attaches great importance to an architecture based on open standards to reduce the complexity of the basic software of automotive hybrid key systems and reduce the work of software migration. This architecture improves software portability, and we will be able to assist OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers to bring new software-defined cars to the market in a faster and more efficient manner."
Dan Mender, Vice President of Business Development, Green Hills Software
"Linaro has been promoting collaborative software innovation in the Arm ecosystem for more than ten years. We believe that the evolution of software-defined cars is a huge opportunity for users and automotive industry developers. We are very happy to be able to cooperate with Arm and our The members cooperated to provide basic technology for the first batch of SOAFEE reference implementations."
Andrea Gallo, Vice President of Business Development of Linaro
"It is very important to realize smart, software-defined cars through the seamless collaboration of the cloud, operator networks, and cars. With SOAFEE, Arm and our ecosystem provide an open-standard common architecture that enables the industry to innovate They can develop scalable, flexible and first-class services and solutions from automotive to cloud."
Will Chu, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Marvell Automotive Division
“The MIH Alliance is creating an open electric vehicle ecosystem to promote cooperation in the mobility industry. The MIH Alliance has received support from members of the Open Electric Vehicle Alliance, including Arm. We have brainstormed and developed reference designs and standards to reduce Market entry barriers have driven the growth of the entire electric vehicle market. The SOAFEE project led by Arm has similar visions and goals, and they also use open methods to promote cooperation. The cloud native mechanism in the SOAFEE architecture is based on the EVKit platform we are developing The framework plays a key role and will help reduce the workload of development. We have also added a reference hardware platform to speed up our development process."
Wei Guozhang, Chief Technology Officer of MIH Alliance
"Red Hat believes that, driven and defined by software, open hybrid cloud technology will promote the future development of the automotive industry. In order to achieve this goal, we have cooperated with many partners including Arm, and we are also very happy. This cooperation can be promoted in the SOAFEE project. Since automotive applications are usually developed and tested on standardized prototype solutions using Arm reference hardware, we look forward to helping SOAFEE also apply Linux-based open source and cloud native methods to automotive applications ."
Francis Chow, vice president of Red Hat in-vehicle operating systems
"Cloud-native technologies have brought huge development potential to the automotive industry. These technologies not only provide new experiences and services, but also join the rapidly expanding ecosystem through innovative partners. We are very happy to join Arm’s SOAFEE Project to apply SUSE's expertise in operating system and container management to the innovation of software-defined cars."
Alan Clark, Chief Technology Officer, SUSE
"Woven Planet is developing its own Arene platform to realize software-first car development, and provide everyone with open car programming without compromising safety. As a leading hardware designer, Arm has a unique advantage and is able to Bringing automakers together to shape the future for software-first development based on the Arm hardware ecosystem. Woven Planet is pleased to join the SOAFEE project, because it will achieve close integration of automotive development and the cloud, lower the barriers to entry for innovation, and Allow coders to develop inventions in exciting new ways."
JF Bastien, Chief Architect, Woven Planet
"Zing Robotics' autonomous electric vehicle platform can be applied to many fields from aviation to industry to logistics. The transformative capability of the platform comes from its software-defined functions. This is why we are very pleased to cooperate with Arm to develop SOAFEE software and reference hardware solutions. The platform’s functions require powerful processing capabilities and fail-safe design, so cloud native technologies such as Arm solutions are very suitable for us. Arm’s development hardware will become the core of Zing’s autonomous work platform."
Brent Shedd, CEO of Zing Robotics