Rightware Kanzi Partner Program Announces Founding Members at CES 2016
LAS VEGAS, January 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
- Global ecosystem of companies developing digital car user interfaces of tomorrow
Rightware, the leading provider of user interface solutions for the automotive
industry, announced today the founding members of its Kanzi Partner Program, a global
ecosystem of companies working together to develop and define the future of digital
Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI) by utilizing Rightware's Kanzi(R) software.
Founding members of the Kanzi Partner Program include over 20 companies that cover the
entire automotive HMI delivery value chain including leading Tier 1 and Tier 2 companies,
SoC and GPU vendors, operating system vendors, design studios and other automotive
technology companies. The program is a unique way of networking with other companies using
Rightware's Kanzi software. By connecting automotive industry leaders, the program has
already created significant new business for its members.
Several Kanzi Partner Program members are showcasing Rightware Kanzi based technology
at CES 2016, including:
Rightware and QNX Software Systems Limited [http://www.qnx.com ], a subsidiary of
BlackBerry Limited and a global leader in software platforms for connected embedded
systems, today unveiled their latest collaboration: a next-generation digital instrument
cluster for the QNX reference vehicle. Rightware created a high-fidelity digital
instrument cluster with crosswalk notifications, forward collision warnings, local speed
limits, and turn-by-turn navigation, running on the QNX(R) Neutrino(R) OS. For a
demonstration of the vehicle, visit North Hall, Booth 325.
Global automotive supplier Visteon Corporation [http://www.visteon.com ] is showcasing
various solutions built with Rightware Kanzi, including Visteon's Domain Controller
SmartCoreTM platform and a fully reconfigurable instrument cluster based on the
LightscapeTM D platform.
OpenSynergy [http://www.opensynergy.com ], a cutting edge company specializing in
embedded automotive software solutions in the vehicle cockpit, will be demonstrating a
solution called "Shared GPU" at CES 2016. The "Shared-GPU" feature allows
graphic-intensive software applications running independently in separate virtualized
Linux partitions, to share the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) on the Freescale i.MX6
platform. Applications can access all functions provided by the OpenGL ES 2.0 API.
"Kanzi has become the leading HMI development tool for the automotive industry, and
now we're making it even easier for our customers to network with other companies in the
Kanzi ecosystem. We've been overwhelmed with the global interest in our partner program
and we are open for new members to join" said Ville Ilves, President of Rightware Inc. and
Head of the Kanzi Partner Program.
About Rightware
Rightware(R) is the market leader in advanced user interface technology, serving the
automotive and other embedded industries with its Kanzi(R) software for rapid user
interface design and deployment. Nominated on Deloitte's "Fast 50" list of fastest growing
tech companies in 2015, Rightware is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland with presence in
Silicon Valley, Detroit, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai, London and Munich.
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