BlackBerry and TTTech Auto have announced MotionWise Schedule for QNX Software Development Platform (SDP) 8.0. Through it, the companies are aiming to address growing the complexities facing automakers in the midst of an industry-wide transition to Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs). In doing so, MotionWise Schedule helps automakers accelerate software development and enable the safe, real-time, execution of applications running on QNX SDP 8.
The companies highlighted that the origins of MotionWise Schedule were rooted in the increasing complexities of contemporary vehicle software in alignment with rising demand for products focused on safety, reliability, and precise timing execution. The solution works to address this need by providing a high-performance runtime environment with deterministic task scheduling. This enables optimized resource utilization and is supported by a correct-by-design tool-suite, significantly reducing design and configuration efforts for the embedded runtime.
Another problem BlackBerry and TTTech Auto sought to address with MotionWise Schedule were the cycles of repeated testing and iterations encouraged by the manual configuration of schedulers. Here, they cited the cyclical nature of the process, which itself can restart with each code alteration, new feature addition, or software release, leading to production timeline delays and heavier program costs.
To alleviate these obstacles to the software development process, the companies ensured that MotionWise Schedule for QNX would simplify the daily work of software developers, replacing these manual processes by efficiently, and automatically, generating scheduling solutions in a single automated step. This allows for new software applications to be added incrementally without compromising quality, reducing time-to-market is significantly reduced while similarly reducing the cost of new vehicle projects.
While the companies have yet to confirm a specific launch date for it, they both expect MotionWise Schedule for QNX SDP 8.0 to begin rolling out in early 2025.
