Making infotainment systems become intelligent – Hypervisor approach to incorporate android or AliOS in a current IVI

JOYNEXT and OpenSynergy announce their joint mass production project: a new generation of in-vehicle infotainment bringing this domain to the next level without adding more complexity to the electronic system of the cars. The systems contain a well-known reliable full-featured infotainment system and another smartphone-like open platform, which offers the flexibility to download apps from the app store. Both subsystems are running on one single high-performance system on chip side-by-side with the help of JOYNEXT's integration about OpenSynergy's COQOS Hypervisor SDK.

Based on JOYNEXT's design, COQOS Hypervisor SDK enables the convergence of the infotainment systems and the platform for individual app downloads on a single System-on-Chip (SoC). While additional resources (e.g. RAM, CPU, Flash) for the new OS need to be taken into account, COQOS Hypervisor does not require significant overhead, especially because of the minimalistic architectural approach of the hypervisor. The existing infotainment system maintains its performance, as it continues to use native drivers (pass-through) after adding the virtual machine.

With JOYNEXT's innovative concept and strict requirements, this hypervisor approach integrates perfectly COQOS Hypervisor SDK and CE-grade operating systems on top of the existing custom IVI, which leverages both of JOYNEXT and OpenSynergy's investment made during many years of intense customer-driven development. JOYNEXT's unique solution concept actually helps both quickly provide up-to-date features to customers (e.g. online services, access to App stores) by using the current IVI already in production product.

JOYNEXT is a direct supplier (Tier1) for the automotive industry and has been a development partner and system supplier of well-known automotive manufacturers for over 20 years. Their connected infotainment and smart connectivity gateway technologies can be found in well over ten million vehicles worldwide. JOYNEXT's 5G-V2X product also will boost the development of autonomous driving related technologies.

Realizing this kind of innovative system, JOYNEXT reduces the cost of material and weight of the car, while offering a new experience to its customer. Moreover, the intercommunication between the systems is much more performant since they run on the same ECU.

Regis Adjamah, CEO of OpenSynergy, emphasizes “With JOYNEXT, we bring the best of two worlds together: reliable full-featured OEM infotainment systems and smartphone-like open platforms. The integration is quick and the performance is close to native.”

JOYNEXT Board Chairman & CEO, Mr. Yuan Liu, recognizes OpenSynergy's cooperation and efforts on this IVI project and adds: “It is always the rapidly changing market needs that drive JOYNEXT to create scalable and adaptable solutions. I believe that by working more closely with our excellent partners, such as OpenSynergy, JOYNEXT is better prepared to meet the diverse expectations of end users around the world.”