BMW recruits NTT and Intel for private 5G test site to drive Industry 4.0 gains
Some new light on the murky, creeping digital change taking place in the automotive sector, long-considered the flashiest venue for Industry 4.0 (but highly secretive and deeply conservative), and specifically …
VW lines up ST for automotive SoC, TSMC for silicon, and whole chip-chain behind
Volkswagen-owned automotive software company CARIAD has appointed Franco-Italian semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics (ST) to develop a system-on-chip (SoC) for a new line of Volkswagen vehicles based on the CARIAD software platform. …
‘On the right track’: Ericsson exec details an auto industry driven by software, cloud
According to the Head of Automotive at Ericsson Magnus Gunnarsson, the auto industry is undergoing a speedy transition into new business models that are driven by software and underpinned by …
On the road to democratized connectivity in software-defined vehicles
Stellantis and Qualcomm collaborating to bring the same type of evolutionary experience expected from smartphones to vehicles From supplier relations and vertical integration to disaggregating vehicular hardware and software, extending …
Vodafone intros blockchain-based trading platform for IoT devices
MWC, Barcelona: Vodafone has launched a blockchain-based trading platform for IoT devices and sensors. The new Digital Asset Broker (DAB) platform, nominally geared to drive an ‘economy of things’, allows …
Talk of a metaverse would not be happening without 5G and MEC (Verizon on 2022)
Each year advancements in wireless network technology transform the way businesses use and benefit from mobile capabilities. 5G offers super-fast speeds, low latency and massive capacity. Mobile edge computing brings …
Vodafone supplies 2G stolen-vehicle tracking to Volvo cars in the UK
The UK division of car brand Volvo has selected a 2G-based stolen vehicle tracking solution from Vodafone. The new solution provides vehicle tracking and recovery via Vodafone’s network of ‘secure …
AWS intros IoT packages to simplify digital twins and vehicle monitoring
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced two new IoT services, AWS IoT TwinMaker and AWS IoT FleetWise, to simplify the process to, respectively, create digital trains of industrial sites, equipment, …
Porsche test drives private 5G from Ericsson at Leipzig production plant
German sports car manufacturer Porsche has recruited Ericsson for a private 5G network at its manufacturing production complex in Leipzig, in Germany. Porsche is using an enterprise 5G licence from …
Arm intros reference architecture to help automakers grasp ‘software-defined future’
UK-based chip design company Arm has announced new software architecture and hardware platforms for emerging software-defined automotive systems, including for driver assistance, infotainment, electrified powertrains, and ultimately for autonomous vehicles. …
