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To ensure the increasing complexity in vehicle electronics stays manageable, Bosch is reorganizing the tasks carried out within the electric/electronic (E/E) architecture. Vehicle functions will in future be controlled by a few extremely powerful central computers – the vehicle computers. Moreover, the company is developing the appropriate software for these high-performance computers. The connected approach that Bosch is applying here is also new: The vehicle computers will work across all domains, that is to say, one computer will execute a large number of different software functions in the powertrain, chassis, driver assistance, and infotainment domains, etc. that today are still executed on separate control units.
can be flexibly integrated
connected and automated driving
of a great many control units in the vehicle in just a few vehicle computers
The shift from shared computing power to smart domain ECUs
In future, vehicles will be defined by an intelligent combination of electronics and software, and they will be connected with the driver, their surroundings, and with one another. Bosch is embracing this development and is driving it forward by making use of the paradigm shift in the electric/electronic architecture – away from a domain-specific E/E architecture and toward a vehicle-centralized, zone-oriented E/E architecture. This type of architecture uses only a few immensely powerful cross-domain vehicle computers in combination with zone ECUs. Besides resulting in synergies, this approach also offers numerous opportunities to optimize the electronic systems and to get new innovations onto the roads.
With the vehicle runtime environment (VRTE), Bosch offers a secure, reliable platform software framework for vehicle computers that is based on the AUTOSAR standard. VRTE provides the basis for functions and controls the hardware. That includes, for instance, the operating system, the hypervisor (which separates application domains from one another), and further security elements. The VRTE therefore provides a solid, powerful, flexible foundation for integrating the application functions of the vehicle manufacturers and service providers on a single control unit (vehicle computer). With the vehicle computers and the VRTE, Bosch combines its dedicated know-how and multisystem vehicle expertise with expertise in E/E architecture, complex real-time software, IoT, and hardware. The VRTE will be found in many Bosch vehicle computers in the coming vehicle generations. It is also available to other companies from the Bosch subsidiary ETAS.
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The ADAS integration platform collects data collects data from the driver assistance sensors, uses this information to create a precise 360° model of the vehicle’s surroundings, and calculates highly complex functional algorithms to provide safe vehicle behavior and performance.
Learn moreThe cockpit integration platform from Bosch combines cockpit functions from different areas in a single system on a chip (SoC). The computational functions of the up to now separate infotainment and instrumentation domains as well as other functions are consolidated on a single processor.
Learn moreThe vehicle integration platform works as a platform for functional integration across all domains, such as body, motion, and comfort.
Learn moreThe cockpit & ADAS integration platform combines the system functions for assisted and automated driving and infotainment in one high-performance computer.
Learn more
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