"Sharing the workload across client and server offers automotive manufacturers and end-users the best of both worlds, " said Andy Gryc, automotive product marketing manager, QNX Software Systems.
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The company today also announced the opening of a new Automotive Innovation and Product Development Center, to be based in Karlsruhe, Germany.
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The agreement will offer both companies opportunities to gain access to most relevant automotive markets with innovative and environmentally friendly product offering, a field in which Fiat is a recognized world leader while benefitting from additional cost synergies.
"An integrated, global product development team supporting our automotive business units will enable us to make the best use of our global assets and capabilities and accelerate development of the new vehicles our customers prefer, and do so more efficiently, " Mulally said in a statement.
"The automakers want a new version of the OS every fall so that they have a test bed over the winter and can offer it in their cars for the next model year, " said Keith Weintraub, product manager for Windows CE for Automotive.
"TI and Audi's collaboration has produced a truly paramount automotive infotainment system, " said Matthew Watson, product line manager, audio and infotainment, TI.
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However, emerging markets continue to be an excellent source of revenue and product development for companies outside of the automotive industry, and Nissan wants to gain from that.
Prof Garel Rhys, of the Centre for Automotive Industry Research at Cardiff University, said the LTI product had been protected for too long by the lack of what he called "free market entry".
NXP's product solutions are used in a wide range of automotive, identification, wireless infrastructure, lighting, industrial, mobile, consumer and computing applications.
Ford expects to maintain its current market share of approximately 16.5% in the U.S., and considering the current competitive landscape in the automotive industry, the company will have to continue with the product momentum by introducing new models and making upgrades to its existing models.
And if the map looks at all familiar, it may be that you've tried another Garmin product, the Streetpilot III, Garmin's flagship automotive unit.
The companies believe this has the potential to change product development in industries including medical device, consumer electronics, automotive and aerospace.
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Having launched a development platform for real-time analytics applications and a fully integrated ultrasonic signal conditioner for automotive parking distance applications, TI added to its existing industrial portfolio new product development in the LED division last month.
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"Enabling natural, intuitive, user experiences is fundamental to our vision of the connected vehicle, and providing our automotive customers with the tools to create those experiences is fundamental to our product strategy, " said Linda Campbell, director of strategic alliances, QNX Software Systems.
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Automotive margins have been under pressure due to increasing commodity prices as well as higher material and product-related costs.
While Huber knew next to nothing about wireless technology when he took on Project Beacon, he did know that any successful wireless product-development cycle would have to move much, much faster than the usual automotive life cycle.
"An automaker does not turn around on a single product, " said Karl Brauer, editor in chief of Edmunds.com, an automotive research site.
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