Continental

“Continental is working closely with Arm on their SOAFEE and reference hardware ecosystem initiatives to adopt and populate cloud-native software engineering and technologies within the automotive domain. Together with the Continental Automotive Edge (CAEdge) platform the journey towards an IoT mobility ecosystem and software-defined vehicles is accelerated significantly.” – Michael Huelsewies, SVP and head of architecture and software, Continental

Green Hills Software

“As the leader in safe and secure automotive software, with hundreds of millions of vehicles using our technologies, Green Hills Software values an open standards-based framework for reducing the complexity and porting effort in foundational software for mixed-criticality automotive systems. Through the improved software-portability this delivers, we can help our OEM and Tier 1 customers to more quickly and efficiently bring new software-defined vehicles to market.” - Dan Mender, Vice President of Business Development, Green Hills Software

Linaro

“Linaro has driven collaborative software innovation in the Arm ecosystem for over ten years and we believe the advancement of the software-defined vehicle is a huge opportunity for both users and automotive industry developers alike. We are delighted to work with Arm and our members on delivering the foundational technologies that enable the first SOAFEE reference implementations." - Andrea Gallo, Vice President of Business Development, Linaro

Marvell

“It is paramount that the cloud, carrier networks and vehicles all work seamlessly together to enable smart, software-defined vehicles. With SOAFEE, Arm and our ecosystem offer an open-standards common framework that will enable industry innovators to develop scalable, flexible, and best-in-class car to cloud services and solutions.” – Will Chu, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Automotive BU, Marvell

MIH Consortium

“At MIH, we are creating an open EV ecosystem that promotes collaboration in the mobility industry. MIH is powered by the members, like Arm, in our Open EV Alliance. With collective wisdom, we develop reference designs and standards resulting in a lower barrier to entry that drives the growth of the overall EV market. The SOAFEE initiative led by Arm shares a similar vision and goal as they are also taking an open approach to foster collaboration. The cloud-native mechanisms in SOAFEE plays a critical role in the EVKit framework that we are developing in MIH that would help reduce development effort. We’re also involved the reference hardware platforms to accelerate our development.” – William Wei, CTO, MIH Consortium

Red Hat

“Red Hat believes that open hybrid cloud technologies will enable the future of the automotive industry, driven and defined by software. To accomplish this, we have engaged with many partners, including Arm, and are pleased to further this collaboration as part of the SOAFEE initiative. We look forward to helping SOAFEE apply Linux-based open source and cloud-native approaches to automotive applications as they are developed and tested on standardized prototyping solutions using Arm reference hardware.” – Francis Chow, Vice President, In-vehicle Operating System, Red Hat

SUSE

"Cloud-native technologies offer huge potential for the automotive industry. These technologies will not only provide new experiences and new services, but also access to a rapidly expanding ecosystem from innovative partners. We’re excited to join Arm in the SOAFEE initiative, to bring the expertise of SUSE in operating systems and container management to the reinvention of the software-defined car."– Alan Clark, Office of the CTO, SUSE

Woven Planet

“Woven Planet is developing its Arene platform to enable software-first vehicle development, providing open vehicle programming to everyone without compromising safety. As the leading hardware designer, Arm is uniquely positioned to bring together vehicle manufacturers who will in turn shape a common future for software-first development which targets Arm’s hardware ecosystem. Woven Planet is thrilled to join the SOAFEE program because it will enable tight integration between vehicle development and the cloud, lowering the barrier to entry for innovation, and allowing coders to invent in new and exciting ways.” - JF Bastien, Chief Architect, Woven Planet

Zing Robotics

“Zing Robotics’ electric, autonomous vehicle platform has a range of applications, from aviation to industrial to delivery. The transformative power of the platform comes from its software-defined capabilities, which is why we’re excited to be working with Arm on their SOAFEE software and reference hardware initiatives. The platform’s capabilities require enormous processing power and fail-safe design, so cloud-native technologies like Arm’s solutions are a great fit for us. Arm’s development hardware will be at the core of Zing’s autonomous workforce platform.” – Brent Shedd, CEO, Zing Robotics

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