CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
24 March 2005
Company News
Infosys Becomes a Premium Partner in AUTOSAR; The First Indian Company in the Consortium
Infosys Technologies Limited announced that it has become the first Indian company to join the Automotive Open Systems Architecture (AUTOSAR) development partnership. Other members of AUTOSAR include BMW, Volkswagen, Ford, GM, DaimlerChrysler, PSA, Toyota, Bosch, Siemens and Continental Teves amongst others
Speaking on the occasion, Thomas Scharnhorst, AUTOSAR spokesperson, said, "Infosys joins AUTOSAR as a premium member and will participate in working groups focusing on tools, protocol development and standardization for automotive electronics."
"Infosys will bring to AUTOSAR its extensive experience and knowledge of software development standards, processes and methodologies as applied to the embedded application space. We look forward to partnering with Infosys in building the specifications for the next generation automotive Electrical/Electronic (E/E) architectures," he added.
Infosys has recently formed a Product Lifecycle and Engineering Solutions (PLES) group to focus on developing embedded solutions for the Automotive Industry, apart from product design and PLM solutions. This group will work closely with AUTOSAR to develop the protocols and standards for next-generation automotive electronics.
Speaking on the occasion, Sanjay Dutt, Associate Vice President and Head, PLES, Infosys Technologies said, "Infosys has always believed in providing innovative value-based solutions to our clients. Our alignment with AUTOSAR is a significant step in this direction. With this investment, we will be able to assist our automotive clients develop innovative and cost-effective solutions for next-generation automobiles."
The objective of AUTOSAR, a partnership of key players in the automotive, electronics and software industries, is the establishment of an open standard for automotive E/E architecture that will serve as a basic infrastructure for the management of functions within applications embedded in vehicles.
The international development partnership AUTOSAR ( http://www.autosar.org/ ) is a network of major automobile manufacturers, suppliers software houses, tool manufacturers and semiconductor companies with the goal of establishing a common software infrastructure standard for vehicle electronics. Standard functional interfaces are intended to guarantee that in-vehicle software is hardware independent. Basic software modules are standardized, such that interoperability, reuse and exchangeability are supported. Suppliers-including software houses-can offer their products to a broader market and in turn an integrator can use software of multiple suppliers. This implies a more competitive environment and thus cost reductions. In addition, through unbundling software from hardware a more efficient usage of hardware resources is possible.
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