In this situation, the alloy core that emerged is attracting attention because it ‘provides integration itself as a product.’

Combining QNX's safety-certified operating system and virtualization technology with Vector's safety middleware, this platform provides a common foundation across multiple domains within the vehicle.

Designed to meet ISO 26262 ASIL D and ISO/SAE 21434, it simultaneously considers functional safety and cybersecurity, and major OEMs, including Mercedes-Benz, are considering applying the next-generation SDV architecture.

OEMs can leave foundational tasks like real-time operating systems, domain separation, and fault tolerance to the platform, and focus on user experience and service differentiation.


Electrobit's EB Sivion is also in the same trend.

This solution, specialized for digital cockpits, provides a cloud-native virtual development environment, hardware-independent software cores, and build-to-print cockpit designs tailored to specific SoCs, all in one package.

This means that cockpit controllers are no longer something OEMs have to design from scratch.Rather, the approach is to view them as standardized components that can be selected and applied to specifications.

The core values are shortening development time, reducing total cost of ownership, and streamlining supply chain management.

The commonalities between the two platforms are clear.

The point is to define integration as the core of the problem and to resolve it at the platform level.

It also assumes a cloud-based development environment and a multi-party collaborative ecosystem, overturning the existing perception that OEMs must own and develop all software.

This shows that SDV development is moving from ‘custom build’ to ‘adoption of industrialized platforms.’

Of course, this isn't the same solution for all OEMs.

Companies that already have a strong software organization and ecosystem may still prefer in-house development.

On the other hand, it is significant that even companies with large engineering capabilities, such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz, recognize the advantages of external platforms in the area of basic software.

Experts evaluate this as a realistic evolution of automobile development in the SDV era.

The analysis is that the method of making everything directly is not sustainable, and that a strategy of pursuing differentiation on a standardized platform will determine competitiveness.

While Alloy Core and EB Sivion won't solve application innovation or organizational culture changes, they are expected to play a role in reducing recurring inefficiencies from the outset of SDV development.