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Techday NZ
20-05-2025
- Automotive
- Techday NZ
Red Hat secures safety certification for vehicle OS
Red Hat has achieved functional safety certification for its Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System, which is scheduled for general availability in the third quarter of 2025. The operating system is now certified as a Safety Element out-of-Context (SEooC) against the ISO 26262 Edition 2, 2018- Level ASIL-B standard, affirming its compliance with rigorous automotive risk management and safety requirements for in-vehicle, operator-critical computer systems. Red Hat has stated its intention to facilitate the automotive industry's transition to software-defined vehicles, advocating for an open source and cloud-native approach to automotive system development. This model supports software creation in the cloud, followed by virtual simulation and deployment on physical hardware without the need to rewrite code. The company began pursuing the goal of delivering the first continuously certified Linux platform for vehicles in 2021. Since then, it has worked closely with exida, a firm specialising in functional safety and cybersecurity certification, to meet the comprehensive demands of ISO 26262 and other functional safety standards. The Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System is built upon the Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform and has been optimised for automotive requirements, including improved boot times, real-time performance, and robust freedom from interference (FFI) protocols. This architecture is intended to ensure that non-safety-critical applications such as infotainment and GPS cannot disrupt essential safety functions. The platform is targeted for use in advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), digital cockpits, body control, telematics, infotainment, and the integration of artificial intelligence models within vehicles. To supplement the platform, Red Hat will provide a Safety Guidance document, including Assumptions of Use (AoUs) and related safety artefacts. The offering will also include a software development kit (SDK) that draws on Red Hat's suite of hybrid cloud and application development tools, which aims to simplify the translation of cloud-based innovation to in-vehicle applications. "Bringing Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System to market sets an inflection point for the automotive industry's shift toward software-defined vehicles. Built on the proven backbone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the platform enables automakers to accelerate innovation, enhance safety and strengthen system security while embracing an open source approach to drive greater flexibility and collaboration. We're excited to help transform the driving experience by empowering the automotive ecosystem with a more scalable, reliable and open platform," Francis Chow, Vice President and General Manager for In-Vehicle Operating System and Edge at Red Hat, said. Red Hat is collaborating with several companies in the automotive silicon hardware industry, including Arm, Intel, NXP, Qualcomm, Renesas, and Texas Instruments. The company intends to pre-qualify its operating system on a range of hardware platforms and will initially certify it for a Renesas device at launch, with certification for a Qualcomm device to follow. "Congratulations. Red Hat has successfully demonstrated that this first release of Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System meets the highly sought after exida standard for certification to ISO 26262 ASIL-B. The exida ANAB accreditation is widely regarded as the toughest in the world and requires a higher quality of technical expertise and comprehensive product review of any certification body. This results in products that are safer, more secure, easier to use and more reliable. With this latest certification of the Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System, Red Hat has shown they more than meet the ISO 26262 process framework requirements with their innovative 'upstream first' focus on technical solutions developed in open collaboration with experts around the world. In addition, since the most recent concept certificate was issued by exida in January, many Red Hat kernel maintainers and senior software development experts have successfully studied for and completed the exida Functional Safety Practitioner (FSP) qualification underlying their commitment to both open source and functional safety throughout their safety activities. Congratulations again to the entire global team involved in this complex endeavour for demonstrating that an operating system based on open source components can more than satisfy the intricate integrity requirements of ISO 26262," Jonathan Moore, Director of Advanced Systems at exida, commented on the certification. Nissan, one of Red Hat's customers, is planning to use the operating system as part of its next-generation software-defined vehicle strategy. "Nissan is joining forces with Red Hat to develop its next-generation software-defined vehicle platform, powered by Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System. This collaboration will help propel Nissan's transformation into a software-defined vehicle leader, positioning the company in the evolving mobility landscape," Kazuma Sugimoto, General Manager of the Software Engineering Department, Software Defined Vehicle Engineering Division at Nissan Motor, said. Renesas has contributed to the open source initiative and commented on the first platform to earn Red Hat certification. "Renesas has always been an advocate for and active contributor to open source software. Since the announcement of Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System availability on the RoX SDV platform, we've been excited about our collaboration. Today, we're proud to announce that the first certification of Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System will be on the Renesas R-Car S4 platform. This combined solution gives customers the flexibility to design a wide range of scalable automotive compute systems, from ADAS and IVI to gateways and cross-domain fusion, without compromising on safety or security," Aish Dubey, Vice President and General Manager of the High Performance Computing SoC Business Division at Renesas, stated. "Congratulations to Red Hat on achieving the ASIL-B certification for Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System. This milestone is a testament to Red Hat's commitment to safety and innovation in the automotive industry. Qualcomm Technologies is proud to be a collaborator along this journey, and we look forward to providing our mutual customers with a safety-certified operating system that will drive the future of automotive technology," Laxmi Rayapudi, Vice President of Product Management at Qualcomm Technologies, remarked.
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Codethink Limited Announces World's First Baseline Safety Assessment for a Linux-Based OS to SIL 3 / ASIL D
MANCHESTER, England, May 06, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Codethink today announced the publication of its baseline Safety Assessment report for Codethink Trustable Reproducible Linux (CTRL OS). exida's assessment validates Codethink's safety argument for use of CTRL OS in safety-critical and mixed-criticality systems up to SIL 3 / ASIL D, and independently confirms that Codethink's approach satisfies the expectations of both IEC 61508 and ISO 26262. This is the latest milestone in Codethink's strategic journey to establish a defensible, engineering-led methodology for the use of Open Source software in systems where safety, security, performance, availability, and reliability are considered critical. "We are concentrating on the real work of engineering safety, security, and reliability, not just chasing certificates by following a standard," said Paul Sherwood, Codethink's Chairman. "This all boils down to trust. How can we trust software to do what we expect, and how can we trust our mitigations when things go wrong?" Codethink's solution was initially driven by customer demand for a "safe Linux" automotive platform, but now extends beyond the operating system to integration of critical software stacks, where the re-use of mature open source components can significantly reduce costs versus proprietary software, and reduce engineering risks versus creating new software from scratch. "Trust is fundamental to modern technology, and Codethink's approach to trustable software is groundbreaking," said Jonathan Moore, Director, Advanced Systems, exida LLC. "Their rigorous Trustable Software Framework methodology sets a new benchmark for how safety and assurance can be engineered into complex, open source–based systems from day one." CTRL OS is delivered in alignment with the Eclipse Trustable Software Framework, an open source industry initiative led by Codethink to create transparent, open foundations for safety-certified systems. This assessment shows the way for any product company building safety-critical systems to adopt mature open source components such as Linux with confidence. Codethink's objective-based approach means that the safety argument and the evidence to support it are built and maintained alongside the software. CTRL OS proves that open source isn't a compromise—it's a foundation for the future of safety-critical software. You can't audit your way to trust. You have to build it. Ready to ship with confidence? Start with Codethink. Download the baseline safety assessment report at
Business Wire
06-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Codethink Limited Announces World's First Baseline Safety Assessment for a Linux-Based OS to SIL 3 / ASIL D
MANCHESTER, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Codethink today announced the publication of its baseline Safety Assessment report for Codethink Trustable Reproducible Linux (CTRL OS). exida's assessment validates Codethink's safety argument for use of CTRL OS in safety-critical and mixed-criticality systems up to SIL 3 / ASIL D, and independently confirms that Codethink's approach satisfies the expectations of both IEC 61508 and ISO 26262. 'This all boils down to trust. How can we trust software to do what we expect, and how can we trust our mitigations when things go wrong?' This is the latest milestone in Codethink's strategic journey to establish a defensible, engineering-led methodology for the use of Open Source software in systems where safety, security, performance, availability, and reliability are considered critical. 'We are concentrating on the real work of engineering safety, security, and reliability, not just chasing certificates by following a standard,' said Paul Sherwood, Codethink's Chairman. 'This all boils down to trust. How can we trust software to do what we expect, and how can we trust our mitigations when things go wrong?' Codethink's solution was initially driven by customer demand for a 'safe Linux' automotive platform, but now extends beyond the operating system to integration of critical software stacks, where the re-use of mature open source components can significantly reduce costs versus proprietary software, and reduce engineering risks versus creating new software from scratch. 'Trust is fundamental to modern technology, and Codethink's approach to trustable software is groundbreaking,' said Jonathan Moore, Director, Advanced Systems, exida LLC. 'Their rigorous Trustable Software Framework methodology sets a new benchmark for how safety and assurance can be engineered into complex, open source–based systems from day one.' CTRL OS is delivered in alignment with the Eclipse Trustable Software Framework, an open source industry initiative led by Codethink to create transparent, open foundations for safety-certified systems. This assessment shows the way for any product company building safety-critical systems to adopt mature open source components such as Linux with confidence. Codethink's objective-based approach means that the safety argument and the evidence to support it are built and maintained alongside the software. CTRL OS proves that open source isn't a compromise—it's a foundation for the future of safety-critical software. You can't audit your way to trust. You have to build it. Ready to ship with confidence? Start with Codethink. Download the baseline safety assessment report at Industry Reactions 'Codethink's safety-assessed Linux unlocks the speed and agility needed for developing software-defined vehicles. For our Level 4 autonomous trucking platform, it means we can build faster—with confidence that our stack will meet the highest safety bar.' — C.J. King, Chief Technology Officer, Torc Robotics, Inc. "JLR has collaborated with Codethink for more than a decade, leveraging expertise in support of the development, build and release of trustable, high-integrity software into our vehicles including infotainment, cockpit, networking and DevSecOps. JLR continues to work collaboratively with Codethink on its pioneering work driving the development of safe Linux solutions built on an engineering methodology delivering safety, security and reliability satisfying IEC 61508 / ISO 26262 for safety critical and mixed criticality systems as they are announcing today, which we see as a central element for the future to optimise our software defined vehicles." — David Nesbitt FREng, Director Digital Product Platform, JLR ' Helping kick off Codethink's safety journey might become one of the most meaningful chapters of my career. It's deeply satisfying to see that what began as a bold question has now become a defensible, standards-driven reality. ' – Ulrich Kersken, Former Vice President, Robert Bosch GmbH 'We originally approached Codethink with a simple question: Can we use open source software in our most safety-critical systems? What followed has reshaped how we think about software quality, transparency, and long-term compliance. Codethink didn't just answer the question how to do it, they did it. Now it's the industry's task to utilize the results.' — Detlef Zerfowski PhD, Vice President, ETAS GmbH 'Codethink's achievement is a landmark for the industry. Their trustable approach to open source and safety-critical software is exactly what Tier 1 suppliers like Panasonic Automotive need as software becomes central to our future. We fully support this direction and are excited to embed these practices across our portfolio as we expand our software capabilities.' — Mark Thornton, Vice President, and General Manager, Panasonic Automotive 'This achievement validates a core belief of our community: that transparency and collaboration can meet—even exceed—the most stringent safety standards.' — Mike Milinkovich, Executive Director of the Eclipse Foundation "Codethink's accomplishment demonstrates that trustable open source software is not just aspirational — it can be built, measured, and proven. It is an inspiring example of how metrics, transparency, and community stewardship drive long-term confidence in open technologies." — Daniel Izquierdo Cortázar, PhD, CEO, Bitergia; Board Member, CHAOSS 'What Codethink has achieved changes the game. This assessment proves that Linux is a viable option for mission-critical systems and clears the way to certification. Codethink has put the incumbents on notice.' — Dr Richard Windsor PhD CFA, Principal Analyst, Radio Free Mobile "We believe trustable open source frameworks could fundamentally change how industries — and insurers — approach risk. By improving transparency and auditability across the software supply chain, they are laying a stronger foundation for digital trust and more resilient risk management." — Joe Deems, Executive Director, National Risk Retention Association "Codethink's work is a powerful reminder that when open source is paired with rigorous engineering practices, it can unlock extraordinary value even in the world's most safety-critical applications. At the Rust Foundation, we are proud to support the Safety Critical Rust Consortium and the advancement of technologies that are safe, secure, and built on trustable foundations." — Rebecca Rumbul, Executive Director & CEO, Rust Foundation About Codethink Codethink is a world-class provider of critical, high-performance software projects and solutions for international-scale companies in a range of industries including Automotive, Finance, Medical, and IoT. Headquartered in Manchester, UK, Codethink has pioneered software industry thinking around concepts of trustable software, working to improve the quality of software engineering.
