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vOS Middleware
Ensuring safety and efficiency in connected vehicles
Valeo anSWer provides the building blocks for intercommunication between apps and ECUs (operating systems, hypervisors, cybersecurity and OTA frameworks). These intermediate layers are essential to ensure that the entire vehicle system operates consistently and safely. Valeo offers middleware solutions optimized for connected vehicles, including real-time inter-ECU communication, secure over-the-air software updates, and integrated cybersecurity to protect the vehicle.
Valeo offers a comprehensive SDV roadmap with on-shelf assets, making it easier for partners to deploy new features efficiently.
vOS middleware: the vehicle’s software backbone
vOS Middleware forms the backbone of the vehicle’s SW, enabling seamless integration across domains. It supports over-the-air updates, ensuring vehicles remain cutting-edge post-production, and offers scalability to expand compute power as needed throughout the vehicle's lifetime, ensuring the vehicle remains future-ready.
Key pillars of the vOS middleware
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Scalability
Host mixed criticality systems Cross SOC Orchestration
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Portability
Abstract SW from HW SOC agnostic
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Safety & security
Up to ASIL-D Fail Operational
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Upgradability
Continouous Vehicle upgrades via OTA
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Interopera-bility
Integrate diff. Execution environments
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Cloud/edge enablement
Sharing in-vehicle data insights to cloud-based Services
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High performance
Low latency communication Optimized startup times
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Lean dev ecosystem
Co-Dev Toolchain with VM templates and reference apps
Valeo vOS middleware enables the car to be connected with the latest software updates, ensuring it remains safe, secure, diagnosable, and ready for calibration. Valeo vOS Middleware is also SoC agnostic, allowing freedom of choice of SoC.
- Apps
- Custom apps apis
- Per App vOS - APP SUPPORT PACKAGE
- STD services
- vOS - MIDDLEWARE PACKAGE
- HW/IO abstraction
- PER chip/node vOS - CHIP SUPPORT PACKAGE
- Hardware
vOS middleware abstracts the app layer from the underlying HW through offering rich automotive services ensuring that Over the Air updates can be applied securely and safely over the lifetime of the vehicle.
vOS Middleware: powering the Software Defined Vehicle
With Valeo anSWer, automotive middleware evolves into a catalyst for the Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV). Built on a hardware-agnostic, HPC-driven architecture, vOS Middleware enables secure OTA feature upgrades throughout the vehicle lifecycle, ensures safety up to ASIL-D, and delivers seamless interoperability across ECUs, applications, and cloud/edge environments. By placing software innovation at the core of mobility, Valeo paves the way for vehicles that are secure, scalable, and future-ready.
