Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) connectivity company, today announced the newest release of its Connext product suite, Connext 6. Connext 6 includes the first connectivity software designed to accelerate the development and deployment of highly autonomous systems. It provides autonomous vehicle developers with the advanced technology they need to address the complex data distribution challenges of Level 4 and Level 5 autonomy. Connext 6 offers the only standards-based framework to support autonomous vehicle development, from research to production.
The automotive industry is undergoing an extraordinary transformation where the future will be autonomous, connected and shared. Auto manufacturers are racing to develop highly and fully autonomous vehicles, necessitating a fundamental change in vehicles’ compute architecture and software. These highly autonomous systems pose technical challenges that are unaddressed by traditional approaches to data communications. In particular, AI algorithms must efficiently assimilate high-volume and high-rate data from disparate sensors while assuring resilience and safety. They must also be highly secure, given their connectivity and criticality. A plug-and-play connectivity standard is necessary to ease integration across the automotive supply chain.
When RTI introduced the Connext product suite, it revolutionized and accelerated the development of Industrial IoT systems based on robust, secure and scalable connectivity compliant with the Data Distribution Service (DDS) standard. Now with Connext 6, makers of autonomous systems are able to address key technical challenges, including: effective management of high-bandwidth sensor data, simple integration with standardized interfaces, and optimized security, including for safety-critical systems.
New features are compatible and interoperable across RTI’s Connext product suite: Connext DDS Secure and Connext DDS Professional for standard processors and microcontrollers, Connext DDS Micro for highly resource-constrained microcontrollers, and Connext DDS Cert for the most safety-critical applications.
The Connext 6 product suite will be generally available in Q1 2019. RTI customers can request a preview release by contacting their local sales representative.
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