AUTOSAR
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AUTOSAR (AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture is a global development partnership founded in 2003 by automotive manufacturers, suppliers and other companies from the electronics, semiconductor and software industries. Its purpose is to develop and establish an open and standardized software architecture for automotive electronic control units (ECUs).
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Company type | Development Partnership |
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Industry | Automotive, E/E, Software, Semiconductor |
Founded | 2003 |
Headquarters | Munich, Germany (Administration) |
Key people | Michael Niklas-Höret (Chairperson, 2024) Thomas Rüping (Deputy Chairperson, 2024) Carmine De Iesu (Project Lead Speaker, 2024) |
Members | 366 Companies (12/2023) |
Website | autosar |
The objectives are scalability to different vehicle and platform variants, transferability of software, consideration of availability and safety requirements, cooperation between different partners, sustainable use of natural resources and maintainability during the product lifecycle.[1][2][3]