NXP and Real-Time Innovations (RTI) Integrating Excellence for Vehicle Connectivity

NXP Semiconductors and Real-Time Innovations (RTI) joined forces to integrate a powerful solution for software-defined vehicles
(SDV). They demonstrated how SDVs are one of the drivers for the future of vehicle connectivity, paving the way for both SDV and
intelligent transportation systems.

Seamless connectivity is becoming the cornerstone of innovation for SDV. OEMs are looking for new ways of bringing together
diverse systems, applications and data sources to create a robust and reliable unified ecosystem.

NXP and RTI explored the ways RTI Connext Drive®  enables SDV
applications with its safety-certified, real-time communication capabilities both in- and off-vehicle, working seamlessly with
best-of automotive hardware and software. The software runs seamlessly on the
NXP S32G GoldVIP Vehicle Integration Platform, highlighting rapid, reliable, and intelligent connectivity for zonal architectures and high-performance computing systems.

The Need for Seamless Integration

Engineers have faced the hurdles of integrating software frameworks with automotive hardware: intelligent communication SDV
packages were not broadly available and system-on-a-chip (SoC) platforms from a few years ago were less integrated than recent
versions. The automotive industry needed more sophisticated ways and tools to keep pace with the shift towards data-centric
vehicle architectures and the demand of the evolving automotive landscape.

RTI, one of the pioneers in real-time communication software, has a proven track record in delivering solutions for
high-performance, mission-critical and autonomous systems across various industries. Their RTI Connext Drive® is a
production-grade, flexible, scalable software integration safety-certified communications framework for modern vehicle
architectures and SDV enablement. RTI Connext Drive was built based on the data-centric Data Distribution Service™ (DDS™)
standard and runs on multiple platforms and architectures, communicating data via shared memory to IP LAN to wide-area networks.
DDS is the framework used in ROS 2 and is part of both AUTOSAR® Classic and AUTOSAR Adaptive standards. At its core, RTI Connext
Drive is an open architecture framework for vehicle communications.

NXP, a global leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications, released its innovative vehicle integration
platform S32G GoldVIP to help address real-time and application development challenges for service-oriented gateways, domain
controllers, and vehicle computers. S32G GoldVIP offers multiple value propositions for the safe and secure multi-core Arm®
Cortex®-A53 S32G processors. S32G GoldVIP
is pre-integrated with software from NXP, open source and third parties, including secure cloud connectivity and over-the-air
(OTA) update services, allowing engineers to focus on creating new connected vehicle services instead of software
infrastructure. The S32G platform provides a foundation for SDV by offering remarkable performance, reliability and
connectivity features.

As modern vehicles transition toward data-driven services, secure cloud connectivity and service-oriented architecture while
addressing ECU consolidation, NXP S32G devices were the perfect complement to RTI Connext Drive. They match its safety
certification and application domain capabilities, offering intense performance and considerable connectivity options.

Integrating Excellence, Delivering Results

RTI constantly works with the latest technologies to support customers in doing what was thought to be impossible. They decided
to collaborate with NXP due to the company’s reputation in automotive and expertise in zonal architecture with its S32G SoCs –which
integrate functionality and systems (usually covered by several lab benches) into a single device while reducing size, weigh and power.

RTI’s automotive customers use Connext Drive with the latest technologies to do things that were never before possible. This
includes the cutting-edge integration of NXP’s automotive SoC’s such as the S32G, which combines massive data communications
capabilities with abundant processing resources in a tiny integrated package. Size, weight and power are reduced while
performance, reliability and flexibility are greatly increased.

The partnership enabled RTI Connext Drive to provide safety-certified, real-time communication capabilities for zonal
architecture and high-performance computing environments into the S32G. When engineering the solution, NXP and RTI engineers
considered two main use cases:

• The first one enabled intelligent connectivity in zonal architectures while accommodating the evolution towards SDV, retaining
  what had already been developed. They aimed to integrate current and legacy technologies, keeping peak performance on
  different platforms plus minimizing development risk and integration costs
• The second case focused on high-performance computing to create an optimal communication framework for sensors and data
  models. It targeted integration into heterogeneous high-performance computing environments

NXP and RTI also focused on guaranteeing safety and cybersecurity, as it was intended not only to address the challenges of
modern vehicle architectures but also to unlock new possibilities for automotive innovation — paving the way for the future of
vehicle connectivity and intelligent transportation systems. The granular security of Connext Drive enables individual data
flows to be uniquely configured for encryption, authentication and access control, providing tailored end-to-end protection
over any transport.

RTI Connext Drive runs seamlessly on the S32G, underpinning rapid, reliable and intelligent data communications for zonal
architectures in high-performance computing systems. The hands-on demo highlights how the combined solution provided the
backbone communication for E/E and SDV environments while fulfilling essential technical and safety requirements.

Looking for the Autonomous Future

As the automotive industry gears up for the SAE autonomy scale toward Level 4+, the software solutions that will take us there
safely are still unknown. Two of the top concerns in the SDV landscape are integrating new technologies and allowing OEM
software developers to reuse most or all of what has already been developed and tested.

In addition, one of the biggest challenges is the shift from developing proprietary software and custom designs to a complete
architectural revolution centered on the SDV concept. Next-gen SDVs require modern architectures, connected systems and
guaranteed interoperability with both legacy and new technologies.

RTI teamed with NXP to demonstrate how using off-the-shelf systems can help OEMs decrease time to production while optimizing
cost, time to market and flexibility. They confirmed how RTI Connext Drive optimized the S32G platform without needing
customization: engineers using S32G can immediately utilize RTI Connext Drive without coding, enabling and optimizing their
zonal architecture and high-performance compute use cases for next-generation SDV.

The partnership between NXP and RTI is more than just combining products; they are committed to driving innovation and shaping
the future of vehicle connectivity within their combined solution, tackling those concerns and challenges from the SDV
landscape. Together, NXP and RTI showcase integration excellence for vehicle connectivity, streamlining collaboration and
accelerating the development of intelligent connectivity solutions for next-gen vehicles as the automotive industry enters a new
SDV era.