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GENIVI Alliance Announces Hyundai Motor Company as Sixth OEM Member
SAN RAMON, Calif., July 22 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Additional Nine New Core Members Continues Impressive Alliance Growth
The GENIVI Alliance, an automotive and consumer electronics industry association
driving the development and adoption of an open In-vehicle Infotainment (IVI)
reference platform, announced today that Hyundai Motor Company has joined the
Alliance as a Core Member, bringing the number of OEM members to six. Hyundai becomes
the first Korean OEM to join GENIVI and accelerates the Alliance's efforts to engage
Asian OEM's.
GENIVI also announced the addition of nine new additional Core members from
ecosystem providers from across the consumer electronics, high technology and
automotive industries. AISIN AW CO. LTD., Altran Praxis, Ericpol Telecom, NAV N GO
KFT, NetLogic Microsystems, Inc., NVIDIA, Sirius XM, STMicroelectronics and
Telemotive AG have all joined GENIVI as Core members enabling them to participate in
technical councils and working groups to help drive the technical and marketing
direction of the Alliance's platform.
These new members joined the existing GENIVI membership recently at GENIVI's
second all-member meeting, held for the first time in Europe in Munich, Germany.
Amongst the topics discussed were the planned features for the second GENIVI Alliance
platform release and support for the second semiconductor architecture (ARM-based).
"The addition of Hyundai marks a milestone for GENIVI as we continue our
expansion into Asia," said Graham Smethurst, GENIVI president. "GENIVI's continued
success hinges on the contribution of OEMs of the caliber of Hyundai and we look
forward to working with them as we continue to improve the GENIVI Alliance platform."
The GENIVI Alliance now boasts 75 members spanning the entire automotive
ecosystem across all major geographies, including six OEMs, key first tier suppliers,
and the majority of semiconductor providers to the In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI)
market.
About Hyundai Motor Co.
Established in 1967, Hyundai Motor Co. has grown into the Hyundai-Kia Automotive
Group which was ranked as the world's fifth-largest automaker since 2007 and includes
over two dozen auto-related subsidiaries and affiliates. Employing over 75,000 people
worldwide, Hyundai Motor sold approximately 3.1 million vehicles globally in 2009,
posting sales of US$41.8 billion (including overseas plants, using the average
currency exchange rate of 1,276 won per US dollar). Hyundai vehicles are sold in 193
countries through some 6,000 dealerships and showrooms. Further information about
About GENIVI Alliance
GENIVI Alliance is a non-profit industry association whose mission is to drive
the broad adoption of an In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) open source development
platform. GENIVI will accomplish this by aligning requirements, delivering reference
implementations, offering certification programs and fostering a vibrant open source
IVI community. GENIVI's work will result in shortened development cycles, quicker
time-to-market, and reduced costs for companies developing IVI equipment and
SOURCE: GENIVI Alliance
CONTACT: For GENIVI,
Craig Miner,
+1-248-840-8368,
Cminer1@att.net
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