Becoming one of the only human-machine interface (HMI) platforms on the Amazon marketplace, Qt Group has announced that it is joining the software-defined vehicle landscape on Amazon Web Services (AWS). In doing so, Qt wants to widen access to its design and development tools used by automotive brands like General Motors, Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai.
Such brands can already use Qt’s end-to-end tooling for automotive HMI design, development, testing and deployment, building on the same codebase. This allows designers, technical artists, developers and test engineers to essentially speak the same language.
Using AWS, developers can access a fully virtual digital twin of the whole build, meaning they can complete 90% of their development and testing in the cloud instead of on physical hardware. In the final stage of development, the remaining 10% can be ported back to physical hardware for final testing and validation.
Research and statistics from Qt show that roughly a third of automotive OEMs are investing in digital twin technologies to enhance in-vehicle user interface and user experience (UI/UX), as momentum builds for software-defined vehicles.
“Adding our tool suite to AWS Marketplace will save OEMs considerable development and testing time, reducing the amount of iterating and prototyping,” said Patrick Dalez, business line director at Qt Group.
Zubair Ahmad, automotive product manager at AMD, added, “Our close working relationship with Qt has shown they can deliver scalable, high-quality, high-performance features that automotive users demand for a more seamless in-vehicle experience in driving, entertainment and productivity.”
At CES 2024, AWS will demo its latest cloud services and solutions purpose-built for the automotive industry and others.
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