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Sasken Technologies Partners with a Leading European Automotive Software Company

Sasken Technologies Ltd., renowned for its prowess in product engineering and embedded software solutions, has announced a significant multi-year engagement with a leading European automotive software company. This collaboration aims to drive advancements in telematics control units (TCUs) for global vehicle platforms, demonstrating Sasken's commitment to supporting the evolution of connected, software-defined vehicles.

The Shift to Software-Defined Vehicles

As the automotive landscape evolves, manufacturers are increasingly focusing on software-defined vehicles. This transition emphasizes the importance of telematics platforms, which are integral for providing connected services, conducting over-the-air updates, aiding in diagnostics, managing fleets, ensuring cybersecurity, and facilitating future mobility applications. Sasken's initiative underscores this shift, leveraging its expertise in cellular technologies, modem platforms, embedded software, and hardware engineering to expedite product readiness and support deployment in international markets.

Comprehensive Engineering Support

The engagement encompasses a broad spectrum of services, including software development, systems integration, artificial intelligence, validation processes, and hardware engineering. By adopting a chip-to-cognition methodology, Sasken combines capabilities across silicon platforms, connectivity technologies, and embedded systems, thereby ensuring a seamless product lifecycle. Through this end-to-end engineering approach, the company supports clients at every stage from platform architecture and hardware development to software integration and commercial deployment.

Collaboration between Sasken's engineering teams and the client's engineering teams is set to be crucial, focusing on hardware design, software development, and validation activities. This teamwork aims to produce production-grade telematics solutions that adhere to global performance, quality, and reliability benchmarks, making sure that future vehicles can thrive in connected environments.

The Future of Automotive Connectivity

According to Tero Pernu, Head of Business, Finland EU at Sasken Technologies, this partnership not only reflects confidence in Sasken’s skills but also highlights the vital role of telematics in modern vehicle functionality. He emphasized the necessity of deep technological expertise across multiple layers to meet the intricate demands of connected vehicles.