Onboard Hardware & Software: Common Open Standard Solutions

The Automotive Multimedia Interface Collaboration has been developing a unified architecture with supporting networking and software API specifications. The objective of this effort is to simplify the task of developing hardware and software for multiple automotive platforms and makers. This paper will describe the AMIC organization, and provide a summary of the progress to date. The overall architecture requirements will be briefly described and the expected impact of these requirements on applications and products will be analyzed.