Collaboration to revolutionize robotics
industry with enhanced real-time performance, precision,
reliability, and scalability
NUREMBURG, Germany, April 9,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- At Embedded World
today, BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) announced a
collaboration with AMD designed to revolutionize next-generation
robotic systems by enabling new levels of low latency and jitter,
and repeatable determinism. Together, the companies will address
the critical need for 'hard' real-time capabilities in
robotics-focused hardware with an affordable and powerful platform
that delivers enhanced performance, reliability, and scalability
for robotic systems in industrial and healthcare.
The platform combines BlackBerry® QNX® expertise in real-time
foundational software solutions and the QNX® Software Development
Platform (SDP) with heterogeneous hardware solutions powered by the
AMD Kria™ K26 SOM that features both Arm® and FPGA programmable
logic-based architecture. With Kria, an Arm® sub-system can power
the advanced capabilities of the QNX microkernel real-time
operating system (RTOS) while allowing users to run low latency,
deterministic functions on the programable logic of the AMD Kria
KR260 robotics starter kit.
This combination enables sensor fusion, high-performance data
processing, real-time control, industrial networking, and reduced
latency in robotic applications. Additionally, customers can
benefit from seamless integration and optimization of software and
hardware components, resulting in streamlined development processes
and accelerated time-to-market for innovative robotic
solutions.
"With the QNX Software Development Platform customers can start
development quickly on the AMD Kria KR260 Starter Kit and
seamlessly scale to other higher performance AMD platforms as their
needs evolve," said Chetan Khona,
senior director of Industrial, Vision, Healthcare and Sciences
Markets, AMD. "Combining the industry-leading strengths of AMD and
QNX will provide a foundation platform that opens new doors for
innovation and takes the future of robotics technology well beyond
the constraints experienced until now."
"An integrated solution by BlackBerry QNX through our
collaboration with AMD will provide an integrated software-hardware
foundation offering real-time performance, low latency and
determinism, to ensure that critical robotic tasks are executed
with the same level of precision and responsiveness every single
time," said Grant Courville, VP
Product & Strategy at BlackBerry QNX. "These are crucial
attributes for industries carrying out finely tuned operations,
such as the fast-growing industries of autonomous mobile robots and
surgical robotics. Together with AMD, we are committed to driving
technological advancements that address some of these most complex
challenges and transform the future of the robotics industry."
The integrated solution is now available to customers.
At Embedded World, visit BlackBerry (Hall 4, stand 544) to
experience its new robotic arm demonstration, powered by the QNX®
Software Development Platform (SDP) 8.0 and designed for precision
and performance optimization in industrial and medical
environments.
AMD will also be present at Embedded World. Stop by the AMD
booth (Hall 5, Stand #5-111) for real-world demonstrations of how
its portfolio of adaptive and embedded devices are helping
customers solve problems across industries.
About BlackBerry
BlackBerry (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB)
provides intelligent security software and services to enterprises
and governments around the world. The company's software powers
over 235M vehicles. Based in
Waterloo, Ontario, the company
leverages AI and machine learning to deliver innovative solutions
in the areas of cybersecurity, safety, and data privacy solutions,
and is a leader in the areas of endpoint management, endpoint
security, encryption, and embedded systems. BlackBerry's vision is
clear - to secure a connected future you can trust.
For more information, visit BlackBerry.com and follow
@BlackBerry.
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