One of the largest manufacturers of automotive devices was looking for a partner to jointly develop a universal car infotainment and multimedia system that would include telephony, internet communications, onboard navigation and interactive speech control as a platform for a number of high-end vehicle manufacturers. Significant business requirements included:

• Work as one of the software vendors, collaborating with several other companies delivering various software and hardware components
• Fully reliable vehicle graded solution
• Must be looking as a top class infotainment system
• International co-operation with solution vendors and product teams across the different companies
• MOST-based devices communication
• Parallel software and hardware development with later integration

A multinational Navigation Systems manufacturer was looking for a partner to develop a set of algorithms to support 3D digital map compilation process. Customer expected rapidly developed algorithms for processing and visualization of major types of 3D objects required for digital map compilation. Main business requirements included:

• High optimization for limited hardware resources
• Validation and comparison of algorithms
• Visualization verification