TTTech Auto, which is based in Vienna, Austria, is a leading developer of safety-critical systems and middleware for software-defined vehicles (SDVs). The company has established business relationships with many leading automotive OEMs supplying solutions that optimise performance, safety, integration, and software updates.
Pending regulatory approvals, TTTech Auto including its management team, intellectual property, assets, and approximately 1,100 engineering staff will join NXPs automotive team and will operate under the NXP brand.
The move comes at a time when the automotive industry is undergoing a profound transformation, shifting from conventional hardware-based designs to platform-based SDVs with increasingly sophisticated, interconnected hardware and software systems.
This transformation enables feature upgradeability, data-driven services, and native cloud development and the SDV market if forecast to expand to 45% penetration of global auto production in 2027, reflecting a 48% CAGR between 2024 and 2027.
In order to compete car manufacturers, need new SDV platforms and architectures capable of safely and securely handling the increasing complexity of software integration, bringing scalability and fast time to market.
NXP introduced its NXP CoreRide platform in March 2024 to address this significant market opportunity and help car manufacturers swiftly transition to SDVs. The CoreRide platform features NXP’s S32 vehicle compute, networking, and system power management and is the industry’s first open SDV platform purpose-built to break through hardware and software integration barriers and simplify complexity, scalability, and cost.
TTTech Auto will augment NXP’s hardware with added software expertise, delivering a more capable platform from which manufacturers can build SDVs. The inclusion of its safety and integration capabilities will enable even stronger hardware/software integration benefits for the global ecosystem of NXP CoreRide partners, further streamlining SDV development efforts for automakers.
TTTech Auto’s MotionWise middleware platform has a proven track record and features automated software deployment in automotive high-performance compute platforms. Its middleware is designed to manage the interconnected systems in SDVs, prioritising safety-critical functions while ensuring seamless integration and adaptability.
MotionWise also lets car manufacturers efficiently scale software across car models, streamline safety integration, and easily move or add safety-critical features; all while maintaining a robust safety backbone through a safety-by-design approach.
“The emergence of intricately connected and adaptive frameworks in SDVs highlights the need for middleware to tackle challenges in integration, safety and scalability,” explained Dirk Linzmeier, chief executive officer of TTTech Auto. “NXP and TTTech Auto both clearly recognize this need and share the same vision for SDV transformation. Together, MotionWise and NXP CoreRide empowers automakers with a robust SDV foundation, ensuring seamless coordination of diverse systems that help automakers deliver innovative features while maintaining reliability and safety at scale.”
