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Introducing Tuxera Ultra Fast Boot, an optimization service for IVI and cluster devices to cut cold boot time

The company announces its new boot time optimization service for automotive Tier-1s and OEMs

Helsinki, – January 8, 2018 – Tuxera, the world-leading storage and networking technology software company, announced its new boot-time optimization service, Ultra Fast Boot. According to the company, the service is designed specifically to achieve the boot requirements of the automotive industry and brings optimizations on all levels of the system architecture. The service significantly reduces the cold boot time of Linux-based devices, such as cluster and IVI systems.

“Today, we’re excited to unveil our newest embedded development service, Tuxera Ultra Fast Boot. As cars are becoming more technically advanced and autonomous, the requirements for devices like cluster and IVI systems continue to be a challenge to meet. This is a great opportunity for us to showcase our Linux expertise in a use case where we see a real demand coming from the automotive industry,” says Claudio Camacho, Head of Marketing at Tuxera. Press Room

What is boot time?

Boot time is a process that, in most cases, consists of four roughly defined stages: power up, bootloader, kernel boot, and user-space initialization (also known as “init”). Defining and measuring boot time is very dependent on the use case. Most consumers will define it based on user experience. In other words, how long a person needs to wait before being able to interact with a device after it’s been powered on. For home laptops and personal smartphones, fast boot time is mainly a matter of convenience. In connected cars however, the need is much deeper.

Boot time plays a role in safety

There are also safety reasons and regulations at play in automotive system boot times. Because a person can put a car into reverse right after start, the rear-view camera system (RVCS) needs to show what’s behind the automobile immediately.

However, driver and passenger satisfaction also factor into boot time, for example, in getting driving directions as quickly as possible, or loading up a music playlist. Whether it’s meeting safety and regulatory requirements or improving customer experience, boot-time optimization is a critical need in the automotive industry.

How we do boot-time optimization

Tuxera Ultra Fast Boot is not a generic fast-boot solution. The company analyzes specific functionality requirements of a customer, as well as the hardware and software components used in the architecture. Once assessed, the company goes through all the factors in the boot sequence to identify which tasks need priority, which can be delayed, and what, if anything, can be removed. Additionally, the company does all the optimization work to get the most important features online rapidly. Whether it’s Automotive Grade Linux (AGL), GENIVI, Android IVI, or other automotive interfaces, the company is able to reduce boot time by up to 80%.

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Why choose Tuxera Ultra Fast Boot service?

Tuxera has nearly two decades of experience solving complex challenges in embedded storage performance. File systems play an important role in boot time. Bringing the company’s world-leading team of the and Linux kernel specialists to the task allows Tuxera to achieve an in-depth optimization for any platform.

About Tuxera

Tuxera is the leading provider of storage and networking technologies. From the latest flagship smartphones, to cars, cameras, routers, and drones – Tuxera’s software makes file transfers fast and content easily accessible. The company is an active member of multiple standard organizations, including JEDEC, AGL, SD Association, and many others. Founded in 2008, Tuxera’s headquarters are located in Finland, with regional offices in China, India, Germany, , , , and the US.

For more information, please contact:

PR and Communications Manager, Tuxera

Stan Dmitriev [email protected]