Xen Summit Keynote: Your self-driving car is awesome. . .because of open source software like Xen

In this blog series, we will revisit talks from the recent Xen Project Developer and Design Summit, which took place virtually in the summer of 2020. 

In his keynote speech, Robin Randhawa, Technical Director at  ARM, gives an overview of how many innovations happening in the automotive industry are made possible due to open source software, including Xen.

Robin is part of the open source division within ARM. In his talk, Robin outlines how  ARM’s place in Vehicle Autonomy, as well as the ecosystem around it and the role Open source software plays. 

Check out the entire keynote here

Or skip ahead to specific keynote sections here:

Arm and open source software

“Vehicle Autonomy”

What does an Autonomous Vehicle Controller look like?

You can’t build this without opensource

The real benefit of open source software

Where does Xen come into all of this?

Unchartered territories to consider

 

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