Technica Engineering, a pioneer in Automotive Ethernet and a member of the KPIT Technologies Group, along with KPIT Technologies, has announced the decision to open the full specification of SOME/IP (Scalable Service-Oriented Middleware over IP), a widely used communication standard for Automotive Ethernet in next-generation vehicles.
SOME/IP, which originated at BMW, currently operates in more than 40 million vehicles worldwide. The middleware enables secure and high-volume data transfer across ECUs, sensors, cameras and cloud services over Automotive Ethernet and plays a central role in the evolution of software-defined vehicles, advanced driver assistance systems and connected mobility.
By making the specification openly available and free for everyone, Technica Engineering and KPIT aim to enable OEMs, suppliers, software developers and academic institutions to build, test and innovate without proprietary constraints. The move is expected to accelerate software maturity, improve interoperability and support broader adoption across passenger, commercial and special-purpose vehicles.
Commenting on this, Mr. Anup Sable, Chief Operating Officer, KPIT Technologies and Managing Director, Technica Engineering, said, “Automotive Network Architecture and Software complexity has risen sharply, as sensors, high performance computers, and actuators increasingly connected by Ethernet seek to drive speed innovation and consumer-centric vehicle feature updates. Communication protocols and Service Oriented Architecture inside the vehicle are now central to how OEMs architect these systems and scale differentiated experiences for millions of customers. By open sourcing SOME/IP, our intent is to make the protocol more widely accessible to developers, so the ecosystem can innovate faster and deliver better software defined vehicles.”