Automotive Grade Linux Membership Growth Expands to Europe and Globally

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - June 07, 2016) - Automotive Grade Linux (AGL), a collaborative open source project developing a Linux-based, open platform for the connected car, today announced that bright box, Continental, ForgeRock, Hyundai MOBIS, Toshiba and Ubiquitous have joined The Linux Foundation and Automotive Grade Linux.

"Our goal is to bring companies from diverse backgrounds and regions together to build an open platform that will drive rapid innovation across the entire automotive industry," said Dan Cauchy, General Manager of Automotive at The Linux Foundation. "These new members join us from across Europe, Asia and the United States, and will help us continue to develop a global ecosystem for the connected car. We are excited to welcome these members into the AGL community and look forward to our joint collaboration."

Automotive Grade Linux will participate in Automotive Linux Summit (ALS) on July 13-14, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan. ALS gathers the most innovative minds from automotive expertise and open-source excellence, including automotive systems engineers, Linux experts, R&D managers, business executives, open-source licensing and compliance specialists and community developers. The event will feature top-notch speaking talent from across the globe including keynotes from Ford Motor Company, Toyota Motor Corporation, DENSO Corporation and The Linux Foundation, innovative and abundant program content and a wide variety of opportunities to connect with peers. The full schedule is available here.

As a "code first" organization, AGL announced a new AGL Unified Code Base (UCB) distribution built specifically for the automotive industry earlier this year. This new Linux distribution is built from the ground up to address automotive specific applications and is in a unique position to become the de facto standard for the industry. Ideal for deploying navigation, communications, safety, security and infotainment functionality, the AGL UCB distribution is supported by a broad community of participants from the automotive, communications and semiconductor industries, as well as individual developers.