Automotive Linux Expertise

Building secure and scalable vehicles, faster and cheaper.

The automotive industry is undergoing a digital revolution, with a focus on driver experience and connected car technologies. Digital cockpits, featuring integrated displays and information systems, are at the forefront of this transformation.
Automotive Linux is a viable alternative for the development of entry-to-mid-level infotainment systems. With the addition of a Safety Island, digital clusters can also be implemented with Linux.

How Acsia Can Help?

Deep expertise in ensuring robust and efficient performance across automotive systems.

  • Linux Distribution: Yocto, Ubuntu, Sabaton
  • HW Platforms: Qualcomm, x86, i.MX series, R-Car series, Nvidia, Telechips Dolphin series, Jacinto-4/6, Intel XScale
  • Bootloaders: U-Boot, Little Kernel
  • Toolchains: GNU, Yocto, LLVM

Extensive know-how to meet specific requirements and optimize performance for diverse platforms and applications.

  • Kernel configuration
  • Kernel modules
  • Customizing SW Stacks

Create user-friendly applications across various Linux-based platforms.

  • Middleware: GStreamer, D-Bus, OpenGL ES, OpenVG
  • Application: C/C++, Rust
  • HMI: QT/QML, GTK, Kanzi

Project Highlights

Development of an Rear Seat Entertainment System in an headless secure Linux platform.

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Defined and developed application components for the digital cockpit, including customer and IVI application development, middleware integration, and virtualization of Linux and Android environments for both cloud and local development platforms.

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Optimized boot time for Linux-based Infotainment

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CDC with 3 displays (Configurable and customizable as required)
Central Driver Console with Linux QT cluster and Android IVI shared display.

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Hear From Experts

Sojan James

Principal Architect
25+ years in automotive software and systems
“As cars get smarter, software takes the wheel — and that’s where Acsia comes in. Sabaton, our Automotive Linux platform built in Rust, delivers secure, high-performance ECUs and TCUs. With deep expertise in BSPs, OTA, and in-vehicle messaging via DDS and SOME/IP, we help OEMs and Tier-1s build scalable, production-ready systems that are ready for the road ahead.”
OEM Production Program Experience:
Tier-I Experience:
Why Acsia?
Deep Understanding of Automotive Linux Architecture
Experienced in building high quality and high performance Linux-based automotive products.
Proven Linux Production Program Experience
Ascia has delivered successful programs on Linux for leading OEMs since 2014.
Deep Domain Expertise
In-depth understanding of the automotive industry and its specific needs, regulations, and safety standards.
Tread fast. Tread boldly. Thread safely
Deep knowhow of integrating Rust in Linux-based infotainment systems.
Experienced in building high quality and high performance Linux-based automotive products.
Ascia has delivered successful programs on Linux for leading OEMs since 2014.
In-depth understanding of the automotive industry and its specific needs, regulations, and safety standards.
Deep knowhow of integrating Rust in Linux-based infotainment systems.
What’s In It For You

Automotive Linux thrives on open-source principles, fostering collaboration between carmakers, tech giants, and a vast developer community. This shared effort fuels rapid innovation and feature creation, accelerating development cycles.

Traditionally, carmakers relied on proprietary software, leading to a fragmented landscape. Automotive Linux provides a common platform, allowing for standardized software across brands. This simplifies development for automakers and ensures a more consistent user experience for drivers.

Automotive Linux allows carmakers to create more user-friendly infotainment systems with smartphone-like interfaces and seamless mobile device integration, enhancing the in-car experience.

The Automotive Linux platform is designed to be scalable, allowing carmakers to easily integrate new features and functionalities as connected vehicle technology and autonomous driving systems evolve.

Frequently Asked Questions

Automotive Linux offers cost efficiency, scalability, and faster innovation through open-source collaboration. It reduces software fragmentation, enhances infotainment experiences, and ensures seamless mobile integration. Its adaptability supports evolving connected vehicle and autonomous driving technologies, making it a future-ready choice for automakers.

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Acsia offers expertise in Automotive Linux, covering Linux platform integration (Yocto, Ubuntu, Qualcomm, Nvidia, etc.), Kernel and BSP customization, and application development using C/C++, Rust, QT/QML, GStreamer, and OpenGL ES. The company optimizes performance, customize software stacks, and build secure, scalable automotive solutions.

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Sabaton is Acsia’s Automotive Linux software platform, designed using the Rust programming language to develop secure and high-performance ECUs (Electronic Control Units) and TCUs (Telematics Control Units). It features a network and data-centric architecture, utilizing industry-standard DDS and SOME/IP for efficient message control and communication.

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  • Built a secure Rear Seat Entertainment system using a headless Linux platform for a German OEM through a leading Japanese Tier-1.
  • Takeover and Enhancement of Next-Gen Digital Cockpit for a Global OEM.
  • Linux Boot Time Optimization.
  • Linux Cluster for Low-Cost CDC (Proof of Concept).
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Introducing Sabaton

Sabaton is Acsia’s Automotive Linux software platform, based on the Rust programming language for developing secure, high-performance ECUs (electronic control units) and TCUs (telematics control units). Sabaton is built on a network and data-centric architecture, with industry-standard DDS and SOME/IP as the primary mechanism of message control.


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