| AEC-Q100 |
An automotive quality standard that outlines the stress test for IC qualification in automobiles. Altera is an active member of the AEC council, which governs this standard. |
| AUTOSAR |
Automotive System Architecture consortium was established to define an open standard for automotive E/E architecture. It serves as a basic infrastructure for the management of functions within both future applications and standard software modules. |
Automotive Multimedia
Interface Collaboration (AMI-C) |
A global automotive industry organization dedicated to creating common requirements to enable vehicle manufacturers to take advantage of current developments in mobile information and entertainment systems. |
| Bluetooth wireless technology |
Enables links between mobile computers, mobile phones, portable handheld devices, and connectivity to the Internet. |
| Controller area network (CAN) |
A serial bus system that is well suited for networking "intelligent" devices and sensors and actuators within a system or sub-system. |
| Digital transmission control protection (DTCP) |
A digital rights management technology. The DTCP standard was issued by the Digital Transmission Licensing Administrator (DTLA) to protect multimedia distribution in the digital home. |
| FlexRay |
A communication system that will support the needs of future in-car control applications. |
| Local interconnect network (LIN) |
A new low-cost serial communication system intended to be used for distributed electronic systems in vehicles, which complements the existing portfolio of automotive multiplex networks. |
| IDB Forum |
An independent, not-for-profit trade association that promotes the global integration of IDB networking into vehicles, consumer electronics, and automotive electronics. The forum's activities include technology and market development and demonstration and interfacing with the AMI-C. The forum's scope includes IDB-C, a 250-Kbps network based on CAN, and IDB-1394, an automotive grade version of IEEE-1394, under development by the Joint Automotive Working Group (AuWG), a partnership between the IDB Forum and the 1394 Trade Association. |
| JASPAR |
Japan Automotive Software Platform Architecture consortium was created by Japanese OEMs to define an open architectural platform, whereby making it easier for all the suppliers and OEMs to develop the next-generation system architecture. |
| MOST Cooperation |
A partnership of carmakers, set makers, system architects, and key component suppliers. Together they define and adopt a common multimedia network protocol and application object model. |
| OSEK-VDX |
A group dedicated to creating an industry standard for an open-ended architecture for distributed control units in vehicles. |
| Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) |
A resource for technical information and expertise in designing, building, maintaining, and operating self-propelled vehicles for use on land or sea, in air or space. |
| TTA-Group |
A consortium of leading transportation companies that have found TTP to be the best in-vehicle data communication network and the most suitable technology for their emerging products. |
| TS16949 |
ISO/TS 16949:2002 is an ISO technical specification, which aligns existing American (QS-9000), German (VDA6.1), French (EAQF), and Italian (AVSQ) automotive quality systems standards within the global automotive industry, with the aim of eliminating the need for multiple certifications to satisfy multiple customer requirements. |
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