Vector Supports the NXP CoreRide Platform

Stuttgart, Germany, 2026-04-29 – Vector is expanding its strategic collaboration with NXP® Semiconductors by contributing comprehensive embedded software and system integration expertise to the NXP CoreRide platform – NXP’s scalable foundation for Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs). The collaboration between Vector and NXP Semiconductors focuses on accelerating the industrialization of Software-Defined Vehicles (SDV). Customers benefit from shorter time-to-market through pre-integrated and highly optimized software stacks. The joint activities concentrate on software-centric system integration, measurable performance optimization, and secure boot and update architectures. The latest outcome of this collaboration is the newly released NXP CoreRide Z248 zonal reference system. This system provides OEMs with a ready-to-adopt, real-time compute platform ready for series production. Pre-Integrated Platform to Accelerate Vehicle Program Ramp-UpBased on joint development activities, NXP provides a pre-integrated and pre-configured hardware/software platform based on MICROSAR embedded software products, tightly aligned with NXP hardware. This close coupling of hardware and software significantly reduces system bring-up complexity and lowers integration effort for OEMs. As a result, development teams can begin application development earlier in the program lifecycle. The joint approach shortens evaluation phases, reduces engineering risk, and accelerates vehicle program ramp-up. Users find Vector products such as MICROSAR Classic as software stack, the DaVinci Configurator for the stack configuration, and PREEvision for the system design within the solution package. Measurable Optimization of Key System KPIsVector’s base layer solution directly contributes to enhancing NXP CoreRide’s critical system-level performance indicators. This includes optimizing boot and startup behavior to ensure fast and deterministic ECU availability. Update, wake-up, and sleep mechanisms are designed to meet both performance and energy-efficiency requirements of modern zonal architecture. In addition, Vector enhances communication and gateway performance across CAN and Ethernet networks while reducing overall memory footprint. Collaboration as Key Success FactorVector collaborates closely with hardware suppliers to reduce integration complexity, optimize system performance, and deliver a scalable platform foundation for next-generation vehicle architectures. “SDVs require more than powerful silicon – they require a deeply integrated and validated software stack,” says Jochen Rein, Senior Vice President Business Unit Software Platform at Vector. “By combining our embedded software portfolio and system integration expertise with NXP’s scalable hardware platform, we are enabling OEMs to move from evaluation to series development significantly faster and with reduced technical risk.” “Software-defined vehicles only scale when hardware and software are engineered together from the start,” says Sebastien Clamagirand, SVP and GM PL Automotive Systems and Platforms (AS&P), NXP Semiconductors. “Vector’s deep embedded software expertise strengthens the NXP CoreRide platform by reducing integration complexity and helping OEMs move faster from evaluation to series development. With NXP CoreRide Z248, we are delivering a pre-validated, ready-to-adopt zonal foundation that gives customers a clear and low-risk path to industrializing SDV architectures.” More information at: www.vector.com/partner and www.vector.com/sdv

About Vector Vector is a leading solution provider and a trusted partner in the development of software-defined systems. For over 35 years, Vector has empowered OEMs and suppliers worldwide to realize complex electronic products that meet the highest standards of functionality, safety, and efficiency—primarily in the automotive industry, and increasingly in medical technology, IoT, rail, and aerospace. At the core of Vector’s portfolio is a comprehensive software ecosystem that seamlessly integrates tools, embedded software, cloud services, and engineering expertise into a high-performance development environment. Driven by technological excellence and close collaboration with customers and partners, Vector delivers tailored solutions that simplify complexity, accelerate development, and enable forward-looking innovation. As an independent company, Vector employs more than 4,500 people across 32 locations worldwide and generated revenues of more than 1 billion euro in 2024. Headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, Vector maintains a global presence with subsidiaries in Austria, Brazil, China, France, the United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Romania, Sweden, Spain, and the United States.