Tuxera Inc., the leading provider of Windows and Mac compatible file systems for Android (News - Alert), Linux and other platforms, has become an Associate Member of the GENIVI alliance.

The alliance gathers companies from the entire In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) value chain: software, consumer electronics, communication, and automotive companies, including major vehicle manufacturers such as BMW, PSA Peugeot-Citroen, Jaguar Land Rover, General Motors (News - Alert), Hyundai Motor Group, Renault, Nissan, Honda and Mahindra.

Tuxera’s mission will be to make GENIVI an open, fully interoperable IVI platform that supports all Windows formatted storages as well as the latest SDXC memory card formats. The platform builds on Linux and other open source technologies, which are also Tuxera's core competences.

“GENIVI is an important milestone for the automotive industry to aim at a standardized platform and bring consumers richer experiences while driving. Tuxera will make sure GENIVI fills in consumers' expectations they can plug-in any portable media storage they have and playback the music and other content with the latest infotainment systems,” said Mikko Valimaki, Tuxera CEO, in a statement.  

“Tuxera has a long experience in working with consumer electronics manufacturers, operating systems developers and chipset companies to bring interoperability across devices. We are pleased to support GENIVI's efforts in reducing the development time and costs of fully-connected, standards compliant In-Vehicle Infotainment systems,” said Viet Anh-Le, marketing manager at Tuxera.

Today Tuxera's high-performance, commercially licensed file system products power tens of millions interoperable consumer electronics devices. The company also works with industry leaders including Microsoft (News - Alert) and SD Association to solve legal compliance issues that come with the use of proprietary interoperability standards on open source platforms.

Recently, Skyworth, a Chinese TV and set-top box manufacturer, chose Tuxera's file system solution to achieve fully interoperable, high-performance personal video recorder functionality across its devices.

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Edited by Jennifer Russell