Generic Embedded System Platform

The objective of the GENESYS project is to develop a cross-domain reference architecture for embedded systems that can be instantiated for different application domains to meet the requirements and constraints documented in the ARTEMIS strategic research agenda.

These requirements are composability, networking, security, robustness, diagnosis, integrated resource management and evolvability.

The reference architecture will address common issues, such as complexity management, separation of communication and computation, support for different levels of quality of service, security, model-based design, heterogeneity of subsystems, legacy integration, optimal power usage, and diagnosis. It will provide domain-independent services that can be customized to the needs of a particular application domain. Domain-specific platform services will be converged such that components from different application domains can be consistently integrated while preserving relevant properties.

The project will result in a conceptualization of the cross-domain architecture, a specification of cross-domain core services and optional services for the selected application domains, and four exploratory prototypes that will demonstrate and help to evaluate the feasibility of selected central architectural concepts in the different application domains.

The expected impact of GENESYS is a reduction of development costs and a speed-up of the time-to-market of embedded system development in different application domains, thereby strengthening the European presence in the competitive world-wide embedded systems markets. The support for cross-domain reuse of components is of particular relevance to innovative European SMEs that plan to enter those markets with high-tech products under increasing time pressure.

The consortium consists of many major European embedded system suppliers and OEMs encompassing a broad range of application domains, supported by leading research and academic organizations.

The GENESYS Consortium is formed by the following 23 partners:

STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L., Italy; COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE, France; NOKIA OYJ, Finland; THALES, France; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS INSTITUTE, The Netherlands; INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM VZW, Belgium; TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DARMSTADT, Germany; FUNDACION EUROPEAN SOFTWARE INSTITUTE, Spain; VALTION TEKNILLINEN TUTKIMUSKESKUS, Finland; INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG, Germany; CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI, Italy; TTTECH COMPUTERTECHNIK AG, Austria; ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA, Italy; UNIVERSITE JOSEPH FOURIER GRENOBLE 1, France; FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., Germany; TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN, Germany; VYTAUTO DIDZIOJO UNIVERSITETAS, Lithuania; IKERLAN S. COOP, Spain; BUDAPESTI MUSZAKI ES GAZDASAGTUDOMANYI EGYETEM, Hungary; UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID, Spain; NXP SEMICONDUCTORS NETHERLANDS B.V., The Netherlands; VOLVO TECHNOLOGY AB, Sweden; and VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY as Coordinator.

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You can find more information at the GENESYS Project Website.