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Bosch and Qualcomm expand collaboration to ADAS solutions

Bosch and Qualcomm Technologies has announced that they are expanding their partnership, which has focused on vehicle computers for cockpit solutions, to also include ADAS solutions. Together, Bosch and Qualcomm Technologies are helping address one of the industry’s most pressing needs – scaling intelligent vehicle technology to meet growing consumer demand for vehicles that are automated, connected and highly personalised. The companies also highlighted a significant step in their longstanding collaboration: Bosch has developed and delivered more than 10 million vehicle computers based on Qualcomm Technologies’ Snapdragon Cockpit Platforms for the global automotive market.

“By combining leading-edge compute technology with our system integration expertise – hardware, software and safety – we enable automakers to meet the rising demand for personalised, safe and comfortable driving experiences,” said Christoph Hartung, a member of the Bosch Mobility business sector board, and the chief technology officer for systems, software and services, and president of the division Cross-Domain Computing Solutions.

“Our collaboration with Bosch spans the full spectrum of vehicle compute – from high‑performance cockpit systems to scalable automated driving solutions and emerging centralised vehicle architectures – all powered by Snapdragon Digital Chassis automotive platforms,” said Nakul Duggal, the EVP and group GM of automotive, industrial and embedded IoT, and robotics at Qualcomm Technologies.

Building on this momentum, the companies are extending their collaboration through new ADAS production programs. These programs use Bosch’s cost optimised vehicle computer architecture, powered by Qualcomm Technologies’ Snapdragon Ride platform, to support practical and scalable ADAS deployments. The collaboration also includes purpose built combined cockpit and ADAS platforms supporting mixed criticality applications delivered on a single system-on-chip, unique to Snapdragon Ride Flex SoCs, aligning with automakers’ software-defined vehicle initiatives. At the core of these programs is the Bosch ADAS integration platform – a scalable, modular vehicle computer designed for ADAS functions. With high bandwidth, computing power and memory management, it meets strict safety and security standards, fuses multiple sensor technologies for a precise 360° environment model, and runs complex algorithms to deliver safe, dynamic vehicle behaviour—even at high speeds.

The next frontier: Jointly engineering the future of ADAS

Bosch and Qualcomm Technologies’ joint approach is delivering scalable, cost-optimised vehicle computers with ADAS solutions that have secured multiple global customer design wins in the East Asian market. These joint efforts provide automakers with critical flexibility and a clear migration path to centralised computing architectures featuring a small number of highly powerful vehicle computers instead of many individual control units. Powered by the scalable Snapdragon Ride Platform from Qualcomm Technologies, Bosch´s vehicle computers support for a broad range of configurations – from entry-level ADAS, such as speed and distance regulation or lane keeping, to advanced automated driving systems. The first vehicles from these new business wins are expected on the road in 2028.

In addition, ADAS and cockpit solutions can also be consolidated onto a single platform to give automakers even greater flexibility and reduce architectural complexity. To this end, Bosch and Qualcomm Technologies are also working on solutions using existing products: Snapdragon Ride Flex builds on this foundation by enabling the consolidation of cockpit and ADAS functions onto a single, safety-certifiable SoC, reducing system complexity, power consumption and cost while giving automakers a path toward centralised compute architectures. Bosch’s cockpit and ADAS integration platform combines the system functions for assisted and automated driving and infotainment like personalised navigation and voice assistance functions in one high-performance computer.

Both the ADAS and cross-domain computing solutions are designed to meet stringent safety requirements (up to ASIL-D) while reducing complexity and cost. For drivers, this means greater access to advanced Level 2 driving features like lane keeping, hands-free driving and intelligent automated parking.

A story of successful collaboration: Defining the modern digital cockpit

The collaboration between Bosch and Qualcomm Technologies is re-defining the modern digital cockpit by serving the full spectrum of both the regional and global automotive market across North America, Asia and Europe. This approach has driven exponential growth since first deliveries began in 2021, scaling from one million units in 2023 to ten million in less than three years, fuelled by successful program awards with vehicle manufacturers worldwide. The delivery step underscores the companies’ shared ability to industrialise advanced automotive technologies at global scale for the software-defined vehicle era, spanning entry-level to premium vehicles. The success is rooted in Bosch’s flexible and scalable approach, using Snapdragon Cockpit Platforms. The Bosch cockpit integration platform can drive an increasing number of in-vehicle displays and camera inputs Qualcomm Technologies’ Snapdragon Cockpit Platforms combine high-performance compute with power-efficient design to enable a wide range of vehicle experiences. That includes crisp, essential displays in cost-optimised systems up to premium systems featuring ultra-low-latency HMI responsiveness, multi-display configurations, immersive multimedia, AI-powered conversational voice assistance and higher levels of personalisation – while maintaining efficiency across vehicle segments.

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