DriveOS™ HyperSafety: Single-ECU Vehicle Platform
Production-proven hard real-time OS running mixed-criticality sub-systems—infotainment, powertrain, ADAS—on a single ECU. Achieve nanosecond HyperResponse™ and port existing applications seamlessly.
Unified, real-time vehicle architecture eliminates fragmented stacks, managing all domains on one standard multicore PC. Reduces ECU count and integration time to deliver faster with leaner resources.
Production-ready control, cockpit, and ADAS applications running directly on DriveOS for “car in a box” functionality. OEMs can combine Drako apps with in-house software to accelerate new vehicle programs.
Drako DriveOS production-proven electronics/electrical & operating system runs mixed criticality vehicle sub-systems—infotainment, powertrain, ADAS— on a single machine, for nanosecond HyperResponse™ performance. OEMs can seamlessly port existing software applications.
Drako’s platform architecture replaces fragmented vehicle stacks with a single real-time system that manages all domains on one multicore PC. This streamlines development, integration and reduces ECUs — enabling smaller teams to deliver faster with fewer resources.
Drako provides production-ready applications that run directly on DriveOS, delivering “car-in-a-box” functionality — spanning control systems for the entire vehicle, state-of-the-art digital cockpit suite, and lowest latency autonomous driving. OEMs can combine Drako and in-house software.
Challenge: Skyrocketing development time & costs
Today’s OEMs face intense pressure to deliver smarter, always connected vehicles — without the luxury of massive teams or long development cycles. Traditional automotive platforms are highly fragmented, slow to integrate, and costly to scale, with too many ECUs driving up complexity and cost.
Industry shift: Single ECU & Hard Real-Time OS
The industry is rapidly moving away from legacy stacks toward unified single-ECU architectures & hard real-time platforms to streamline development and accelerate time to market.
For fast-moving OEMs, a centralized, real-time operating system unlocks faster integration, easier OTA updates, and drastically fewer ECUs — without sacrificing safety or performance. Drako’s single ECU platform scales this shift: leaner, faster, and production-proven.
OEMs: Accelerated path to higher profitability
Nearly half of the cost of new vehicles is tied up in software and electronics. Drako Tech offers OEMs of all sizes a step-change in their ability to deliver exceptionally safe, connected, AI-enhanced vehicles, with massive cost advantages.
Drako Tech helps OEMs cut costs through component simplification — reducing assembly, system mass, and warranty exposure. A single software image speeds up over-the-air updates and cloud-based diagnostics.
Automakers secure a competitive edge and product differentiation through rapid feature development and seamless integration. Drako’s open architecture allows OEMs to port legacy software and integrate third-party applications alongside Drako’s application suite — minimizing code rewrites, reducing risk, and accelerating deployment across new platforms.
Drako Tech’s unique pricing model frees OEMs to dynamically make hardware/software changes and lifecycle upgrades without incurring additional charges.
HyperSafety™ Defines New Safety Standard
Drako’s HyperSafety™ defines a new multi-layer, system-level standard for automotive safety performance — delivering predictable real-time behavior under all operating conditions, with:
- Ultra-safe driving responsiveness — via nanosecond-level control & communication
- Continuous operation — even under faults
- Cyber-secure connectivity — enforced by strict hardware isolation
Single multicore CPU — No custom silicon
Drako DriveOS consolidates all vehicle domains — including instrumentation, infotainment, safety, powertrain, and autonomy—on a standard multicore processor, delivering the world’s fastest real-time vehicle OS. This results in:
- Highest silicon performance
- 108-microsecond end-to-end I/O latency, even under load
- Lowest BOM cost
- Fastest time to market
- Architected to meet ASIL D, with redundancy/failover
- No recertification required for every update, due to strict partitioning of safety‑critical domains
Proven in production supercars. Ready to accelerate your next vehicle development.
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About Drako Tech
Drako Tech provides advanced automotive software systems that enable manufacturers to bring innovative, feature-rich vehicles to market in a fraction of the time and cost required by traditional methods.