] qnx is a blackberry owned company that is headquartered in Kanata,Ontario,Canada
] the companys core product is a realtime, micro kernel operating system that is currently used in a variety of implemtations.
] qnx os is used in industry (nuclear power plants, even the ISS)
] the qnx os is also the foundation of the blackberry 10 mobile operating system, that powers blackberry's current line of mobile devices.
] the bb playbook (tablet) os was the initial implemtation of this mobile os and debuted in 2011.
] qnx auto is an "automotive operating system" that currently powers several automotive infotaiment systems and will provide the foundation for smartphone/auto interfaces including apples carplay and google's android auto
] project ion - is a recent initiative announced by bb to facilitate IOT devices
] the future of machine to machine communications, in auto, health, home, ....
] revenue for QNX, accounts for an estimated 2% of BlackBerry’s sales, but is not broken out by the company
] IHS’s Boyadjis estimates QNX will generate about $100 million in revenue this year(2014), about 90% from the auto industry. Boyadjis assumed an average software license of about $3 per vehicle and QNX selling 20 million units.
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] http://qnx.com
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] http://qnxauto.blogspot.ca/
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[2014-07-03] NEWS - BB sells EU qnx r & d operation to volkswagen