Driver Assistance Systems: Bosch and Qualcomm Deepen Partnership

Scaling Intelligent Technology Driver Assistance Systems: Bosch and Qualcomm Deepen Partnership

2026-04-13 From Stefanie Eckardt | Translated by AI 2 min Reading Time

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Bosch and Qualcomm are expanding their partnership. To date, this has been limited to vehicle computers for the cockpit. Now it will also include solutions for driver assistance systems in the future, as both companies announced.

Bosch's Cockpit & ADAS Integration Platform integrates the previously separate infotainment and driver assistance functions into one system-on-chip.(Image: Bosch) — Bosch's Cockpit & ADAS Integration Platform integrates the previously separate infotainment and driver assistance functions into one system-on-chip.
(Image: Bosch)

By expanding their partnership to include ADAS and AD, Bosch and Qualcomm aim to scale intelligent technology. This plays an important role given the increasing demand for automated, connected and highly personalized vehicles. In addition, both companies can celebrate a joint highlight - more than 10 million Bosch vehicle computers based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon cockpit platforms have been delivered. Since the first deliveries began in 2021, the number of units has risen from one million in 2023 to ten million in spring 2026.

Building on this, the partners are expanding their existing collaboration to include new ADAS programs. This allows ADAS solutions to be implemented in a practical and scalable manner. This can be achieved in a cost-optimized manner thanks to the vehicle computer architecture from Bosch and the Snapdragon Ride platform from Qualcomm. It is also possible to combine cockpit and ADAS platforms that support applications with different safety levels on one system-on-chip. The aim is to offer added value for car manufacturers on the road to the software-defined vehicle.

The basis for the new projects is Bosch's ADAS integration platform - a scalable, modular vehicle computer specifically designed for ADAS functions. With high bandwidth, computing power and memory management, it meets safety standards, merges multiple sensor technologies into precise 360° environment models and executes complex algorithms.

Reduce System Complexity

According to the companies, the cooperation between Bosch and Qualcomm will result in scalable, cost-optimized vehicle computers with ADAS solutions that are already being used on the East Asian market. This offers car manufacturers flexibility and a clear migration path towards centralized computer architectures that require a small number of powerful vehicle computers instead of many individual control units. The vehicle computers from the Stuttgart-based supplier and the scalable Snapdragon Ride platform from the US company should enable a variety of configurations - from basic ADAS functions such as cruise control and distance control to lane departure warning systems and automated driving systems. The first vehicles from this new business are set to roll off the production line in 2028.

In addition, ADAS and cockpit solutions can be bundled in one platform, which reduces the complexity of the architecture. For this reason, both companies are working on solutions based on existing products: Snapdragon Ride Flex builds on this foundation and enables cockpit and ADAS functions to be combined on one SoC, reducing system complexity, power consumption and costs. At the same time, it opens up new possibilities for centralized computing architectures. Bosch's cockpit and ADAS integration platform combines the system functions for assisted and automated driving as well as infotainment functions such as personalized navigation and voice assistance in one device.

Both the ADAS systems and the cross-divisional computing solutions meet strict safety requirements up to ASIL-D. (se)

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