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Fraunhofer FIRST / Institute
Fraunhofer FIRST provides the entire spectrum of applied research for our economic partners: starting with consulting services for the application of innovative technologies and methods to system development, quality control and testing, implementation and supporting the licensing of individual solutions. Fraunhofer FIRST focuses on researching and developing high-performance embedded systems for following industries:
Fraunhofer FIRST counsels companies on software development of embedded systems according AUTOSAR and accompanies them throughout the entire development chain. Furthermore Fraunhofer FIRST realizes telematics services for its clients on the basis of the new transmission standard TPEG.
Parallelization of software for multi-core processors and the development of safety-critical architectures are the focal points of FIRST’s work in this sector.
Fraunhofer FIRST’s counseling begins in these early phases and supports the clients from working on hardware and software architectures all the way to the industrial application, while observing conformity with the certification process according to EN 50128.
Fraunhofer FIRST supports manufacturers of medical technology, health care providers, and suppliers of hospital information systems with demanding tasks in development and planning.
FIRST has great experience with various hardware and software architectures and supports clients with the modernization of their facilities.
Fraunhofer FIRST offers licensing of its media server and licensing and integration of partial components into existing systems for system integrators and ProAV companies. FIRST also counsels clients on the conception and implementation of sophisticated visualization projects.
Fraunhofer FIRST is developing models and software components to harmonize energy demands and supplies according to different criteria like total costs or peak loads. Additionally, the scientists are providing comprehensive modeling know-how in simulating plants for the generation of renewable energy.