Tier 1 giant Bosch uses the CES 2022 stage to emphasize its evolution to a software-driven company, touting a strong focus on artificial-intelligence-driven technology and its annual investment of $4.5 billion in overall software competence.
In 2021, the supplier announced it would begin offering its software, middleware, cloud services and development tools to other companies through its nearly two-decades-old ETAS subsidiary. By the middle of this year, it expects 2,300 experts from various development areas within Bosch and ETAS to be brought together into a single operation.
That move followed an earlier effort to launch a new Cross-Domain Computing Solutions division (known inside the company as XC) to develop application-specific software and hardware for a range of operations expected to proliferate in coming software-defined vehicles that will feature new electronic architectures and high-powered onboard computers.
The XC division houses 17,000 employees worldwide and is chartered with addressing a $24 billion market Bosch…
