WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems and Quintauris Partner to Advance Safety-Critical RISC-V Solutions for Automotive Applications

BRISTOL, England, Aug. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems (WHIS) is pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with Quintauris, a specialist European distributor focused on embedded software solutions for safety-critical applications, with a shared commitment to advancing RISC-V adoption in high-assurance systems.

WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems (WHIS) is pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with Quintauris. As part of this collaboration, SAFERTOS^® will be included in the software portfolio supporting Quintauris' upcoming automotive reference platforms, empowering developers and OEMs to accelerate innovation with confidence in safety, performance, and long-term support. Together, WHIS and Quintauris aim to advance the development of high-performance, safety-certified real-time applications on RISC-V.

"Partnering with WHIS is a key milestone in our mission to build Automotive-grade commercial ready RISC-V solutions," said Pedro López Estepa, Head of Market Strategy at Quintauris. "Their deep expertise in functional safety and production-proven RTOS technology enhances the reliability and integrity of our reference architecture." 

SAFERTOS^® is a pre-certified safety RTOS for embedded systems developed by WHIS, a global safety systems company. It delivers superior performance and pre-certified dependability whilst utilizing minimal resources.  SAFERTOS^® is delivered with a Design Assurance Pack (DAP), tailored specifically for the customer processor/compiler combination. This enables SAFERTOS^® to support a wide range of international development standards, including ISO 26262 ASIL D and IEC 61508 SIL 3 by TÜV SÜD, making it a trusted solution across multiple industries. SAFERTOS^® also features a unique adoption model – start your project for free with FreeRTOS and upgrade to SAFERTOS^® at the start of formal development.

"Quintauris is laying essential groundwork for RISC-V adoption in mission-critical automotive applications," said Andrew Longhurst, Managing Director for WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems. "We are excited to support this vision with SAFERTOS^® and to collaborate closely on building the next generation of automotive-grade RISC-V platforms."

About WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems

WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems is a safety systems company that produces and supplies Real Time Operating Systems and platform solutions to the Automotive, Medical and Industrial sectors worldwide. For more information, please visit:

https://www.highintegritysystems.com.

About Quintauris 

Quintauris was founded as a single source to enable compatible RISC-V-based products, provide reference architectures, and help establish solutions to be widely used across various industries. Founded by leading semiconductor players such as Bosch, Infineon, Nordic Semiconductor, NXP, Qualcomm, and STMicroelectronics, Quintauris' mission is to accelerate the global adoption of RISC-V, the open standard Instruction Set Architecture (ISA), enabling the development of next-generation processors for automotive, industrial, and IoT applications.

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