Ideal Motors Unveils Ideal StarRingOS: Agroundbreaking Open-Source In-Vehicle OS
At the 2025 Zhongguancun Forum, Ideal Motors' director Lee unveiled more information about their self-developed in-vehicle operating system, "Ideal StarRingOS". After completing its all-inclusive in-vehicle operating system development and testing, Ideal Motors decided to open-source the system by the end of April.
Ideal Motors will join a group of pioneering car manufacturers that are pushing the industry forward by opening up their source code.
Key Features
The "Ideal StarRingOS" includes various components:
- Vehicle control system
- Intelligent driving control system
- Communication platform
- Virtualization platform
By adopting shared AI computing power and hardware equipment, this comprehensive system offers numerous benefits:
- 80% reduced AI algorithm performance degradation under virtualized environments
- Reduced sensor device interaction latency by 90%
- Down to 30% decreased storage resource usage
This system has several desirable features, including effectively avoiding privacy leak risks as well as improving various intelligent functions' performance compared with competitors.
Ideal for Smart Automobiles
A dedicated operating system is needed for smart automobiles because of the complicated technological barriers that are encountered. An open-source system that focuses on automotive-level technologies in this open ecosystem is still a missing piece of knowledge.
The "Ideal StarRingOS" will be based on an open-sourced approach through sharing AI computing resources and hardware devices, enabling developers to contribute more deeply on its implementation.
This comprehensive operating system also supports various business services in both the control domain and intelligent driving domains. Ideal Motors aims to provide flexible, layered service capabilities to create a full-fledged in-vehicle operation platform.
By releasing their operating system under open-sourced standards, Ideal Motors seeks to make it easier for other companies to build on this innovative work:
- Providing users with freedom of choice.
- Promoting the collaborative development of the automotive industry's future technologies.
In doing so, Ideal Motors is driving innovation in the automotive market by opening up its "Ideal StarRingOS".
This comprehensive in-vehicle operating system is going to play a significant role in shaping the next generation of intelligent automobiles.
