Drimaes Inc. (CEO Jinwoo James Im, Guktae Kim) attended ‘SWITCH 2022 (The Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology 2022)’, the global startup exhibition held in Singapore Resort World Convention Center between October 25th (Tues) and 28th (Fri).
Drimaes is a company that provides an integrated cockpit solution that combines IVI technology and the know-how of mobility UX. It was established in November 2015 and was able to attract 12.5 billion KRW in the series A round of investments.
‘DA IC’, the integrated cockpit IVI (In-Vehicle Infotainment) solution to be introduced at the exhibition, combines a total of 6 screens, such as the ▲cluster (digital dashboard) ▲CID (central information display) ▲PD (personal display) ▲RSE (rear seat entertainment system), into one.
A spokesman of Drimaes said, “We could install individual screens to fit each one’s characteristic, but we would lose the price competitiveness in cost. As such, the automobile industry has recently taken an interest in integrated systems that enable the many screens inside the vehicle to be installed and operated at the lowest cost.” They went on to say, “As such, our company succeeded in developing and commercializing the container virtualization technology needed to operate multiple screens on a single SoC (system on a chip) as if they were individual screens.”
Hypervisors, which use virtual machines (VM) to operate the screens, is a method that has been used often in the past, but the DA IC solution has the advantage of being able to utilize the hardware resources more efficiently in comparison.
DA IC largely expanded the range of service so that it can be used not only on AAOS (Android automobile OS), but on the NAVER web platform as well. When the driver wants to use a service, they can use AAOS if they have the app and use the NAVER Whale browser instead if they don’t have the app.
A spokesman said that, “The selection of the Whale browser maximized the compatibility and openness of the services of Drimaes and other companies. Drivers are now able to use various O2O services developed by other companies regardless of if they have the app or not,” and went on to say, “For example, when the tire pressure warning light flashes, a maintenance-related third-party service will propose a maintenance service and can directly connect to a reservation. If an EV needs to be charged, the charging-related third-party service will reserve a charging port on the current route.”
Having its 7th iteration this year, ‘SWITCH 2022’ is global startup exhibition hosted by Enterprise Singapore, a public institution under the Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry. The 20 Korea startups that are attending ‘SWITCH 2022’ were selected by 2 organizations in KISED and Singapore’s KSC Center (KISED 10, KSC Center 10). Between October 25th to the 28th, the attending startups will be in the main event, where they will take part in programs like operating the K-STARTUP demo booth, K-STARTUP demo day, investors meeting, networking event, and pitching contest.
