[Shenhe Golden Corridor Release] From Travel Tool to Intelligent Companion: Thundersoft Accelerates Mass Production of Automotive Intelligence

From: Shenyang Daily

Recently, intelligent unmanned patrol robots are patrolling around the Shenyang Olympic Sports Center. They have functions such as patrol, alarm, rescue, and theft prevention. Photo by Li Hao.

In the early morning, when you sit in the car, the 8K panoramic long screen lights up, and a delicate 3D car model desktop awakens in the morning light, with real-time light and shadow shifting according to the weather. You say, “I’m a bit tired,” and the system responds within 500 milliseconds—car windows slowly open, the air conditioning adjusts to a comfortable temperature, and soft music plays just right. You didn’t touch any buttons or even browse any menus… This is not a futuristic concept car from a promotional video, but a real experience brought by DWater OS from Zhongke Chuangda Software Co., Ltd., a national high-tech enterprise in Hunnan District. It enables cars to transform from simple transportation tools into intelligent companions, unlocking new ways of smart driving.

Driving the Full AI Integration of Vehicle Operating Systems

In April 2025, Zhongke Chuangda released DWater OS 1.0 Evo, an AI-native vehicle operating system designed for central computing, pushing the industry into a new phase of full AI integration. The system deeply integrates AI large model technology, transforming cars from mere transportation tools into intelligent companions. The central computing layer adopts a cockpit-driving fusion + virtualized regional controller (ZCU) platform for efficient computing power scheduling. It also leverages global ecological resources to promote the internationalization of the automotive industry through dual ecosystems. Centered on a cloud-edge-terminal AI-native architecture, it reconstructs the entire intelligent cockpit system, potentially becoming the core engine driving global automotive intelligence transformation.

In terms of user experience, DWater OS 1.0 Evo achieves three major breakthroughs: ultra-realistic experience with high-precision rendering and real-time light and shadow through the Kanzi toolchain; ultra-intelligent experience with millisecond-level response and high-accuracy intent recognition via a cloud-edge-terminal AI framework, covering multiple scenarios; and ultra-integrated ecology by consolidating global resources to build a full-chain integrated ecosystem, providing automakers with a mass-production-level development platform to accelerate the implementation of smart strategies.

A Decade of “Sharpening the Sword” in Shenyang to Strengthen Development Foundations

Zhongke Chuangda Software Co., Ltd. was established in 2005 and successfully listed in 2015, becoming China’s first listed intelligent operating system technology company and a leading global provider of intelligent operating systems and edge intelligent products and technologies. Shenyang Zhongke Chuangda was founded in 2015 as one of the earliest R&D centers for intelligent automotive operating systems. It is a national high-tech enterprise and gazelle enterprise, holding 14 national invention patents and 66 software copyrights. With full-stack development capabilities from OS kernel to upper-layer applications, it has helped many global automakers achieve mass production of platform software. Focusing on the full ecosystem of intelligent vehicles, Zhongke Chuangda in Shenyang has accumulated deep expertise in Kanzi3D HMI engine development, panoramic imaging (AVM) systems, intelligent driving algorithm integration, and overseas project delivery. Its panoramic imaging solutions are widely used in many mainstream global vehicle models, and the Kanzi3D engine has become the preferred solution for well-known domestic and international automakers, widely adopted by leading car companies worldwide. Additionally, Zhongke Chuangda has established close strategic partnerships with multiple chip and cloud service providers, building an extensive ecological network and continuously expanding its global business footprint.

Accelerating Mass Production of Automotive AI Intelligence

In January this year, Zhongke Chuangda released DWater OS 2.0 Pre, an AI-native system that redefines smart automotive interaction. With its three core advantages—“integrated experience, AI-native, faster mass production”—it innovates the smart cockpit display layout and interaction design, redefining the boundaries of smart car experience. Notably, DWater OS 2.0 Pre works in deep synergy with AIBOX, enabling efficient large-scale deployment of AI large models into vehicles and supporting the rich implementation of AIAgent scene-based applications, accelerating AI-driven inclusive development in the automotive industry.

Against the backdrop of deeper industry-wide smart transformation, DWater OS 2.0 Pre, with its excellent chip compatibility, cross-domain collaboration technology, and global ecological layout, supports multi-chip platform adaptation and faster mass production driven by the global ecosystem, effectively pressing the “accelerate” button for automakers’ intelligent mass production. In the future, Zhongke Chuangda will continue to deepen ecological collaboration, using DWater OS 2.0 Pre as a link, working closely with global industry partners to help more automakers create differentiated intelligent vehicles and jointly build a new blueprint for global smart mobility. (Reporter: Fu Songyan; Communications: Zhuang Xin)

Editor: Jiang Nan

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