Xen Summit 2026

As next-generation automotive systems increasingly demand hardware virtualization, several automotive companies are interested in Xen Hypervisor as a key solution. Understanding what the automotive industry truly needs from Xen is a critical topic for the Xen Community.

In this session, we present nine categories of automotive requirements for Xen Hypervisor — Isolation, VM Lifecycle, Device Virtualization, Security, Scheduling, Performance, Development Environment, Power Management, and Functional Safety — these requirements come from
production projects at Renesas.

Among them, Safety stands out as the most prioritized requirement in automotive projects. We will present our 18-month Xen Safety qualification activities, our approach to functional safety (ISO 26262) for Xen, key technical challenges we have encountered, and our planned contributions to the Xen Community.