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Software-Defined Systems: The Architecture Decisions Shaping The Future Of How We Move, Live And Work - Six Five On The Road at CES 2026
Software-Defined Systems: The Architecture Decisions Shaping The Future Of How We Move, Live And Work - Six Five On The Road at CES 2026
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Mark Ng of Texas Instruments joins Six Five On The Road at CES 2026 to discuss how software-defined architectures, real-time intelligence, and semiconductor design are reshaping vehicles and other intelligent physical systems, and why long-term architectural decisions now matter more than ever.
What’s shaping the next generation of vehicles isn’t always visible from the driver’s seat.
From CES 2026, Olivier Blanchard sits down with Mark Ng, Director of Automotive Systems at Texas Instruments, to explore how software-defined architectures are changing vehicle design. They dissect the systems that now decide how vehicles perform, scale, and stay safe, from semiconductors to real-time intelligence, and the constraints OEMs and Tier 1s face as software takes the lead.
As vehicle lifecycles stretch and updates become continuous, the takeaway is straightforward. Platforms that can adapt to growing data, new AI workloads, and rising system complexity will define what scales next.
Key Takeaways:
🔷 Software-defined vehicles depend on strong architectural foundations: The most impactful automotive innovations now happen below the surface, where system architecture determines how safely, efficiently, and reliably vehicles can scale over time.
🔷 Edge intelligence is becoming essential: Real-time decision-making increasingly requires compute to move closer to where data is generated, reducing latency while enabling faster, more responsive systems.
🔷 Performance and efficiency must advance together: Automotive AI demands higher capability without sacrificing power efficiency, reliability, or functional safety, forcing tighter engineering tradeoffs across the system.
🔷 Architectural choices today shape longevity tomorrow: Decisions around zonal architectures, centralized compute, and sensor fusion directly influence how vehicles adapt to software updates, new workloads, and rising complexity over long lifecycles.
Sponsored by Texas Instruments.
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