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Intelligent Platforms

Features

• Extensivesupportfortheembedded

industry’smostpopularreal-timeoper-

atingsystem

• Fullyfeatured,standardboardsupport

package(BSP)foralloperatingsystem

vendor-definedfunctions

• Enhancedsupportpackage(ESP)

providesmanyextrafunctionsnot

definedbytheoperatingsystemvendor,

includingcontinuoustest

• BSPs/ESPsavailableforallGEIntel-

ligentPlatformsSBCfamilies.Includes

PowerXtreme,PowerXpress,EmPower,

PowerPactandXtraPower,allbasedon

PowerPC,plusINTraXtremeandINTra-

PactbasedonIntelarchitectures

• AllWindRiver‘platforms’supported,for

Workbench/VxWorks6.xandTornado/

VxWorks5.x

VxWorksonGEIntelligentPlatforms’single

boardcomputers(SBCs)createsapartner-

shipbetweentheleadingreal-timesoftware

systeminthemarketplaceandtheleading

COTShardwareplatformsinthedefense

arena,givingusersanunprecedentedchoice

ofcompatiblehardwareandsoftwaremod-

ulestofacilitateoptimumsystemintegration.

GEoffersfivePowerPC-basedSBCfamilies

andtwoIntel-basedfamilies,allwithcom-

prehensiveVxWorkssupportandaimed

atdifferentapplicationareas.Eachfamily

featuresacommonarchitectureapproach,

facilitatingtechnologyinsertion,andthebest

DeployedTestsoftwareforCOTSsystemsin

theindustry.Inadditiontoprogressivestrat-

egiesforobsolescencemanagement,GE

supportsdefensivestrategiesincludingcon-

figurationcontrol,componenthealthchecks,

andcomponentbuy-aheadandstorage.

GEistheCOTSsupplierofchoiceformission-

criticalapplicationsbasedoneitherstandard

VxWorks5.x,orVxWorks6.xwithenhanced

memoryprotectionanderror-trapping.

Real-Time Operating Systems

from Wind River

Real-timeoperatingsystemsfordevice

softwareplayanintegralroleinhowmanu-

facturersdevelop,deployandmarkettheir

devices.Overthepasttwentyyearsand

more,WindRiverSystemshasdeliveredand

supportedtheindustry’smostsignificant

real-timeoperatingsystems.WindRiver

operatingsystemshavebeenusedasthe

foundationforabroadrangeofdevices

acrossmultiplemarkets,fromset-topboxes,

camerasandplanestoNASA’sMarsRover.

VxWorksandpSOS,twoofthemostinfluen-

tialreal-timeoperatingsystems,havebeen

VxWorksSBCSupport

VxWorksBoardSupportPackagesandEnhancedSupportPackages

deployedinmillionsofdevicesworldwide.

WindRivercustomerscontinuetorelyon

VxWorks,theworld’sleadingreal-time

operatingsystem,toprovidethesolid,deter-

ministic,small-footprint,high-performance

characteristicsneededtosuccessfully

developanddeploytheirproductsbetter,

faster,atlowercostandmorereliably.

Real-timeoperatingsystemsfromWind

RiverincludeVxWorks5.xandVxWorks6.x.

VxWorks5.xisthemostestablishedand

mostwidelydeployeddevicesoftwareoper-

atingsystemintheembeddedmarket.

VxWorks 6.x

ThenextgenerationofVxWorksaddspow-

erfulnewfeaturesandafocusonopenness,

performance,dependabilityandinteroper-

ability.WithVxWorks6.x,companiescan:

• Optimizedeveloperproductivitythrough

openstandards

• IncreasereliabilitythroughMMU-based

memoryprotection

• Acceleratetime-to-marketthrough

enhancederrormanagement

• SeamlesslymigrateexistingVxWorks-

basedIPandotherexistingIPs,including

opensource

Continuetodeliverproductsthatrelyonthe

coreattributesofVxWorks,includinghigh

performance,reliability,determinism,low

latencyandscalability.

Compatibility

OneofthecentralgoalsofVxWorks6.x

wastoeasemigrationfromVxWorks5.5.To

thatend,thekernelofVxWorkscompletely

supportstheVxWorks5.5kerneloperat-

ingenvironment–mostBSPs,drivers,and

kernelapplicationsdevelopedfororported

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GEIntelligent PlatformsFeatures• Extensivesupportfortheembeddedindustry’smostpopularreal-timeoper-atingsystem• Fullyfeatured,standardbo

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VxWorksSBCSupporttoVxWorks5.5willrunintheVxWorks6.xkernel,withonlyarecompilationrequired.Bydefault,theVxWorks6.xkernelbuildsas

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VxWorksSBCSupportoptions.GEMaintenanceAgreementsaretailoredtomatchthemajorversionsandbundlesinwhichWindRiverSystemsoffersVxWorks.

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