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News Release from: Green Hills Software | Subject: Padded Cell Secure Hypervisor
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 04 March 2008
Software supports legacy code
Padded Cell Secure Hypervisor supports general purpose desktop and server operating systems such as Solaris, Red Hat Linux, BSD and Windows.
Green Hills Software has released secure virtualisation support for Wind River's VxWorks embedded real-time operating system with its Padded Cell Secure Hypervisor This technology provides safe, reliable, independent execution and containment of the VxWorks guest operating system and unmodified VxWorks applications while allowing parallel execution of mission critical applications on the Green Hills Integrity RTOS
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 27 Feb 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Many companies must deal with large amounts of legacy code when trying to develop the next-generation device for their market", said Dan O'Dowd, founder and Chief Executive Officer, Green Hills Software.
"Our added virtualisation support for VxWorks enables the freedom to implement uncompromised innovation, while being able to seamlessly support legacy code at the same time and on the same device".
Multicore microprocessors for the embedded market now include special hardware supporting secure virtualisation.
As a result, many traditional uni-core/uni-operating system-based designs are migrating to a multicore/multioperating system architecture.
Padded Cell Secure Hypervisor supports general purpose desktop and server operating systems such as Solaris, Red Hat Linux, BSD and Windows.
For embedded applications, Padded Cell Secure Hypervisor runs guest embedded operating systems such as Integrity, VxWorks and Linux.
Padded Cell Secure Hypervisor takes advantage of the latest hardware virtualisation support, including Intel vPro technology, to provide optimal virtualisation performance without sacrificing security.
At the same time, Padded Cell Secure Hypervisor allows independent and separate execution of the guest operating system and its associated applications running parallel with real-time, mission critical applications.
VxWorks support for the Padded Cell Secure Hypervisor is available for commercial, off the shelf computing platforms. Request a free brochure from Green Hills Software ...
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