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News Release from: RadiSys Corporation | Subject: Radisys Microware OS-9 for PowerPC
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 13 May 2003
Complete package for real-time PowerPC
design
Radisys Microware OS-9 for PowerPC is a complete solution designed for OEMs who are developing PowerPC-based products.
Radisys Microware OS-9 for PowerPC is a complete solution designed for OEMs who are developing PowerPC-based products such as industrial control and factory automation, interactive and web terminal POS kiosks and test and measurement equipment Radisys has enhanced the Microware OS-9 for PowerPC solution with expanded features including a new dual IPv6/IPv4 network stack and up-grade to Borland's CodeWright 7.0 for the Hawk IDE
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 19 Feb 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Microware OS-9 for PowerPC solution is equipped with embedded RTOS, drivers, board support packages, development tools and middleware, which allows developers to hit the ground running.
There is no need to validate tools and software.
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Instead, developers can spend their precious time designing intellectual property and features that differentiate their products.
"This product release builds on the success we've had with our entire line of OS-9 products", said Richard Smith, Vice President for Radisys.
"By including IPv6 support, upgrading the development tools, and leveraging OS-9's superior system reliability and security, Radisys continues to offer a compelling solution for embedded and real-time application developers using PowerPC hardware".
OEMs using Microware OS-9 for PowerPC will not only shorten their time to market, but they can also lengthen the life of their products, once in the field.
OS-9 is based on modular architecture meaning software updates can easily be made.
OEMs can load updated, or completely new functions, into the field-deployed OS-9 system at run time, even while the product is online and in use.
In addition, the OS-9 secure, process-model architecture offers OEMs a superior platform for system reliability and security.
The Radisys Microware OS-9 for PowerPC product features the Microware Hawk integrated development environment, which is designed to increase software development and system integration efficiency.
The OS-9 configuration wizard simplifies configuration and building of system images.
The product also features the OS-9 embedded RTOS, which is a secure, process model architecture that is fully re-entrant, position independent and protects against system corruption.
The Radisys Microware OS-9 for PowerPC contains a preintegrated driver-based communications framework called SoftStax that enables individual protocols and networks to be easily snapped in and out.
The OS-9 also features MAUI embedded and graphics multimedia support, customisable exception handling framework and support for power sensitive devices.
The Radisys Microware OS-9 for PowerPC will be available in June 2003.
Radisys also offers free, 60-day fully functional OS-9 evaluation packages.
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