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News Release from: TenAsys Corporation | Subject: eVM v1.0
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 16 April 2008
RTOS and Windows share dual-core
processors
Virtualisation system lets multiple operating systems share a single hardware platform without conflict, by partitioning hardware resources, such as CPU cores, I/O, RAM and interrupts.
TenAsys Corp is claiming a breakthrough in the application of virtualisation technology for real-time mission-critical systems The company's new eVMT platform is a virtual machine manager that simultaneously hosts embedded and real-time operating systems along with the Microsoft Windows general-purpose operating system on a single hardware platform using multicore Intel processors
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 16 Aug 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The eVM virtualisation system lets multiple operating systems share a single hardware platform without conflict, by partitioning hardware resources, such as CPU cores, I/O, RAM and interrupts.
By combining their existing embedded applications with Windows, on a single Intel processor-based computer, system OEMs can achieve significant manufacturing cost savings and redeploy existing real-time and embedded IA based applications without costly or risky porting expense.
According to Kim Hartman, TenAsys VP of Marketing and Sales: "eVM software enables a proprietary or legacy OS, its applications and native device drivers, such as those running on VxWorks, Linux, or QNX, to be hosted on one core of a multicore processor, while a GUI and other Windows services run on the other core(s)".
"This allows intellectual property investments to be preserved with near native performance, while enabling OEM system developers to take advantage of all the latest Intel processors and Windows resources".
"Decreasing system level platform costs and increasing processor utilisation are both key benefits of Intel Virtualisation Technology", says Jim St Leger, Technology Marketing Manager for Intel's Embedded and Communications Group.
"TenAsys' new eVM platform can help developers to utilise Intel Virtualisation technology for embedded applications".
eVM technology is based on TenAsys' real-time virtualisation expertise, which enables Windows to run with 100% native performance, a level of performance that other virtualisation solutions cannot deliver.
The eVM v1.0 software product cost is US $995, with OEM redistribution incorporation fees less than US $50 per system (in quantities of 1000).
The software will be delivered to select customers this spring, with general commercial availability scheduled for Q3 2008.
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