cPCI board and RTOS come together

Collaboration answers need for high density computing without giving up flexibility and a software layer that provides the highest level of safety and security.

Sysgo and Thales have collaborated to supply the partitioned real-time operating system PikeOS on the new 3U single-slot PPC750FX CompactPCI embedded computer, the PowerEngineC7.

The result of this collaboration is the perfect answer to a growing number of combined requirements including the need for high density computing (ie pack the greatest functionality into the smallest standard form factor possible) without giving up flexibility and a software layer that provides the highest level of safety and security required by highly demanding applications.

"Our customers cannot compromise on performance, reliability and, for most of them, on safety and security", explains Robert Negre, CTO of Thales' computer activities and Building Blocks Manager of the Thales' Computer centre of Excellence.

"We have been a long time partner of Sysgo, and we know from experience the depth of their knowledge of the markets we are targeting".

"The best evidence is their PikeOS product which, has been designed from the start to address the needs for security and safety up to complete certification".

"We couldn't find a better fit to our ruggedised PowerEngineC7 board".

The PowerEngineC7 is the first member of Thales Computers' new family of ruggedised 3U CompactPCI embedded computers.

Designed to meet the requirements of compact, real-time systems for the most demanding defense, aerospace, industrial, transportation, and communications applications, the PowerEngineC7 is the result of the combined expertise of Thales Computers, provider of high performance, low-power SBCs such as the flagship 6U VME PowerEngine7, and Thales Airborne Systems, provider of airborne mission computers.

"When talking about well-known and trustable hardware suppliers in the market, Thales Computers is the one that naturally comes to mind", says Jacques Brygier, VP Product Strategy at Sysgo.

"The choice of Thales was therefore natural, and we are pleased to have their new all-in-one 3U ruggedised conduction-cooled cPCI embedded computer as a platform of choice for our powerful and highly secure and safe PikeOS product".

PikeOS is a powerful and efficient COTS paravirtualisation real-time operating system based on a state-of-the-art separation microkernel that is optimised for safety-critical and multi-level-secure applications.

PikeOS supports multiple additional operating systems and Runtime Environments (RTEs), such as Linux, ARINC-653 and Posix, together with their associated applications.

Under PikeOS, operating systems and RTEs run concurrently and co-operatively in their own partitions.

Applications running under PikeOS have total separation and protection from other processes running within the same system.

The PikeOS partitioning system, in conjunction with its internal protection mechanisms, provides the highest level of safety and security available in the industry today.

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