Wind River today released an updated version of Wind River
Hypervisor, its embedded virtualization solution for single and
multicore processors. The new Wind River Hypervisor 1.1 release
supports the latest Intel(r) processors and enables new
inter-virtual machine communication capabilities. Additionally,
debugging of virtual boards is now supported by the latest version
of Wind River On-Chip Debugging.
Wind River Hypervisor makes it easier for customers to
consolidate systems and adopt virtualization and multicore
technology in embedded devices. New features of Wind River
Hypervisor include:
* Support for the latest Intel(r) microarchitecture codename
Nehalem-based processors, such as the Intel(r) Xeon(r) processor
5500 series as well as Intel(r) Core(tm) i5 processor and Intel(r)
Core(tm) i7 processor utilizing advanced virtualization hardware
assist capabilities.
* Integration with Wind River's industry leading operating
systems, including the latest versions of VxWorks and Wind River
Linux , while also supporting other operating systems for greater
flexibility.
* Additional capabilities for inter-virtual machine
communication, including support for MIPC (multicore/multi-OS
interprocess communication), and virtual network and serial
ports.
* When used in conjunction with recently released Wind River
On-Chip Debugging 3.2, optimized for development of multicore,
multi-OS and virtualized environments, developers can debug the
most complex system-level issues such as race conditions, memory
corruption and core synchronization.
Wind River plans to broaden processor support for existing
processor architectures, along with introducing additional
processor architectures, including Freescale QorIQ, to Wind River
Hypervisor throughout this year.
"Wind River is mitigating the risk for embedded development
teams migrating to multicore architectures. Our product portfolio
supports multicore and virtualization using leading operating
systems of today such as VxWorks and Wind River Linux, supported by
Wind River Hypervisor," said Tomas Evensen, chief technology
officer, Wind River. "The breadth of Wind River's portfolio
mitigates customer risk by providing integrated solutions
supporting a broad choice of operating system configurations
(SMP/AMP/virtualized). This allows customers to focus on perfecting
their software architecture and creating innovative and
differentiated devices."
Multicore and virtualization are changing the way the embedded
device market develops next-generation devices by providing more
processing power, while lowering energy consumption, which can lead
to a dramatic reduction in bill-of-material cost. First launched in
June 2009 , Wind River Hypervisor allows device software developers
to take advantage of multicore and virtualization to configure
unicore and multicore processors quickly and easily, thereby
decreasing time-to-market for next-generation devices.
"Embedded engineering teams, across industries such as
manufacturing, transportation, telecommunications and consumer
devices, are increasingly looking towards virtualization as a
critical development solution. Virtualization, combined with
multicore-based architectures, creates a unified processing entity
for space- and cost-constrained devices," said Dirk Finstel, chief
technology officer, Kontron. "For developers looking to build
differentiated systems featuring multiple operating systems or
multicore processors, Wind River Hypervisor is the type of
flexible, easily configurable and adaptable solution developers
need today. Kontron will continue to leverage its strategic
relationship with Wind River to help the developer community build
and bring devices to market quickly and gain a competitive
edge."
Wind River Hypervisor is a type 1 embedded hypervisor featuring
a small footprint, minimal latency for device access, plus
deterministic capabilities and optimizations for maximum
performance. Wind River Hypervisor supports a variety of different
processor architectures, taking advantage of hardware
virtualization support when applicable. Embedded developers are
utilizing hypervisors to enable the replacement of multiple boards
or CPUs with a single board and/or a single CPU, create innovative
new devices that leverage multiple operating systems and reduce
complexity and hence risk when integrating multicore processors.
For more information, please visit
http://www.windriver.com/products/hypervisor/.
