The recently released RTS Hypervisor 2.2 enables customers to run the QNX Neutrino RTOS on the same hardware as Windows, Linux, and other operating systems. This hardware consolidation not only reduces power consumption, but also reduces system costs by eliminating the need for additional processors.

This solution is particularly useful for the industrial and medical markets where many customers rely on the QNX Neutrino RTOS for time-critical or mission-critical functions, such as motion control, while using another OS for other functions, such as running a legacy human machine interface (HMI). Because the solution does not depend on a host OS, operating systems can reboot independently and not harm each other.

Within the RTS Hypervisor environment, inter-system communication is simplified through a virtual TCP/IP-based network. Real-Time Systems technology also supports message-signaled interrupts (MSI) for the QNX Neutrino RTOS and other operating systems, eliminating interrupt conflicts and simplifying system configuration.

"The QNX Neutrino RTOS is known for the real-time control and fault tolerance it offers to mission-critical applications in the industrial and medical markets and beyond, which makes it a natural fit for our technology," said Gerd Lammers, CEO and president of Real-Time Systems GmbH. "Our customers are drawn to hypervisor technology because it can protect the execution of multiple operating systems running in parallel and because of the cost and power savings this strategy provides."

"Using RTS hypervisor technology, customers can maintain the exceptional fault tolerance and realtime performance they've come to expect from QNX, while lowering system costs and gaining the flexibility they need for system configuration," said Kroy Zeviar, business alliance manager at QNX Software Systems. "Moreover, the OS partitioning that Real-Time Systems offers complements the resource partitioning we provide within our own QNX Neutrino RTOS."

"Virtualization has emerged as a key embedded technology enabler of workload consolidation and cost reduction" said Jim St Leger, Embedded Virtualization Marketing Manager, Embedded and Communications Group at Intel Corporation. "By taking advantage of Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) on embedded processors such as the Intel® Core^TM i5 Processor, these benefits are now achievable by a combination such as QNX Neutrino RTOS and Real-Time Systems Real-Time Hypervisor.  Their embedded-specific solutions provide an environment that preserves the determinism and latency characteristics that are so important to real time applications."

Demo at embedded world
The Real-Time Systems Hypervisor solution for the QNX Neutrino RTOS is available now from Real-Time Systems. For more information, visit http://www.real-time-systems.com/real-time_hypervisor. QNX and Real-Time Systems will demonstrate the technology in their booths, Hall 11 - Booth 324 and Hall 11 - Booth 315, respectively, next week at embedded world.

Visit Real-Time Systems GmbH at Embedded World. March 2^nd - 4^th 2010. Hall 11, Booth 315