Board Support Package (BSP) enables Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) on e600 PowerPC processors, offering a viable growth path for VersaModular Eurocard bus (VMEbus) customers with applications on previous-generation VME boards SAN JOSÉ, Calif., September 8, 2009—LynuxWorks™, Inc., a world leader in the embedded software market, and Emerson Network Power, the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™, today announced that LynxOS 5.0 now supports Emerson's MVME7100 single-board computer (SBC). The complete BSP supports PowerPC's 8641D, an e600-family processor that has been specifically architected for multi-core and SMP. This powerful hardware and software combination offers a strategic growth path for VMEbus customers with applications on previous-generation VME boards, further extending the product life cycle. VMEbus is used around the world in industrial, commercial, and military/aerospace applications. VMEbus architectures are being used today in robots, air traffic control systems, weapons control systems, data acquisition and video imaging products. The advantage of the VMEbus architecture is that it can withstand shock, vibration and extended temperatures better than the traditional buses found in general desktop computers. The Emerson MVME7100 is an SBC that helps original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) [...]

LynuxWorks to demonstrate new technology and initiatives to DoD and intelligence-community gathering SAN DIEGO, Calif., August 31 , 2009—LynuxWorks™, Inc., a world leader in embedded software, today announced that it will be exhibiting at the 2009 Unified Cross Domain Management Office (UCDMO) Conference from August 31 to September 3. At the show, LynuxWorks will be demonstrating LynxSecure 3.0, the latest version of their next-generation separation kernel and embedded hypervisor designed for high-assurance systems. LynxSecure provides a standards-based secure multi-domain platform which can be used as a foundation for cross-domain systems with low-, medium- and high-assurance requirements. It is being used on the Navy's Common Display System Program, a high-assurance MLS workstation for deployment across surface ships that will be evaluated to EAL level 7. LynxSecure 3.0 preserves investment in legacy systems with its unique ability to run fully virtualized guest operating systems such as Windows® simultaneously on the same hardware with Linux® or other real-time operating systems with each OS running in its own secure partition. "LynxSecure’s flexibility for different security architectures, along with its performance leadership, provides the ideal platform to [...]

Demonstrates secure solutions with top commercial aerospace and defense suppliers ARLINGTON, VA , July 13 , 2009—LynuxWorks™, Inc., a world leader in embedded software, today announced their participation and collaboration in the High Assurance Security Solutions Workshop and Multiple Independent Levels of Security (MILS) demonstration with four of the top commercial aerospace and defense suppliers at the Object Management Group (OMG) Security Solutions Workshop. A simulated combat search-and-rescue demonstration will show enemy jet fighter aircraft and missiles being identified and destroyed by systems from Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and Rockwell Collins. The event will show successful target execution and the safe recovery of downed pilots. The demonstration features the MILS architecture approach to information assurance which can use COTS products that are evaluated per the Common Criteria to achieve secure information sharing in a battlespace. When: Where: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 9:00 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. The Westin Arlington Gateway 801 North Glebe Road Arlington, VA 22203 During the workshop, LynuxWorks will also demonstrate LynxSecure 3.0, a next-generation separation kernel and embedded hypervisor designed to support MILS architecture for high-assurance systems. LynxSecure [...]

LynuxWorks LynxOS-178 DO-178B/C certifiable RTOS demonstrated on Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs AVIONICS USA 2009 CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION (BOOTH 504)- SAN DIEGO, June 1, 2009—At the Military & Aerospace Electronics Forum (MAEF) and the Avionics USA conference today, Xilinx®, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX), the world's leading programmable logic supplier to the aerospace and defense industry, and LynuxWorks™, Inc., a world leader in embedded software, will demonstrate the industry's first and only time- and space-partitioned, FAA-accepted Reusable Software Component (RSC) that meets all objectives of RTCA/DO-178B/C. The demonstration includes the LynxOS-178 DO-178B/C-certifiable RTOS running on a Xilinx Virtex®-5 FXT FPGA—enabling avionics developers to benefit from the flexibility, performance, and reliability of programmable technologies, while maintaining their certified application software. The demonstration is available at the Xilinx booth #220 and LynuxWorks booth #504 at this week's conferences, June 1-2, in the San Diego Convention Center. The combination of LynxOS-178 with the Virtex-5 FXT devices, offers the industry's first FPGA-based solution to provide up to two industry-standard PowerPC(R) 440 processor blocks. Each processor, with integrated 32KB instruction and 32KB data caches, delivers up to 1,100 DMIPS at 550 [...]

LynuxWorks provides DO-178B/C certifiable ARINC-653 and POSIX-conformant RTOS for faster time-to-market for certified safety-critical systems AVIONICS USA 2009 CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION (BOOTH 504)- SAN DIEGO, June 1, 2009—LynuxWorks™, Inc., a world leader in embedded software, today announced that Avidyne®, a leading provider of integrated flight-deck systems for general aviation aircraft, selected LynxOS®-178 as the embedded real-time operating system (RTOS) for Avidyne's next-generation Entegra™ Release 9 Integrated Flight Deck. LynxOS-178 is a commercially available operating system and that enables manufacturers of DO-178B/C systems to get to market faster and with lower overall costs and risks associated with certifying FAA safety-critical flight systems. LynxOS-178 is a known certifiable RTOS package that allows avionics customers to achieve the highest degree of assurance and DO-178B/C certification to meet unique FAA requirements. Avidyne's Entegra Release 9 flight-deck systems include dual, triple, or quad Integrated Flight Displays (IFD) for general aviation and light business aircraft. The fully integrated design of Entegra Release 9 makes it ideal for high-performance singles, piston twins, turboprops, and light jets. "LynxOS-178 provided us with a combination of essential advantages that other software providers [...]

2009 DODIIS WORLDWIDE CONFERENCE (Booth 218)—Orlando, Fla., May 18, 2009—LynuxWorks™, Inc., a world leader in embedded software, today announced that it will be exhibiting at the 2009 Department of Defense Intelligence Information Systems (DoDIIS) Worldwide Conference from May 17-21. LynuxWorks will be demonstrating its latest LynxSecure 3.0, a next-generation separation kernel and embedded hypervisor designed for high-assurance systems. LynxSecure 3.0 offers the unique ability to run fully virtualized guest operating systems such as Windows®, simultaneously on the same hardware as para-virtualized operating systems such as Linux® or the LynxOS RTOS®, with each running in its own secure partition. DoDIIS 2009 bills itself as an "empowering decision advantage" conference. The conference gathers key decision makers from the Department of Defense (DoD), the Intelligence Community (IC), the Information Technology Industry and others who play a role in supporting the nation’s intelligence programs. The technology exposition portion of the conference promises to continue its reputation as one of the most significant technology showcases on the federal calendar. When: May 17-21, 2009 Where: 2009 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference World Center Marriott Orlando Orlando, Fla. For more information [...]

Medical conference workshop focuses on software and hardware virtualization, bringing security and increased functionality to the next generation of medical devices 12TH SOFTWARE DESIGN FOR MEDICAL DEVICES—PHILADELPHIA, April 27, 2009—LynuxWorks™, Inc., a world leader in embedded software, today announced that the company will present an educational workshop on both software and hardware virtualization techniques at the 12th Software Design for Medical Devices conference on April 27 at the Hub Cira Center Diesel room in Philadelphia. At the workshop, LynuxWorks will give attendees an "under-the-hood" look at their LynxSecure separation kernel and embedded hypervisor, explain how the technology works, and demonstrate how it can help consolidate both hardware and software for multiple modes on a single system. In addition, LynuxWorks will discuss how an embedded hypervisor allows developers to easily migrate software applications to next-generation hardware, at the same time adding security functionality required for connected devices. The workshop will also touch on hardware techniques for efficient software virtualization and how implementing a virtualized platform today increases productivity and provides cost reductions in both the short- and long-term. This will show how a [...]

LynxSecure separation kernel and hypervisor simultaneously runs diverse guest operating systems and provides state-of-the-art, multilevel security functions and the ability to rapidly insert new capabilities, providing the Navy with the best, most cost-effective solution EMBEDDED SYSTEMS CONFERENCE 2009 SAN JOSÉ, Calif., March 31, 2009—Further cementing its leadership in secure military systems, LynuxWorks™, Inc., a world leader in embedded software, today announced that its LynxSecure separation kernel will be incorporated in the U.S. Navy's Common Display System (CDS) display. Part of the Navy's Open Architecture Computing Environment initiative, the $83 million CDS display console project will be rolled out in support of DDG1000 and Aegis Modernization. The LynxSecure separation kernel and hypervisor provides an environment in which multiple guest operating systems running at different security levels (e.g. Secret – Top Secret – Unclassified) will execute at the same time without compromising security, reliability or data integrity. This is critical because military systems such the CDS display console system require adherence to rigid high-assurance security requirements. Program plans include evaluation of LynxSecure to EAL-7 per the Common Criteria and the Separation Kernel Protection Profile. [...]