LynuxWorks Journal

LynuxWorks 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 v... (more)

LynuxWorks and Avidyne Take Off

LynuxWorks has announced that Avidyne has 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 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 certification to meet unique FAA re... (more)

Economy Beginning To Accelerate: Cisco CEO

CEOs in Technology Cisco CEO John Chambers, who has turned into something of an economic oracle probably because he is more in command of his catbird seat than most big-time CEOs, said Wednesday when Cisco reported its quarterly results that the economy hit a “clear tipping point” before mid-summer and is now accelerating worldwide, enough for Cisco itself to start cautiously spending again. He’s planning targeted hiring. For the three months ending October 24, Cisco came in with earnings down 19% year-over-year at $1.79 billion, or 30 cents a share, on revenue from everywhere ... (more)

Corel To Go Private Again

SOA & WOA Magazine Corel, the Canadian company that acquired the once great WordPerfect and Quattro Pro from Novell intending to take on Microsoft, is going private again. Vector Capital, the private equity house that owns over 68% of the company is offering $4 a share cash, nearly a 28% premium, for the rest of it, having upped the offer from $3.50 to get management's backing. The tender offer expires at midnight November 25. Vector said last month that Corel "faces substantial operational challenges and a near-term imperative to resolve covenant compliance issues under its cr... (more)

Demonstrating Its Commitment to Low-Power Design, EEMBC Delivers Energy-Measurement Tool to Licensees Without Charge

Industry-Standard EnergyBench Now Integrated Into EEMBC Benchmark Suites EL DORADO HILLS, Calif., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium today announced that it has integrated EnergyBench(TM) software into all of its benchmark suites (with the exception of GrinderBench(TM)). Previously, EEMBC(R) licensees had to pay approximately $1000 for the use of this tool - today EEMBC offers EnergyBench to its licensees without charge. EnergyBench is a standard tool and methodology that calculates the amount of energy a processor consumes while runnin... (more)