VirtualLogix has announced VLX real-time virtualization software support for the Multicore Association’s (
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Multicore Association offers a neutral forum for vendors interested in, working with, or proliferating multicore-related products, including processors, infrastructure, devices, software, and applications. Through its Web site, the consortium has made available its Multicore Communications API (MCAPI) specification.
MCAPI has been defined to support hundreds of processor cores and systems with tight memory constraints, fast task execution times, reliable on-chip interconnect and more.
VirtualLogix (
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With this support of MCAPI specification within VLX, customers can apply the same scalability to virtualized environments. According to the company, this allows them to migrate applications from a physical multicore system to one implemented with VirtualLogix VLX virtualization software via this API.
Real-time virtualization software, VirtualLogix VLX consolidates hardware, helping users to reduce bill of material costs. In addition, company officials said, it improves security and reduces overall power consumption.
VLX Developer, VirtualLogix’s Eclipse-based development tool set, assists developers to optimize the software architecture of their virtualized, multicore platforms.
Peter Richards, president and CEO at VirtualLogix, said in a statement that MCAPI gives VirtualLogix customers more options. He also said that by complementing the existing flexible communications solution with MCAPI, VirtualLogix is demonstrating a “serious commitment to providing enhanced interoperability with other multicore machines.”
“As one of the first organizations to support MCAPI, VirtualLogix is setting a powerful precedent for the industry-wide adoption of standards that enable applications to provide basic multicore communication functionality between closely distributed processors in embedded systems,” said Sven Brehmer, chairman of the Multicore Association MCAPI working group and president and CEO at PolyCore Software.
VirtualLogix is a provider of Real-Time Virtualization technology for connected devices. The company offers support for multicore technology, including its VLX for network infrastructure, which supports Intel (
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Last month, company announced that its VLX virtualization solution will support the Intel Atom processor Z5XX series-based Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs).
Anshu Shrivastava is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Anshu's articles, please visit her columnist page.Edited by
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