Aonix Releases PERC® Ultra Embedded VM on VxWorks 6.x
PERC release provides first VxWorks 6.x solution for embedded Java developers
May 15, 2006 - 18:43 PM
The PERC Ultra port to VxWorks 6.x fully supports Java™ applications running within the VxWorks Real Time Process (RTP) protected memory model. Introduced with VxWorks 6.x, RTPs provide process-based, user-mode application execution in addition to traditional kernel-mode execution. The kernel is protected from user-mode applications running in VxWorks RTPs. This provides memory protection to the Java application from other kernel tasks and RTPs. The VxWorks RTP model supports both shared libraries and DLL plug-ins, and PERC Ultra supports dynamic loading of native libraries. PERC development tools plug directly into the Eclipse-based Wind River Workbench environment.
“Aonix is pleased to be the first real-time VM supplier to support VxWorks 6.x,” said Dave Wood, Aonix Director of Marketing. “We have seen a strong demand particularly from our customers in avionics, space, and military markets for embedded Java technology for Wind River platforms. Our clients want the new features and capabilities of the VxWorks 6.x platform, and we are pleased to ensure that they can incorporate these advantages with their Java applications.”
“Java is increasingly important as a development and deployment platform for device software developers,” said Steve LaPedis, vice president of field and partner marketing at Wind River. “Aonix’ PERC has been deployed in reliable systems for over eight years, and PERC Ultra and PERC Pico allow Java™ developers to rapidly develop complex device software applications with real-time performance comparable to C/C++ on VxWorks 6.x platforms.”
PERC Ultra is the ideal solution for embedded applications of high complexity, thanks to PERC Ultra’s predictable performance and its extensive support of off-the-shelf J2SE libraries and components. Its sister product, PERC Pico, meets the needs of resource-constrained hard real-time applications, featuring performance and footprint characteristics comparable to C. PERC Pico is smaller and faster than any other real-time virtual machine, yet it preserves key virtues of Java™ such as portability, reliability, and scalability.
PERC Ultra and PERC Pico are interoperable within a single application. For the first time, it is now possible for Java developers to create complete complex applications from infrastructure to the device level, without resorting to the use of other languages with less portability and robust memory use for specialized components.
About Wind River
Wind River is the global leader in device software optimization (DSO). Wind River enables companies to develop, run and manage device software faster, better, at lower cost and more reliably. Wind River platforms are pre-integrated, fully standardized enterprise-wide development solutions. They reduce effort, cost and risk and optimize quality and reliability at all phases of the device software development process from concept to deployed product.
Founded in 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Wind River at http://www.windriver.com or call 1-800-872-4977.
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