Latest Technical Details About Embedded

Wind River Platform for Network Equipment provides developers with a Device Software Optimization (DSO) solution that supports the two leading operating systems for device development, VxWorks and Linux, each with a separate edition of the platform. Both versions of Platform for Network Equipment are tightly integrated with Wind River Workbench, the premier Eclipse-based device software development suite, and are backed by Wind River's 25 years of device software experience, a broad network of hardware and software partners, a world-class support organization, and a specialized professional services team.

Platform for Network Equipment enables companies to decrease time-to-market and improve quality for a variety of devices, from expensive chassis-based, carrier-class equipment to resource-constrained, price-sensitive consumer electronics products. The platform offers multiple processor support and operating system flexibility, allowing developers to standardize on a single comprehensive development environment and migrate easily from project to projec

Key features and functionality include the following:

• Linux run-time: Based on a Carrier Grade Linux distribution, Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition has been integrated with many of the industry's most popular telecom boards, making it an ideal fit for the telecommunications and high-end data networking markets. It supports the emerging PICMG 3.x Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ATCA) specification and various high-availability functions, and includes a standards-based interprocess communication (IPC) mechanism that connects the Linux and VxWorks editions of the platform. The platform includes a highly productive cross-build system, leveraging "pristine source" packages and managing individual patches to build the Linux run-time distribution transparently for a specific device. This tested and validated Linux platform is supported and maintained by Wind River. Enhanced networking capabilities are available with the Wind River Advanced Networking Technologies for Linux add-on.
• VxWorks run-time: Platform for Network Equipment, VxWorks Edition relies on the proven, stringent, and deterministic real-time operating system successfully deployed in millions of network equipment devices worldwide. The platform's integrated run-time technologies provide process support, advanced memory protection, and configurable error management, as well as enhanced POSIX compliance (including certified POSIX 52 conformance) and TIPC. Platform for Network Equipment integrates Wind River Advanced Networking Technologies and provides the latest standard support for IPv4/IPv6, Wi-Fi, security protocols, and device management, and it also meets current demand for performance, security, wireless, and mobility functionality. Asymmetric multiprocessing (AMP) and symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) support is now available for all VxWorks 6.7-based platforms through the VxWorks 6.7 Multiprocessing optional add-on product.
• Wind River Workbench: An integrated development suite based on the Eclipse framework, Workbench provides deep capabilities that support the entire development life cycle, from hardware bring-up to platform and application development, and enables standardization on one common development suite across the enterprise. Workbench is extensible and scalable, allowing developers to meet specific project needs, and it can seamlessly integrate hundreds of third-party plug-ins.
• Extensive partner technologies: To ensure a complete range of integrated technologies, Wind River has established the DSO industry's widest-ranging partner ecosystem, joining forces with leading hardware and software providers to address such technologies as advanced file systems, level 2 and 3 networking protocols, reference designs, and board support packages (BSPs).