--- title: Lynx Software Technologies | Learning Center | Tim Loveless | Principal Solutions Architect description: Tim Loveless has 25 years’ embedded industry experience in the fields of real-time operating systems, safety critical systems, JTAG tools, and embedded linux. Before joining Lynx Software Technologies as Principal Solutions Architect, he worked as an FAE for Wind River UK, for Intel’s Internet of Things Group and as European Aerospace and Defence FAE Manager for Wind River. Tim’s interests include computer security and macroeconomics. He enjoys podcasts, cycling, and running, while skiing and paddle boarding are rare treats. --- # Tim Loveless | Principal Solutions Architect Tim Loveless has 25 years’ embedded industry experience in the fields of real-time operating systems, safety critical systems, JTAG tools, and embedded linux. Before joining Lynx Software Technologies as Principal Solutions Architect, he worked as an FAE for Wind River UK, for Intel’s Internet of Things Group and as European Aerospace and Defence FAE Manager for Wind River. Tim’s interests include computer security and macroeconomics. He enjoys podcasts, cycling, and running, while skiing and paddle boarding are rare treats. 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[Read More](https://www.lynx.com/embedded-systems-learning-center/do-you-need-a-hypervisor) [![](https://www.lynx.com/hubfs/cache%20coloring%20thumbnail-1.png) ](https://www.lynx.com/embedded-systems-learning-center/what-is-cache-coloring) #### [What is Cache Coloring and How Does it Work?](https://www.lynx.com/embedded-systems-learning-center/what-is-cache-coloring) ![Picture of Tim Loveless | Principal Solutions Architect](https://www.lynx.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Tim_Loveless-Photo.jpg?width=30&name=Tim_Loveless-Photo.jpg) [Tim Loveless | Principal Solutions Architect: ](https://www.lynx.com/embedded-systems-learning-center/author/tim-loveless-principal-solutions-architect) Feb 5, 2021 11:52:40 AM _______________ There are substantial challenges in building secure and safe systems on multicore processors (MCPs). Last level cache contention is undoubtedly the largest source of multicore interference, and a significant challenge for real-time... [Read More](https://www.lynx.com/embedded-systems-learning-center/what-is-cache-coloring) [![](https://www.lynx.com/hubfs/brief%2001.png) ](https://www.lynx.com/embedded-systems-learning-center/intel-do-254-hw-certification-evidence-on-multicore) #### [Intel’s first DO-254 hardware certification evidence – it’s on a MultiCore](https://www.lynx.com/embedded-systems-learning-center/intel-do-254-hw-certification-evidence-on-multicore) ![Picture of Tim Loveless | Principal Solutions Architect](https://www.lynx.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Tim_Loveless-Photo.jpg?width=30&name=Tim_Loveless-Photo.jpg) [Tim Loveless | Principal Solutions Architect: ](https://www.lynx.com/embedded-systems-learning-center/author/tim-loveless-principal-solutions-architect) Dec 18, 2020 10:52:15 AM WELL DONE, INTEL®! Over the years I’ve read lots of datasheets. They can sometimes be heavy on marketing buzzwords and prone to sweeping statements that oversell their solutions and gloss over gaps. I read this new Solution Brief from Intel and it... 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[Read More](https://www.lynx.com/embedded-systems-learning-center/what-is-a-separation-kernel) [![](https://www.lynx.com/hubfs/SCSC%20png.png) ](https://www.lynx.com/embedded-systems-learning-center/safety-critical-systems-symposium-2020) #### [Field Notes: Safety-Critical Systems Symposium 2020](https://www.lynx.com/embedded-systems-learning-center/safety-critical-systems-symposium-2020) ![Picture of Tim Loveless | Principal Solutions Architect](https://www.lynx.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Tim_Loveless-Photo.jpg?width=30&name=Tim_Loveless-Photo.jpg) [Tim Loveless | Principal Solutions Architect: ](https://www.lynx.com/embedded-systems-learning-center/author/tim-loveless-principal-solutions-architect) Feb 24, 2020 12:34:50 PM _______________ [Read More](https://www.lynx.com/embedded-systems-learning-center/safety-critical-systems-symposium-2020) [![](https://www.lynx.com/hubfs/Linux%20Challenges%20BG%2002.png) ](https://www.lynx.com/embedded-systems-learning-center/what-are-the-problems-with-embedded-linux) #### [What Are the Problems with Embedded Linux?](https://www.lynx.com/embedded-systems-learning-center/what-are-the-problems-with-embedded-linux) ![Picture of Tim Loveless | Principal Solutions Architect](https://www.lynx.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Tim_Loveless-Photo.jpg?width=30&name=Tim_Loveless-Photo.jpg) [Tim Loveless | Principal Solutions Architect: ](https://www.lynx.com/embedded-systems-learning-center/author/tim-loveless-principal-solutions-architect) Jan 13, 2020 10:24:00 AM _______________ [Read More](https://www.lynx.com/embedded-systems-learning-center/what-are-the-problems-with-embedded-linux) [![](https://www.lynx.com/hubfs/Overarching%20Properties.png) ](https://www.lynx.com/embedded-systems-learning-center/overarching-properties-alternative-to-do-178) #### [Overarching Properties: An Alternative to DO-178](https://www.lynx.com/embedded-systems-learning-center/overarching-properties-alternative-to-do-178) ![Picture of Tim Loveless | Principal Solutions Architect](https://www.lynx.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Tim_Loveless-Photo.jpg?width=30&name=Tim_Loveless-Photo.jpg) [Tim Loveless | Principal Solutions Architect: ](https://www.lynx.com/embedded-systems-learning-center/author/tim-loveless-principal-solutions-architect) Nov 16, 2019 10:20:00 AM _______________ Overarching Properties—an alternative design assurance approach to DO-178C—marks the biggest change in airborne software safety certification since DO-178B was unveiled in 1992. 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