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IMPORTANCE OF SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE AND PLATFORM CHOICE ON SAFETY CERTIFICATION

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Tim Loveless | Principal Solutions Architect: May 12, 2023 10:15:14 AM

Not many companies have the expertise to build software to meet the DO-178C (Aviation), IEC61508 (Industrial), or ISO26262 (Automotive) safety standards. Yet the demand for safety-certified software is growing as software control is used in more... Read More

ROBUST PARTITIONING IS DEAD – WHAT NOW?

Tim Loveless | Principal Solutions Architect: Oct 19, 2022 2:00:48 PM

Multicore safety research from Barcelona Supercomputer Centre (BSC) says that a robustly partitioned hardware and software platform is practically impossible. With today’s multicore processors (MCPs), current RTOS, and hypervisor technology Dr.... Read More

Introducing the Z-Application-Bridging the gap between bare metal and rtos

LYNX Software Technologies: Aug 12, 2021 12:06:18 PM

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Who Needs a Hypervisor?

Tim Loveless | Principal Solutions Architect: Feb 25, 2021 12:59:58 PM

_______________ The standard benefits of a hypervisor are well known and often touted. Every RTOS has its hypervisor and they do genuinely help embedded designers to: Partition multicore processors into virtual machines; an elegant way to... Read More

What is Cache Coloring and How Does it Work?

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

Challenges Building Safe Multicore Systems

Tim Loveless | Principal Solutions Architect: Jun 15, 2020 8:12:09 AM

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Best Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) Vendors (2020)

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James Deutch | Principal Field Applications Engineer: May 8, 2020 2:16:17 PM

_______________ Lynx Software Technologies has built and supported real-time operating systems (RTOSes) since 1988. We have witnessed hardware and embedded software technologies evolve and have supported our customers through the design,... Read More

What Is A Separation Kernel?

Tim Loveless | Principal Solutions Architect: Mar 22, 2020 12:02:33 PM

_______________ Having built both separation kernels and real-time operating systems—and supported customers using both across a wide range of industries—we are familiar with the pros and cons of each software technology, as well as their security,... Read More

Field Notes: Safety-Critical Systems Symposium 2020

Tim Loveless | Principal Solutions Architect: Feb 24, 2020 12:34:50 PM

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TC-16/51: Adding Bottom Up Interference Analysis for MCPs

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Mark Brown | Systems Architect: Jan 28, 2020 2:20:00 PM

_______________ I hadn't heard of "bottom up" avionics certification before I read FAA's TC-16/51. But now, looking back at it, I think the authors from Thales Avionics, including Xavier Jean, PhD, proposed a big change in perspective. In their... Read More

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