June 4, 2012 – LynuxWorks announced LynxSecure 5.1 support of the 3rd generation Intel Core i7 and Intel Core i5 processor families. LynxSecure is a separation kernel and embedded type 1 hypervisor that provides an environment in which multiple guest operating systems (OSes) and their applications can execute at the same time, in their own virtual partitions, without compromising security, reliability or data integrity. The new generation of Intel Core processors offers a new 22nm manufacturing process and utilizes a three-dimensional structure to pack more transistors into a smaller space, delivering an unprecedented combination of performance and energy efficiency.
Intel also changed the architecture of the integrated Intel HD Graphics 4000 engine delivering up to two times 3D graphics performance. The new generation of processors are software compatible with previous 32-bit Intel architecture processors. These new embedded processors are aimed at meeting the needs of developers in retail, medical, gaming, military, government and energy industries, and when combined with LynxSecure offer a unique platform for developing next-generation embedded systems. LynxSecure 5.1 provides one of the most flexible secure virtualization solutions for use in Intel architecture based embedded and computer systems.
Designed to maintain the highest levels of military security, and built from the ground up to achieve it, LynxSecure 5.1 now offers an industry-leading combination of security with functionality, allowing developers and integrators to use the latest software and hardware technologies to build complex multi-OS based systems. LynxSecure offers two virtualization schemes, para-virtualized guest OSes such as Linux and LynxOS-SE offering maximum performance, and fully virtualized guest OSes such as Windows, Solaris and Chromium OS requiring no changes to the guest OS. Another key feature that LynxSecure offers is the ability to run guest OSes that have Symmetric Multi-processing (SMP) capabilities.
The new quad-core Intel Core i7 processor makes this feature a reality by allowing one of the guest OSes to run across multiple cores, offering performance never seen before in a virtualized embedded system.
