LynuxWorks has announced that its LynxOS-SE OS supports the ARM Cortex-A8 processor, with the first port on the OMAP 3 platform. The multimedia processor from Texas Instruments integrates the superscalar ARM Cortex-A8 for use in aerospace, defence, mobile software defined radio and man-wearable systems. The medical sector will also benefit from the security, power and performance, says the company. LynxOS-SE 5.1 is claimed to be the only time- and space-partitioned RTOS with the ability to run POSIX and ARINC 653 applications simultaneously. It provides open APIs including full POSIX conformance, medium-assurance security according to the general purpose operating-system-protection profile. The porting of the secure OS extends the security of processor-based devices. The RTOS supports the Texas Instruments OMAP3430 and OMAP35x processors. These are the first processors in the series designed to enable faster user interfaces, faster data access and to run high-quality productivity applications on a mobile platform, while maintaining the level of power efficiencies that are expected in a wireless handset or mobile device. Customers who purchase the RTOS with the Cortex-A8 processor port will have access to a pre-built LynxOS-SE platform pre-compiled, integrated, and tested for the Mistral OMAP35x EVM development platform that houses the OMAP 3 processor.
