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News & PressGreen Hills Software IEC 61508 Safety-Certified Operating System Offered for Freescale’s Industrial PowerQUICC Platform SIL3-rated INTEGRITY Separation Kernel for Secure, Reliable Networking Support on Popular Platform Based on PowerQUICC II Pro Technology FREESCALE TECHNOLOGY FORUM, MUNICH, GERMANY —October 16, 2007— Green Hills Software, Inc., the technology leader in device software optimization (DSO) and real-time operating systems (RTOS), today announced that its TÜV-certified INTEGRITY RTOS is available for Freescale’s MPC8360-based Industrial PowerQUICC platform (MPC8360E-RDK). The unique protection architecture of INTEGRITY, coupled with the PowerQUICC II Pro processor’s memory management unit (MMU) and advanced communications support, helps to shorten the time and effort required for device safety-certification. The technology solution helps deliver safe, reliable, independent execution and containment of the networking and communications needs of end devices in harsh environments such as industrial manufacturing, power systems, health care facilities and transportation systems. “Freescale is pleased to offer its customers the industry’s only commercially available SIL3-certified operating system for use with our Industrial PowerQUICC platform. This proven RTOS from Green Hills represents a welcome expansion of tools and operating systems for this solution,” said Donna Imam, industrial segment business development manager for Freescale’s Networking & Computing Systems Group. “This addition is key to providing our customers the ability to configure and execute a wide range of communications needs on a single OS/processor combination that helps shorten design cycles, increase system reliability and reduce device per-unit costs.” INTEGRITY’s separation architecture allows customers the flexibility to run multiple protocols as separate, independent applications, while eliminating the need to certify these protocols by running them in their own protected address space —outside of the critical safety-rated sections of the system. In essence, with the innovative secure partitioning capability of INTEGRITY, software—from non safety-related through safety critical—can be partitioned on a single processor. Each partition can then be certified at its appropriate Safety Integrity Level, eliminating the need for separate physical systems or to certify code beyond the required safety level. The INTEGRITY safety-certified RTOS as part of the Green Hills Software Platform for Industrial Safety delivers the following components:
About the Freescale Industrial PowerQUICC Platform Freescale’s Industrial PowerQUICC platform was created in response to the needs of design engineers tasked with incorporating a diverse set of industrial protocols while managing per-unit device cost and system safety. To help customers shorten time-to-revenue, the solution is provided in an industry-standard Computer On Module (COM) Express format. This platform provides the ability to evaluate both control and communications protocols for the industrial market. The platform highlights the capabilities of MPC83xx PowerQUICC processors for applications that require high-performance connectivity and determinism. It supports graphics and touch screen capabilities in addition to popular interfaces such as Ethernet, 64-bit PCI controllers, UARTS, integrated security engine, USB, SPI, I2C, and (GPIO) pins. The solution is an excellent choice for providing deterministic, reliable network operation in harsh environments such as industrial manufacturing plants, health care facilities and transportation systems. “Developing and deploying software for devices in these markets is a time-consuming and expensive process,” commented Dan Mender, director business development, Green Hills Software. “Freescale's programmable PowerQUICC communications processors when combined with the safety-certified INTEGRITY separation kernel, provide a foundation for independent execution of deterministic, reliable networking support with high performance and the ability to reduce device chip count.“ About IEC 61508 Availability About Green Hills Software
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