News & Articles Archive 2006

"Press Delivers Precision Straightening"

Manufacturing Engineering, December, 2006
Eitel Presses Inc. (Orwigsburg, PA) has migrated its control system from being purely PLC-based to incorporate a Windows-based platform. The migration was driven in part by the fact that some of the mathematical calculations couldn't be done efficiently by PLCs. What was needed was more general-purpose computational element in its system architecture, which Eitel developed and refers to internally as ORCA (Open Reliable Control Architecture).
read the entire article at Manufacturing Engineering ›

"Virtual Machine Technology to Enable Real-Time Embedded Applications"

Kim Hartman, TenAsys Corporation
Nikkei Electronics Asia, December, 2006
Windows applications have continued to advance in providing powerful instrumentation development and operator interface systems, but a limitation on system performance has traditionally resulted from the Windows-based operating environment's lack of ability to keep up with real-time events. Windows was designed as a human-directed operating system, initially for use in an office environment, but over the last decade it has been adopted by industrial applications as an excellent platform for hosting human-machine interfaces.
read the entire article at Tech-On! ›

"Intel® Virtualization Technology Enables Multi-Core, Multi-OS Real-Time Systems"

Paul Fischer, TenAsys Corporation
Industrial Control Solutions Guide, sponsored by Intel, December, 2006
The latest advances in microprocessor technology coupled with new operating software technologies provide embedded system developers with computing platforms that deliver previously unattainable cost/performance levels. The key is selecting software that is tailored to exploit the new features of the hardware.
download the solutions guide and article at RTC Magazine ›

"About hardware virtualization features and real-time hypervisor software"

Paul Fischer, TenAsys Corporation
ECE Magazine, October, 2006
The result of combining hardware virtualization features with real-time hypervisor software is a single embedded computer system platform that can serve the real-time and reliability requirements of tomorrow’s applications.
read more at Embedded Control Europe ›
or download the PDF directly from embedded-control-europe.com ›

"Virtualization Technology Enables a Common Automation Platform"

Robert Mick, ARC
ARC Brief, August, 2006
Virtualization has proven to be an effective method for enabling information systems to support new business needs in an increasingly complex IT environment. Server consolidation, increased security and increased reliability are just a few of the strong benefits already demonstrated by corporate IT.
read more about Intel Industrial Embedded Computing Platforms ›
or download the PDF directly from intel.com ›

"Das Steuern zweier Kerne"

Paul Fischer, TenAsys Corporation
Design & Elektronik, August, 2006
Die aktuellen Dual-Core-Prozessoren können die Leistung von Embedded Systemen deutlich erhöhen und auch die Reaktion auf »Echtzeitereignisse« beschleunigen. Hersteller von Betriebssystemen forcieren diesen Trend durch Integration spezieller Funktionen für Dual-Core-Chips, die es ermöglichen, dass die Echtzeitanteile von Anwendungen auf eigenen Prozessorkernen laufen.
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"The Dual-Core Performance Advantage for Real-Time Windows"

Paul Fischer, TenAsys Corporation and Craig Szydlowski, Intel Corporation
Third-Party Solutions Guide, sponsored by Intel and Microsoft, August, 2006
Intel® Core™ Duo processors are making it much easier to improve real-time Windows® performance. For those systems that require the user interface and enterprise connectivity of Windows XP Embedded (XPe), but also need deterministic, hard real-time control, it is now possible to dedicate one CPU core to real-time tasks, and to run XPe on the other core. This allows real-time processes to operate unencumbered by non-real-time applications. By giving real-time control application code its own processing core, scheduling jitter and response time are greatly improved, yielding a more reliable and higher-performance real-time Windows XPe system.
download the solutions guide and article at RTC Magazine ›

"Intel® Virtualization Technology in Embedded and Communications Infrastructure Applications"

Dean Neumann, Dileep Kulkarni, Aaron Kunze, Gerald Rogers, & Edwin Verplanke, Intel Corporation
Intel Technology Journal, Vol 10 Issue 3, August 10, 2006
Intel® Virtualization Technology delivers improved computing benefits for all users. This paper describes the unique requirements that embedded systems and communications infrastructure equipment place on virtualized environments and shows how Intel is working with a number of third parties to extend the benefits of Intel Virtualization Technology to these applications. Bounded real-time performance can be maintained while using virtualization to consolidate systems; system uptime can be increased by enabling software failover without redundant hardware; and software migration can be performed without bringing down the application. Virtualization also allows legacy applications to co-exist with new applications by executing both software environments in parallel, and it provides the means for applications to take advantage of multi-core processors without re-architecting for multi-threaded execution.
read more in the Intel Technology Journal ›
or download the PDF from Intel.com ›

"Developing applications for parallel architecture CPU chips"

Paul Fischer, TenAsys Corporation and Craig Szydlowski, Intel Corporation
Embedded Computing Design, July, 2006
New-generation dual-core processors not only raise the performance bar, but also make it easier to dramatically improve system functionality and hold down costs while increasing performance. The main challenge for designers is how to partition applications to make the best use of the dual-core CPUs. A ready solution to the application partitioning problem exists for real-time system developers, who can run deterministic real-time and human-directed software on independent cores, enabling real-time processes to be relatively unencumbered from non-real-time applications. By giving real-time control application code its own processing core, scheduling jitter and response time are greatly improved, yielding a more reliable, higher-performance system.
read the complete article at ECD ›

"Multi-Core Virtualization Enables Increased Performance and Lower Costs"

Kim Hartman, TenAsys Corporation
Embedded Intel® Solutions, June 1, 2006
There has been lots of discussion about how the Intel® Core microarchitecture brings big benefits to server applications. But equal or greater benefits can be gained by embedded-systems developers who leverage the chips' features to reduce system costs, improve reliability, and enable the incorporation of new features in their products. Using virtualization technology, a single computer platform can function as multiple parallel systems--each within a different guest operating environment.
read more at embeddedintel.com ›

"Embedded Software Engineering: In gewohnter Umgebung"

Paul Fischer, TenAsys Corporation
ElektronikPraxis, Mai, 2006
Echtzeitapplikationen mit Visual Studio 2005 entwickeln TenAsys hat seine Entwicklungswerkzeuge für das Echtzeit-Betriebssystem INtime 3.0 in Visual Studio 2005 integriert. Dies erlaubt es, Echtzeitapplikationen auf x86-basierten Standardplattformen mit Windows-Anwendungen zu kombinieren und aus einer einheitlichen Entwicklungsumgebung heraus zu editieren, compilieren und debuggen.
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"Real-time OS for multicore processors: Serious implications for AdvancedTCA systems"

Curt Schwaderer, Technology Editor
CompactPCI & AdvancedTCA Systems, May, 2006
Intel’s multicore processor technology has begun to appear in the latest laptop and multimedia PC systems. The technology will also be making its way onto a wide variety of AdvancedTCA system boards for embedded applications. However, without the right software solution for an embedded environment, how successful will the technology be for AdvancedTCA systems?
download the PDF from CompactPCI & AdvancedTCA Systems ›

"Allt fler vill virtualisera dina processorer"

Jan Tångring, Editor
Elektronik Tidningen, April, 2006
Intresset ökar för virtualisering av inbyggda system. Tre av de nio företagen i Elektroniktidningens marknadsnyckel är nya. Tillsammans med forskningskärnan L4 gör nu öppen källkod entré.
mer info at etn.se ›

"Does Dual-Core Processing Have Advantages?"

Answers to Your Problems
Control Design, April, 2006
Now that dual-core processors are available from AMD and Intel, does anyone think there could be task management performance advantages using a dual-core solution, which might lead to eliminating the third-party kernel? Has anyone tried it?
read more at ControlDesign.com ›

"RTOS uses virtual machine technology to share the CPU with Windows"

Kim Hartman, TenAsys Corporation
Embedded Control Europe, April, 2006
When applying Windows to time-critical instrumentation applications, a real-time operating system is necessary to satisfy the requirements for accurate and repeatable data acquisition and control. The INtime RTOS shares the CPU with Windows, using virtual machine technology.
see the 'April 2006' issue of Embedded Control Europe ›
or download the PDF directly from embedded-control-europe.com ›

"TenAsys INtime® RTOS and Intel® Dual-Core Processors Help Lower System Costs for Embedded Real-Time Applications: A Case Study"

Paul Fischer, TenAsys Corporation
Embedded Intel® Solutions, March 28, 2006
"We expect the Intel® Core™ Duo processor to make it much easier and more cost-effective for developers to extend the Windows-based applications into embedded systems without sacrificing critical performance requirements."
read more at embeddedintel.com ›

"Intel® Advanced Platform Technologies for Communications and Embedded Applications"

Intel Corporation
Technology@Intel Magazine, March, 2006
In contrast to traditional single-core, multi-tasking environments, multi-core designs allow specific applications to be assigned to different cores, enhancing performance and security. In embedded application environments, it is possible to run real-time tasks on a dedicated execution core, unencumbered by tasks that would otherwise compete for processor resources.
read more in the Technology@Intel Magazine ›
or download the PDF from Intel.com ›

"Nose to the grindstone, eyes to the future"

Lucas Hale, ANCA Pty
Control Design, March, 2006
As ever-increasing customer demands for better machine performance, reliability and support grind onward, one CNC machine builder is unafraid of evolving its operating system to keep its competitive edge.
read more at ControlDesign.com ›

"EtherCAT: A Real-Time Industrial Fieldbus on Ethernet"

Paul Fischer, TenAsys Corporation
RTC Magazine, March, 2006
EtherCAT fieldbus systems are based on technology and techniques designed to overcome the performance and determinism limitations associated with other attempts to utilize Ethernet packets and hardware to support an industrial fieldbus.
read more at RTC ›

"TenAsys INtime RTOS and Intel® Dual-Core Processors"

Intel Corporation
Case Study, February, 2006
Developers can improve performance and speed time to market by adopting the INtime RTOS as part of their real-time embedded solutions. Designed and optimized specifically for Intel® Architecture and Microsoft Windows software, the INtime RTOS uses virtual machine technology to facilitate close communication between two execution cores for virtually jitter-free performance. The TenAsys INtime RTOS is validated and optimized for the Intel Core Duo processor, using software to dedicate one core to the real-time features of a Windows-based, embedded design.
download the PDF from Intel.com (English) ›
download the PDF from Intel.com (Chinese) ›
get more information about multi-core technologies at Intel.com ›

"Determinism Means More Than Faster Processors"

Kim Hartman, TenAsys Corporation
Electronic Design, February 16, 2006
A bounded response to events is the key to defining a hard real-time system. Real-time systems require determinism to ensure predictable behavior. Without determinism, systems can't be called real-time. And without bounded determinism, systems can't be classified as hard real-time.
read more at ED ›

"XP & real-time systems"

Paul Fischer, TenAsys Corporation
Embedded System Engineering, February 3, 2006
A virtual machine approach combines a Windows interface with an RTOS.
read more at ESE ›