For industrial automation and other similar applications, fast boot and response time is critical to successful operation. Applications must be fully operational at power on and cannot be delayed due to the volatile nature of the platform and environment. Variables such as power fluctuation, network failure, device availability, and memory management must be responded to with no loss of performance and functionality. These same demanding requirements are found not just in Industrial Automation applications, but automotive, aerospace, and military applications as well.
"The achievement of one second boot from cold power to operational status is a breakthrough in embedded Linux performance," said Jim Ready, CTO of MontaVista Software. "It's always been thought that embedded Linux could never perform at this level of speed and efficiency. We're proud to be the first embedded Linux vendor to achieve and demonstrate this demanding level of performance."
"The increase in control processing requirements, more sophisticated data communications and algorithmic processing requires greater interaction between processors and operating systems," said Bruno Baylac, global director of industrial marketing at Freescale Semiconductor. "MontaVista's achievement of one second Linux boot time on Freescale processors based on Power Architecture® technology is a significant achievement. Industrial embedded real-time applications will see immediate benefits from this capability enabled by MontaVista Linux."
This high performance design architecture leverages the many man-years of embedded expertise accumulated by MontaVista and leverages certain techniques and optimization technologies. The application was built on MontaVista Professional Edition Linux and Freescale Semiconductor MPC5121e hardware built on Power Architecture technology. The application requirements demanded visual feedback of critical real-time data in one second or less from cold power-on. These performance improvements were achieved through a combination of careful tuning of the entire software stack and a highly optimized kernel.
MontaVista will be providing demonstrations during the Virtual Freescale Technology Forum, July 14 – 16. To view the demo, simply register for the Forum at http://www.freescale.com/vftf and visit MontaVista's virtual booth during the event.
About MontaVista Software
MontaVista Software, Inc. is the leader in embedded Linux commercialization. For over 10 years, MontaVista has been helping embedded developers get the most out of open source by adding commercial quality, integration, hardware enablement, expert support, and the resources of the MontaVista development community. Because MontaVista customers enjoy faster time to market, more competitive device functionality, and lower total cost, more devices have been deployed with MontaVista than with any other Linux. To learn more, please visit http://www.mvista.com
About the Virtual Freescale Technology Forum
The Virtual Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) is an online supplement to Freescale's existing global FTF program. Created to inspire innovation and collaboration, FTF has become the developer event of the year for the embedded semiconductor industry. The Forum, which debuted in 2005, has drawn more than 28,000 attendees at FTF events worldwide since its inception. For more information about Virtual FTF, go to: http://www.freescale.com/vftf.
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