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April 2006 |
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Welcome to the QNX Source, your monthly update on how QNX® Software Systems can help you create reliable, scalable, and high-performance embedded systems.
In this issue:
SPECIAL FEATURE
GROUND-BREAKING TECHNOLOGY:
AWARD:
THE LATEST FROM QNX
PARTNER NEWS:
WEB SEMINARS
UPCOMING EVENTS
QNX TRAINING
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SPECIAL FEATURE |
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GROUND BREAKING TECHNOLOGY:
QNX First OS Vendor to Ship Comprehensive Multi-Core Software Platform
The new QNX Neutrino Multi-Core Technology Development Kit (TDK) is the only commercial solution that addresses all challenges of multi-core design. Whether customers are migrating existing applications to multi-core hardware platforms or creating new multi-core enabled applications, the TDK offers the full range of multiprocessing options, including symmetric, asymmetric, and “bound,” an innovative new technology from QNX Software Systems.
 Click here to read more.
AWARD:
Alain Magloire of QNX Software Systems Wins Eclipse Award for Top Committer
Alain Magloire was recently named a winner of an Eclipse Community Award as the Top Committer for his contributions to the Eclipse Foundation’s CDT Project, the successful and fast-growing open source project for C and C++ development. Magloire, a software developer in the QNX development tools group, was selected by his peers for the work he has done with the CDT community, a project he has worked with since its inception.
Click here to read more.
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THE LATEST FROM QNX |
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QNX Introduces Support for DaVinci™ Technology from Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) and QNX Software Systems recently announced their collaboration to enhance the development of digital audio and video applications for the embedded market, including QNX’s support for TI’s DaVinci™ technology. The combination of TI’s technology and the realtime performance and reliability of the QNX® Neutrino® RTOS will enhance the development and integration of digital audio and video for embedded products in a variety of markets, including automotive infotainment, consumer electronics, in-flight entertainment, industrial automation, and medical technology.
Click here to read more.
QNX Introduces Multi-Core Expedite Program for Intel Hardware
QNX Software Systems and Intel is introducing the new Multi-Core Expedite Program, through which QNX customers get early access to multi-core hardware and software platforms to start evaluating and prototyping multi-core systems. Under the new program, qualifying members will receive 120-day evaluations of the industry’s most advanced multi-core offerings.
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Eclipse Continues Momentum in Device and Embedded Software Development with New Open Source Project Initiatives
The Eclipse Foundation recently announced new project initiatives and releases for the Device Software Development Platform (DSDP) and C/C++ Development Tools (CDT) Projects, both increasingly popular with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and vendors of real-time operating systems (RTOSs), software development tools, and electronic design automation (EDA) tools. These new initiatives further extend the Eclipse ecosystem into the embedded and device software market.
Click here to read more.
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PARTNER NEWS |
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Klocwork Teams Up with QNX Software Systems for IDE Integration
Klocwork Inc., the proven leader in automated software solutions that improve software security and quality, recently announced an alliance with QNX Software Systems to deliver joint customers with access to Klocwork’s K7 static analysis tools from the QNX Momentics development suite. Through its support for the Eclipse IDE environment, Klocwork K7 is designed to seamlessly integrate into industry-leading Eclipse-based integrated development environments (IDEs), like the QNX Momentics suite, as well as customers’ existing software development processes.
Click here for more information.
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WEB SEMINARS |
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Test Early, Test Often - For Better Software Quality Combine Static and Run-time Analysis with Tools from Klocwork and QNX Software Systems
Date: April 13th
Time: 2pm EST (1pm CST, 11am PST)
Duration: 1 hour
Registration: http://www.klocwork.com/forms/webevent_qnx.asp
QNX Software Systems and Klocwork will demonstrate their complimentary development tools for improving quality and security of embedded applications. QNX Momentics is an Eclipse-based Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that provides the best in class development environment for embedded systems. Klocwork K7 provides leading static code analysis technology for the embedded developer.
This joint web seminar will illustrate how the use of Klocwork static analysis tools during coding and QNX run-time analysis tools at integration and system test enable developers to write high quality code with fewer defects and security vulnerabilities.
Click here to register for this web seminar.
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Adaptive Partitioning: Using CPU Guarantees to Build Secure, Survivable Systems
Discover how the innovative features of QNX Neutrino Adaptive Partitioning helps you develop secure, survivable systems without sacrificing system performance.
Key takeaways include:
- How recent advances in realtime scheduling and partitioning can be used in embedded system designs
- How operating system controlled partitioning and CPU guarantees can be used to increase system security and availability
- How operating system controlled partitioning allows you to speed system integration and deliver products faster
Click here to view this web seminar.
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Designing and Optimizing Software for Intel Architecture Multi-core Processors
This seminar will help developers realize the benefits of Intel multi-core processors in their embedded applications. The seminar will describe Intel dual-core processors including processor and cache architecture, interrupts and execution environments. Technical experts will discuss proven strategies and techniques for maximizing application performance by distributing software tasks across multiple CPU cores. The benefits and tradeoffs of several multiprocessing models (AMP, SMP, BMP), and tools for troubleshooting and optimizing multi-core systems will also be discussed.
Click here to view this web seminar.
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UPCOMING EVENTS |
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Real-Time & Embedded Computing Conference
The Real-Time & Embedded Computing Conferences (RTECC) are unique, one-day events showcasing the newest products and latest information from industry leaders. RTECC features open-door technical sessions in conjunction with tabletop exhibits. QNX Software Systems will be participating in the following events:
- April 25 - Greenbelt, MD
- April 27 - Boston, MA
- May 18 - Chicago, IL
- June 20 - Bolder/Denver, CO
- June 22 - Salt Lake City, UT
Click here to register for any of these events.
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AES 2006
April 26-28, 2006
Shanghai, China
AES 2006 (International Automotive Electronics Products & Technologies Show & Auto+IT Summit) is an interactive forum for policy makers, manufacturers, technology providers, funding agencies, scientists, innovators, engineers and industrialists from all over the world.
This event focuses on the commercial application of automotive electronics sources available today and provides an interactive platform for the manufacturers, suppliers and service providers to showcase their products and to exchange business, scientific and technical information within the automotive electronics sector.
Click here to register for this event.
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Telematics Update 2006
May 23-24, 2006
Detroit, MI
Telematics Update is the largest telematics specific exhibition in the world that will give the telmatics industry’s engineers, marketing managers, product designers and top-level management executives networking opportunities, market information and thought provoking discussion they need to stay or get to the top of their game.
Visit QNX at booth 46 to view our latest automotive product offering as well as speak to our automotive experts. We are looking forward to seeing you there.
Click here for more information or to register for this event.
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QNX TRAINING |
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Realtime Programming for the QNX Neutrino RTOS
Objectives: This course is designed for anyone who develops QNX Neutrino® RTOS realtime applications. By the end of the course, you will have written several example programs and learned to apply QNX Neutrino RTOS concepts to real-world applications.
- Familiarize the developer with the features, services, and architecture of the QNX Neutrino RTOS.
- Focus on real-world problems and the techniques for solving them.
- Provide hands-on exercises so the developer can learn to apply the concepts introduced throughout the course.
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Developing, Debugging and Analyzing Performance with the QNX Momentics IDE
Prerequisites: You must have a good working knowledge of C or C++ and a general understanding of programming under the QNX® Neutrino® RTOS.
Objectives: To learn how to use the IDE in the QNX Momentics® to:
- develop your applications
- debug complex problems
- analyze performance issues of complete systems
By the end of the course, you will have used the IDE to work with many sample programs and systems, either self-hosted or using cross development, and will have learned to apply these skills to real-world applications.
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Writing Drivers for the QNX Neutrino RTOS
Prerequisites: You must have a good working knowledge of C and a general understanding of programming under the QNX® Neutrino® RTOS.
Objectives: This course is designed for anyone who wants to develop drivers for the QNX Neutrino RTOS. By the end of the course, you will have written several sample drivers.
- Familiarize the developer with the methods for writing
different types of drivers under the QNX Neutrino RTOS.
- Focus on real-world problems and the techniques for solving them.
- Provide hands-on exercises so the developer can apply
the concepts introduced in the course.
Click here to register for North American Sessions.
Click here to register for European Sessions.
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