FSMLabs Enables Real-Time Carrier Grade Applications on AMD Opteron(TM) Processor-Based ATCA.Targets Pinnacle Data Systems 64-Bit AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. Opteron Processor-Based ATCA See AdvancedTCA. Platform with RTLinux SOCORRO, N.M. -- FSMLabs (http://www.fsmlabs.com) today released carrier grade real-time operating system (operating system) Real-Time Operating System - (RTOS) Any operating system where interrupts are guaranteed to be handled within a certain specified maximum time, thereby making it suitable for control of hardware in embedded systems and other time-critical applications. support for the new ATCA telecommunications reference design from AMD (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AMD). FSMLabs' RTLinux for the AMD Opteron[TM] processor-based 64-bit Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (AdvancedTCA[R]) platform from Pinnacle Data Systems (PDSi) is available immediately and is superbly suited to emerging convergence applications where data plane and management functions need to be tightly coordinated. FSMLabs' Carrier Grade RTLinux product line provides telecom OEMs hard real-time responsiveness, FSMLabs' first-to-market OSDL See Linux Foundation. CGL 3.2 carrier grade Linux A specification that defines an industrial strength operating system environment using Linux. Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) covers hardware, availability, clustering, security, serviceability and performance. , and support for virtualization of enterprise-class compute loads. Carrier Grade RTLinux and the AMD Opteron processor-based ATCA blade offer a high-availability platform for converged voice/data applications including VoIP, IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. and phone network management. Convergence capitalizes on the performance of the AMD Opteron processor and helps decrease both development costs and deployment costs due to ability to run such a deep stack with no degradation in performance. RTLinux Provides Real-Time Edge on ATCA RTLinux offers systems developers compliant POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface for UNIX) An IEEE 1003.1 standard that defines the language interface between application programs and the Unix operating system. real-time threads for line-speed data plane performance. By reserving one or more CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. cores in the PDSi dual-processor dual-core ATCA system, RTLinux based on the AMD Opteron processor-based platform can reduce worst case scheduling drift to under 2 microseconds for real-time applications and under 17 microseconds on CPU cores shared with Carrier Grade Linux non real-time applications. "RTLinux is designed to enable the deployment of the PDSi AdvancedTCA[R] AMD Opteron processor-based board in a wide range of demanding communications roles," noted Erik Salo, director of marketing, Microprocessor Solutions Sector, AMD. "The combination of RTLinux and AdvancedTCA provides an extremely scalable and flexible Carrier Grade solution driven by the leading-edge performance of the AMD Opteron processor with Direct Connect Architecture." Virtualization Supports Mix of Embedded and Enterprise Loads FSMLabs' Carrier Grade RTLinux accommodates the growing complexity of telecommunications systems software stacks. Carrier Grade RTLinux combines POSIX hard real-time with the ability to host virtual instances of enterprise operating systems and accompanying compute loads. Carrier Grade RTLinux adds performance, stability and security to one or more virtualized "guest" instances of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux (often abbreviated to RHEL) is a Linux distribution produced by Red Hat and targeted toward the commercial market, including mainframes. Red Hat commits to supporting each version of RHEL for 7 years after its release. (RHEL RHEL Red Hat Enterprise Linux ), Novell SuSE Linux, and even Windows XP, all on high performance 64-bit AMD Opteron processor-based ATCA hardware. Patented hard real-time virtualization technology decouples the FSMLabs POSIX RTCore real-time kernel (the technology behind RTLinux) from an embedded Linux or BSD UNIX client enabling a 100% preemptible system to ensure timely execution of critical code. The Linux client is an enterprise level operating system on its own, and can further act as a virtualization host for other instances of Linux or Windows XP or other operating systems. "Embedded systems today need to bridge seamlessly into the enterprise," commented Victor Yodaiken, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and president of FSMLabs. "The exceptional computing power and low latency of AMD Opteron processors allow us to respond to packets in nanoseconds while at the same time running applications on both Carrier Grade Linux and instances of Windows XP, Red Hat Enterprise and Suse Linux." FSMLabs' first-to-market OSDL Carrier Grade 3.2 Linux provides a complete, fully functional, enterprise class operating system with a complete set of development tools, sophisticated networking and storage, comprehensive security, and telecom specific capabilities. RTCore adds hard real-time. The virtualization envelopes for additional guest operating systems complete the stack. Availability Carrier Grade RTLinux for the PDSi AdvancedTCA[R] AMD Opteron processor-based board is available immediately direct from FSMLabs and from its distributors and representatives worldwide. Contact FSMLabs or visit http://www.fsmlabs.com for local distributor contacts and for pricing information. About FSMLabs FSMLabs provides hard real-time mission-critical solutions designed for reliability and simplicity of operation. FSMLabs was founded in 1998 and is privately held, with headquarters in New Mexico and sales and engineering staff worldwide. FSMLabs' products include RTLinux, RTCoreBSD, LNet real-time networking, PSDD protected memory real-time, VxIT legacy emulation, Carrier Grade RTLinux, RTCore Eclipse IDE and ControlsKit XML/RPC interface builder. For more information, visit www.fsmlabs.com or email sales@fsmlabs.com. RTLinux, RTCore, LNet, PSDD, ControlsKit, and FSMLabs are registered trademarks of Finite State Machine See state machine. (mathematics, algorithm, theory) Finite State Machine - (FSM or "Finite State Automaton", "transducer") An abstract machine consisting of a set of states (including the initial state), a set of input events, a set of output events, and a state transition Labs Inc. "Embedded Enterprise" is a trademark of FSMLabs. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Opteron, and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective organizations. |
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