Sun Microsystems Targets Real-Time Communications Applications with World-Class RTOS Support on compactPCI.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 1999-- The ChorusOS(tm) RTOS (1) (RealTime Operating System) An operating system designed for use in a real time computer system. See real time system, embedded system, process control and OS-9. and VxWorks(R) Offer Robust Telecom Capability, Migration Path to 64-Bit Architecture Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ) today announced robust 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. (RTOS) capability for its SPARCengine(tm) family of compactPCI (cPCI) board products. The company will offer customers high-performance OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and solutions supporting Sun Microsystems' own ChorusOS(tm) RTOS or VxWorks(R), the RTOS component of the Tornado(tm) development environment from Wind River Systems, Inc. Both RTOS options will enable system designers to rapidly develop and deploy powerful 64-bit UltraSPARC(tm) and 32-bit microSPARC(tm) processor-based applications for telecommunications infrastructure and enterprise telephony needs. Additionally, the UltraSPARC-II 64-bit, scalable architecture will provide system designers the flexibility to significantly optimize either operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. for high performance. The RTOS solutions, now available immediately for the UltraSPARC processor-based SPARCengine CP 1500 compactPCI board, will be phased in to support the entire compactPCI board product line by end of year. The RTOS/board options enable the real-time features of the ChorusOS RTOS and VxWorks in a multiprocessing environment while allowing the integration of the Solaris(tm) operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. for transaction server, intensive database and high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. applications. "Sun Microsystems' strategy is to provide developers with effective RTOS solutions for hot new markets while leveraging the reliability and scalability of SPARC/Solaris-based architectures," said Marge Breya, vice president, marketing and business development, Microelectronics, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "Both ChorusOS and VxWorks offer ease of development coupled with advanced capabilities for general and vertical market applications." "With years of experience in the networking industry, the ChorusOS product development group has built in a host of special features specifically designed to enhance reliability, availability and scalability for critical telecommunications applications," said Jean-Pierre Baudouin, director and general manager, Embedded Telecom Software, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "These features, coupled with strong Java(tm) technology support, make ChorusOS an ideal complement to the SPARCengine CP family of compactPCI boards." "Wind River's strong partnerships have helped make Wind River Tornado and VxWorks the preferred solutions for building telecommunication infrastructure equipment," said Dave Sheaffer, director of hardware platforms Each hardware platform, or CPU family, has a unique machine language. All software presented to the computer for execution must be in the binary coded machine language of that CPU. Following is a list of the major hardware platforms in existence today. See platform. , Wind River Systems, Inc. "Our support of Sun Microsystems for compactPCI products is a key element of our strategy to help provide developers with options for building complex embedded applications. We look forward to working with Sun in continuing to develop the world of embedded telecommunications systems." The ChorusOS system software provides an innovative RTOS for high-availability telecommunications equipment and for new web-based consumer devices such as webphones and set-top boxes. It offers a "hot" restart capability as well as a "hot swap To pull out a component from a system and plug in a new one while the main power is still on. Also called "hot plug" and "hot insertion," hot swap is a feature of USB devices, allowing an external drive, network adapter or other peripheral to be plugged in without having to power down the " capability, and dynamic reconfiguration. The ChorusOS system also provides close integration with the Solaris operating environment as well as Java technology support for networking equipment through the Java Dynamic Management(tm) Kit. Wind River's Tornado development environment is a complete set of development tools designed specifically for the needs of embedded real-time software development. Tornado is also an open framework that allows other tool vendors to plug in their value-add products. VxWorks, the RTOS component of Tornado, is one of the world's leading real-time operating systems. It provides deterministic real-time performance, minimal memory usage and high reliability. Sun Microsystems' SPARCengine CP family of single-slot 64-bit-based cPCI boards incorporates Sun's latest UltraSPARC-IIi processor technology. The 425-MHz CP 1500, with 2 MB of ecache, delivers the fastest 64-bit performance and the largest secondary cache See L2 cache. (memory management) secondary cache - (Or "second level cache", "level two cache", "L2 cache") A larger, slower cache between the primary cache and main memory. of any single-slot cPCI board on the market. The 300-MHz CP 1400 features the best price/performance of any 64-bit-based cPCI board product on the market, and is designed to provide basic system control and real-time support for building telecommunications infrastructures and CTI (Computer Telephone Integration) Combining data with voice systems in order to enhance telephone services. For example, automatic number identification (ANI) allows a caller's records to be retrieved from the database while the call is routed to the appropriate party. applications, including VoIP gateways, communications servers and call centers. The SPARCengine CP1200 board, utilizing the highly integrated microSPARC IIep microprocessor, is designed for embedded computing applications, telecommunications, networking and industrial automation and control applications. An effective price/performance solution for applications requiring high integration and low power, the CP1200 can be used in cost-sensitive, RTOS-based designs without compromising performance. The ChorusOS system is available directly from Sun Microsystems' ChorusOS product group, and VxWorks is available directly from Wind River Systems, Inc. Information on the RTOSs can be found at www.sun.com/chorusos and www.windriver.com. The RTOS/board solutions will be displayed at the Sun Microsystems booth at Supercomm 99 in Atlanta, June 8-10. About Sun Microsystems, Inc. Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, "The Network Is The Computer(TM)," has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. to its position as a leading provider of high-quality hardware, software and services for establishing enterprise-wide intranets and expanding the power of the Internet. With more than $10.5 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 150 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://www.sun.com. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Solaris, ChorusOS, Java, Java Dynamic Management, HotJava, UltraSPARC, microSPARC and "The Network Is The Computer" are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and in other countries. The SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill trademark is used under license and is a trademark or registered trademark of SPARC International, Inc. in the United States and in other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. Press announcements and other information about Sun Microsystems are available on the Internet via the World Wide Web using a tool such as Netscape Navigator or Sun's HotJava(TM) browser. Type http://www.sun.com at the URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. 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