VmfWin at the Embedded Systems Conference 2008, in San Jose, CA
KUKA Roboter presents his Virtual Machine Framework for Windows® to US developers
Augsburg, Germany – April 15, 2008 – KUKA, a leading developer and user of real-time extensions for Windows®, exhibits at the Embedded Systems Conference, (ESC) on April, 15-17 in San Jose, CA. showing its new Virtual Machine Framework for Windows®. With its VmfWin, the Virtual Machine Framework for Windows®, KUKA Roboter is offering a very flexible, progressive virtualization technology for embedded solutions running real-time operating system and Windows® on single-core and multi-core systems. As a first implementation KUKA Roboter and his partner IBV are showing QWin®, running QNX® and Windows® XP on the same system.

Following the opportunities offered by new multi-core processors KUKA Roboter used his more than 12 years of experience with his products VxWin® and CeWin® to develop the next generation of its successful product family, the KUKA Virtual machine Framework – VmfWin® -.
VmfWin together with the underlying RTOS Virtual Machine - RTOSVM® –
is a world-wide unique, sophisticated platform that can host any arbitrary embedded and Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) at the same time with Windows® the Microsoft General-Purpose Operating System (GPOS) on a single hardware platform.
Single-Core and Multi-Core systems are supported
VmfWin offers developers the opportunity to run real-time Operating Systems and Windows® using this technology with single-core and multi-core processors systems without the disadvantage to need processor depending Virtualization Technology.

Developers can easily design scaleable embedded solutions, running the RTOS either with high priority together with Windows® on the same CPU core e.g. a cheaper single-core system or it may exclusively facilitate one or more CPU cores of a multi-core system.
Running different real-time operating systems as well as different instances of the same RTOS on different CPU cores is also supported.
Missing Drivers for your RTOS, VmfWin can be a Solution!
Existing legacy RTOS's, with missing driver for standard devices, can be adapted to Windows® by using VmfWin® to run on single processor-based computers. With less efforts VmfWin offers customer a fast access to commercial devices, HMI and communication using the available drivers for Windows®.

System OEMs choosing the VmfWin® technology can achieve significant cost savings and redeploy their existing legacy real-time and embedded application without costly and risky porting efforts.
VmfWin offers the Idea for adaptation of other RTOS's
One of the first customers of RTOSVM is the German based “IBV - Echtzeit- und Embedded GmbH & Co. KG” from Koenigsbrunn. As an authorized QNX®-Distributor, IBV has adapted the RTOS QNX® to RTOSVM and showcased its new product QWin® on the KUKA booth at the ESC in San Jose.

This technology is very interesting for different kind of applications in the areas of machine builder, test & measurement, medical devices and entertainment, just to name some. To make further real-time operating systems available for the market, more partners have already evaluated VmfWin and started the development to use VmfWin together with their own Real-Time Operating System to adapt it to Windows®.
Date of publication

15/04/2008
Further information
Please view also our latest information about VmfWin, KUKA Roboter's new Virtual Machine Framework for single-core and multi-core systems.
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