Wind River, a leading global provider of intelligent systems software, announced that the Wind River Helix virtualization platform now supports Intel Xeon D-1700 and D-2700 processors, as well as 11th generation Intel Core™ processors.

As part of Wind River Studio, the Helix platform is a security-certified multi-core, multi-tenant platform that supports multiple independent critical levels. It is designed for use in a wide range of industry sectors, including but not limited to:

Commercial and military avionics
Common operating system (OS) integration to reduce size, weight, and power consumption to meet the requirements of industrial, medical, and automotive applications
Various combinations of critical levels are available to run software with different safety levels in software environments certified to avionics (DO-178C), automotive (ISO 26262), industrial (IEC 61508) and other related standards
Important features of the Helix platform include:

True Type 1 hypervisor (does not need to be hosted in a real-time operating system and does not require a special service operating system)
64-bit multi-core, take advantage of advanced Intel virtualization technology
Single-core and multi-core clients
Combine and match 32-bit and 64-bit clients without modification
Support ARINC 653Application Executive (APEX)

1794-OE4

FACE™3.1 conformance
Multiple device models, including analog, pass-through, shared, or paravirtualized
No limit on the number of concurrent clients (Linux, RTOS, Whiteboard)
Proven fault isolation and control
Avijit Sinha, Chief Product Officer at Wind River, said: “With the adoption of the intelligent Edge, the unique needs and challenges facing sectors such as aerospace & Defense, automotive and industrial are increasing. With the introduction of the Helix platform for Intel Xeon D and 11th Generation Intel Core™, Wind River further expands the range of architecture support to meet the demanding demands of compute-intensive mission-critical applications.”

Tony Franklin, general manager of Network and Edge Synergy and Aviation markets at Intel, said: “As regulations evolve, technologies continue to update, and application software performance is uncertain, security and compliance for cross-industry, mission-critical, multi-core applications are Paramount. The collaboration with Wind River helps to reduce complexity, ensure information security and functional safety, while also speeding time to market. Our partnership further reinforces Intel’s commitment to end-user innovation.”

In the most challenging safety-critical applications, Wind River provides technology that enables enterprise users to meet stringent safety certification requirements such as EN 50128, IEC 61508, ISO 26262, DO-178C and ED-12C in a convenient, cost-effective and efficient manner.

Wind River’s technologies have been successfully used in more than 800 high-safety engineering applications on more than 100 civil and military aircraft models, and have been proven in practice by more than 400 enterprise customers. Wind River Dam is driving the aerospace and defense industry toward the era of software-defined systems.

The Helix platform is part of Studio, a set of tools for the development, deployment, operation and servicing of mission-critical intelligent systems.

Intel Xeon D processors deliver server-grade computing power, hardware-based security, and high-bandwidth I/O for embedded and robust applications, supporting hard real-time workloads and extreme temperature ranges, making them ideal for demanding applications in industries such as aerospace, defense, and industrial.

Designed for iot applications, the 11th-generation Intel Core processors deliver balanced performance and responsiveness on low-power platforms, support low-latency and time-sensitive applications, and are capable of running multiple workloads on a single platform, including artificial intelligence and deep learning applications.