Letting Down Your Guard - Migrating To Protected Memory and Partitions

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010 2:00 pm ET 1 hour Open-Systems Media

Description

Programming on legacy embedded, real-time platforms often implies developing multithreaded applications that run in a single address space. The implications, obstacles, and risks are far reaching, time consuming and often severe. The alternative consideration is migrating to a platform which supports memory protection and partitioning of system and application resources. This is much more common and typically necessary in safety-critical platforms though often implying conforming to some rigorous specification. But what is the risk in the migration process? How is this going to impact the development schedule? Do I need to conform to a specification?

Please join us for this webinar which will provide an overview of the benefits and simplicity of adopting a more robust and secure platform no matter what category of application you are developing, safety critical or not. The webinar will discuss the fundamentals of this approach and inspire discussion on more advanced topics and considerations.

Estimated length: 1 hour, including Q & A.

Who should attend: This seminar is best suited for software engineers in the general embedded market.

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this session.

Speaker biographies:
David Randall has over 18 years experience in the embedded, real-time industry in software design, technical sales and marketing, sales and business development at companies such as Presagis, Wind River Systems and Green Hills Software. He currently holds the position of product marketing manager at QNX Software Systems. David holds a bachelor degree in Computer Science from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec.

Andy Gryc has been a software developer and designer for over 20 years. He's worked at companies large and small with a diverse range of responsibilities in embedded software development and consulting. His accomplishments include: Designer of the HP100LX/HP200LX palmtop database and GUI, and the HP Omnibook Notebook BIOS; and the lead embedded software architect at OnStar. Andy has held the position of World-wide Automotive Field Application Engineer and currently works as Product Marketing Manager, both at QNX Software Systems.

About QNX Software Systems
QNX Software Systems is the industry leader in realtime, embedded OS technology. The component-based architectures of the QNX Neutrino RTOS and QNX® Momentics® development suite together provide the industry's most reliable and scalable framework for building innovative, high-performance embedded systems. Global leaders such as Cisco, DaimlerChrysler, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, and Siemens depend on QNX technology for network routers, medical instruments, vehicle telematics units, security and defense systems, industrial robotics, and other mission- or life-critical applications. Founded in 1980, QNX Software Systems is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, and distributes products in over 100 countries worldwide.

Register now for this webinar: Letting Down Your Guard - Migrating To Protected Memory and Partitions