QNX to support Freescale's Quad-core QorIQ P3 products and 64-bit QorIQ e5500 platform

ORLANDO, USA; Freescale Technology Forum: QNX Software Systems, a leader in operating systems, tools, and middleware for the embedded systems market, announced that it plans to support Freescale Semiconductor's first 64-bit core based on Power Architecture technology and Freescale's new 32-bit quad-core QorIQ P3 platform.

Freescale's new processors, combined with the QNX Neutrino Realtime Operating System and QNX Momentics Tool Suite, will help increase performance and reduce development time for multi-core embedded applications in aerospace, networking, and other industries.

QNX Software Systems' comprehensive multi-core support includes field-proven implementations of symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) and bound multiprocessing (BMP), as well as powerful visualization tools that help developers of multi-core systems focus their efforts on achieving the greatest increase in parallel processing and performance.

The new Freescale e5500 core is the workhorse behind Freescale's first 64-bit embedded processors based on Power Architecture technology, the P5020 and the P5010, which are engineered for high-end control plane applications in networking, enterprise storage, security appliances, data center, and aerospace/defense markets.

Freescale's new quad-core QorIQ P3 platform is optimized for low power, enabling increased system performance and reduced overall power consumption.

"QNX Software Systems has been a trusted Freescale partner for many years and we welcome their support for our newest QorIQ multi-core products," said Preet Virk, director of Strategy, Networking Processor Division at Freescale. "As a key ecosystem partner, QNX's proven multi-core OS and tools are a valuable asset to our customers working to develop multi-core applications."

"QNX technology support for Freescale's new processors will help engineers migrating to multi-core to get a jump-start on development," said Romain Saha, segment manager at QNX Software Systems. "This development represents yet another step in our longstanding alliance with Freescale."