Specializing in delivering software for the intelligent network edge, Wind River announces support for the open RISC-V architecture in its VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS).
VxWorks is the most widely deployed commercial real-time operating system supporting the RISC-V architecture. The company has also joined the RISC-V Foundation, a nonprofit consortium created to standardize, protect and promote the RISC-V ISA and its associated hardware and software ecosystem for use in all computing devices. Wind River will continue to enhance its RTOS with support for the latest open hardware instruction set architectures.
The addition of RISC-V support to VxWorks follows a recent wave of innovations in the real-time operating system, making it the first to support C++17, Boost, Python, and the Rust collection.
“ We are pleased to welcome Wind River to the RISC-V Foundation and our global ecosystem. VxWorks significantly extends the reach of RISC-V in the embedded world. We look forward to the software developments from Wind River and the RISC-V community ,” said Calista Redmond, Executive Director, RISC-V Foundation.
“ It’s exciting to see RISC-V gain significant traction in the industry as it brings the dynamism of open architecture development to hardware. Wind River is excited to continue to innovate around VxWorks while contributing to the success of RISC-V with collaborations like the ones we have with SiFive and MicroChip to support their Unleashed and PolarFire SoC FPGA boards ,” said Michel Genard, vice president of products at Wind River.
“ VxWorks’ support for our RISC-V-based PolarFire SoC FPGA family provides an extremely compelling offering to embedded system designers who increasingly need low-power, thermally efficient and secure, real-time, Linux-compatible solutions. Our partnership with Wind River is important as we work together to advance the RISC-V ecosystem and community ,” said Shakeel Peera, associate vice president of marketing, FPGA Division, Microchip.
“ VxWorks’ adoption of RISC-V is an important milestone in the continued implementation of the RISC-V ecosystem. The ability to run VxWorks on SiFive Core IP and devices will open new application markets around the world ,” said Naveed Sherwani, president and CEO of SiFive.