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| Developer | Wind River (a wholly owned subsidiary of Aptiv) |
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| OS family | Real-time operating systems |
| Working state | Current |
| Initial release | 1987 |
| Latest release | VxWorks 7 24.03 / February 27, 2024 |
| Marketing target | Embedded systems |
| Platforms | x86, x86-64, MIPS, PowerPC, SH-4, ARM, RISC-V |
| Kernel type | Monolithic |
| License | Proprietary |
| Official website | Windriver.com/products/vxworks |
VxWorks is a real-time operating system (or RTOS) developed as proprietary software by Wind River Systems, a subsidiary of Aptiv. First released in 1987, VxWorks is designed for use in embedded systems requiring real-time, deterministic performance and in many cases, safety and security certification for industries such as aerospace, defense, medical devices, industrial equipment, robotics, energy, transportation, network infrastructure, automotive, and consumer electronics.[1]
VxWorks supports AMD/Intel architecture, POWER architecture, ARM architectures, and RISC-V.[2] The RTOS can be used in multicore asymmetric multiprocessing (AMP), symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), and mixed modes[3] and multi-OS (via Type 1 hypervisor)[4] designs on 32- and 64-bit processors.[5]
VxWorks comes with the kernel, middleware, board support packages, Wind River Workbench development suite, complementary third-party software and hardware. In its latest release, VxWorks 7, the RTOS has been re-engineered for modularity and upgradeability so the OS kernel is separate from middleware, applications, and other packages.[6] Scalability, security, safety, connectivity, and graphics have been improved to address Internet of Things (IOT) needs.[7][8][9]
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- ^ "Wind River Announces RISC-V Support for VxWorks RTOS". www.businesswire.com. December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
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- ^ Embedded Star Archived April 23, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Article, February 2011
- ^ Wind River Archived December 4, 2022, at the Wayback Machine reinvents real-time system for the Internet of Things, iTERS news, March 2014
- ^ "VxWorks 7 Announced". harmonicss.co.uk. 2014. Archived from the original on July 4, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
- ^ Wind River Reinvents the RTOS for the IoT, Business Wire, February 2014
- ^ Jackson, Joab (2014). "Wind River outfits VxWorks for 'Internet of things' | ITworld". itworld.com. Archived from the original on March 11, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2014.