Aonix Ports Deterministic Virtual Machine to PikeOS

Combined solution improves portability of military and aerospace
applications
SAN DIEGO--(Business Wire)--
Aonix(R), the provider of the PERC product line for embedded and
real-time Java developers, released PERC Ultra 5.1 cross development
and target support on Sysgo's PikeOS 2.2 real-time operating system.
PERC Ultra support of the PikeOS POSIX PSE52 profile provides a
solution for the increasing need for portability across multiple
operating systems as industries such as military and aerospace,
transportation, telecommunications, automotive and industrial
automation, face the massive challenge of maintaining legacy systems.
The deterministic behavior and real-time performance of Aonix's PERC
Ultra meets the stringent requirements of these applications and
enables developers to apply Java's portability to their modernizing
efforts.

Because of the POSIX interface, the PERC Ultra-PikeOS solution is
particularly attractive for applications requiring scalability and
portability. The POSIX PSE52 profile adds asynchronous IO and socket
communications--features that Java programmers need to design
effective Standard Edition Java(TM) embedded and real-time
applications.

Thanks to Eclipse plug-ins in both PERC Ultra and PikeOS, Aonix
and Sysgo also provide maximum flexibility to developers. With the
large-scale, complex applications common in safety-critical space,
applications often involve diverse design, development and test tools.
The Eclipse environment provides a common framework and development
platform, reducing the learning curve and offering developers the
widest variety of tools possible.

"PERC Ultra has extended the portability of the POSIX interface
wonderfully for a number of joint customer applications," noted
Jacques Brygier, marketing vice president at Sysgo. "The speed and
real-time behavior of PERC has enabled our customers to update legacy
code and bring together multiple execution environments often based on
more than one real-time operating system. And, thanks to our mutual
support of Eclipse, customers are able to enjoy a large breadth of
tool support and flexibility."

"The need to reduce cost and ongoing maintenance of software has
created a drive to modernize legacy code," confirmed Gary Cato, Aonix
director of marketing. "With PERC Ultra ported to PikeOS, application
developers can introduce the Java benefits of portability and ease of
maintenance throughout their code. We look forward to continuing our
joint efforts as we extend our current offerings into the
multipartitioned space."

Efforts to integrate a multipartitioned solution are well
underway. Chosen to participate in DIANA, an European Community
project chartered to modernize the tools and execution environments
used in hard real-time and safety-certifiable avionics systems, Aonix
and Sysgo are already working toward extending the portable operating
system interface to meet the ARINC-653 standard, a multipartition
execution environment. The DIANA project will develop architecture,
methodologies and concepts that reduce aircraft development and
operating costs, enable faster upgrade and replacement of avionics
applications, and reduce onboard weight through better use of
computational resources. The DIANA project has chosen PERC Ultra, PERC
Pico and PikeOS as essential components to the modular electronics
platform under development.

About the PERC Family

PERC Ultra is a virtual machine and toolset expressly created for
demanding embedded and real-time systems requiring J2SE(TM) support.
PERC Ultra delivers the ease and efficiency of Java(TM) Standard
Edition support without sacrificing integrity, performance, or
real-time behavior. The currently available version, PERC Ultra 5.1
offers Ahead-of-Time (AOT) and Just-in-Time (JIT) compilation, remote
debug support, deterministic garbage collection, standard graphics and
extended commercial RTOS support.

PERC Pico, the first development environment geared toward the
creation of resource constrained and deeply embedded hard real-time
applications and components, is based on the emerging Java
Specification Request (JSR-302) for development of hard real-time
safety-critical code. PERC Pico allows Java developers to write
low-level Java code such as device drivers and interrupt handlers,
telecommunications control plane, and signal processing for
multimedia. It offers a memory footprint measured in hundreds of
kilobytes in comparison to the tens of megabytes required for other
Java solutions as well as boasting performance, latency, and
determinism comparable to C.

About PikeOS

PikeOS is a ground-breaking product providing an embedded systems
platform where multiple virtual machines can run simultaneously in a
secure environment. This secure virtualization technology allows
multiple operating system APIs to run independently and concurrently
on one machine so that an ARINC-653 application runs together with
Linux. The PikeOS safe and secure virtualization RTOS platform
provides the widest range of operational guest operating system or
run-time environment "personalities" on the market.

The PikeOS microkernel architecture allows it to be used in
cost-sensitive, resource-constrained devices as well as large, complex
systems. PikeOS is certifiable to the DO-178B standard and is also
MILS compliant.

Shipping and Availability

PERC Ultra 5.1 targeting Power Architectures on Sysgo's PikeOS is
immediately available. Future support for other PikeOS profiles are
possible based on customer demand. PERC development tools are
available at no charge in combination with a maintenance contract.
Target execution and deployment license pricing starts at $25K based
on projected volume. PERC Ultra is also available with special
bundling discounts when licensed together with PERC Pico.

About SYSGO

SYSGO specializes in design, implementation and configuration of
device software for the embedded market. In addition to PikeOS(TM),
SYSGO's real-time operating system and virtualization solution for
safety-critical systems, and ELinOS(TM), SYSGO's embedded Linux
development environment, the company offers development of device
drivers, board support packages and firmware. SYSGO also supports
international customers with services for embedded Linux, real-time
capabilities and certification for safety-critical applications.
Target markets include Aerospace & Defense, Industrial Automation,
Automotive, Consumer Electronics and Network Infrastructure. SYSGO
customers include DaimlerChrysler, EADS Airbus, EADS Military Air
Systems, Honeywell, Thales, Raytheon, Rheinmetall, Rockwell-Collins,
Siemens and Rohde & Schwarz. Today, the company has six facilities in
Europe, including Germany, France and UK and offers a global
distribution and support network, especially in the US and Japan.

About Aonix(R)

Aonix offers mission- and safety-critical solutions primarily to
the military and aerospace, telecommunications and transportation
industries. Aonix delivers the leading highly reliable, real-time
embedded virtual machine solution for running Java(TM)
programs deployed today and has the largest number of certified Ada
applications at the highest level of criticality. Headquartered in San
Diego, CA and Paris, France, Aonix operates sales offices throughout
North America and Europe in addition to offering a network of
international distributors. For more information, visit www.aonix.com.

Aonix and PERC are registered trademarks and trademarks of Aonix.
Java(TM) and all Java-based marks are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other
countries. All other trade names and trademarks are the property of
their respective owners. (C) 2008, Aonix, all rights reserved.

For Aonix
Janice Hughes, Media Relations, (705) 751-9740
Cell: (705) 774-8686
janice@hughescom.net
or
Aonix
Gary Cato, Director of Marketing, (858) 824-0284
Cell: (619)-957-6124
gary.cato@aonix.com
or
Additional Product Information
info@aonix.com

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