|  | | | Company at a Glance
Headquarters: VirtualLogix is based in Sunnyvale, California and has engineering development in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France, and a field office in Japan.
Year company started: 2002
Number of employees: Approx 50
Privately or publicly held: Private
| | | | Company Overview
Company History
Founded by Sun Microsystems Chorus team members, with a wealth of experience in developing and deploying real-time and high availability solutions, VirtualLogix paves the way for the development of current and next generation of network infrastructure and connected devices. Company Objective
VirtualLogix VLX is a high performance, real-time virtualization software platform for connected devices using the ARM family of processors.
VirtualLogix develops and markets VirtualLogix VLX, the partitioning and virtualization software platform that allows embedded systems to run heterogeneous operating systems and applications efficiently and safely. With VirtualLogix VLX, companies can mix and match legacy applications and their real-time operating systems with open operating systems, giving them a smooth and safe migration or evolution path.
VirtualLogix enables companies to stay ahead of changing market requirements and to streamline their embedded system software architecture. The company paves the way for the development of current and next generation of connected devices and network infrastructure.
Primary Business Model
VirtualLogix is the global leader in Real-Time Virtualization software for connected devices. The company focuses on large and high growth market opportunities in mobile phones, digital multimedia devices and network infrastructure, where VirtualLogix applies its capabilities to satisfy its customers and partners.
VirtualLogix VLX, the partitioning and virtualization software enables multiple operating systems to run simultaneously while satisfying hard real-time performance. By sharing hardware resources and combining commercial or proprietary RTOS with a rich OS such as Linux, system designers can add more functionality while lowering bill-of-materials and development costs.
VirtualLogix enables companies to stay ahead of changing market requirements and to streamline their embedded system software architecture, and paves the way for the development of current and next generation connected devices.
As connected devices handle more and more critical tasks and data, security and reliability are increasingly becoming major concerns. VirtualLogix is working with customers to apply its real-time virtualization technology to create trusted device platform management systems.
Solutions offered
- 1) VLX for Digital Multimedia. VLX for Digital Multimedia is a high-performance, real-time virtualization software platform for consumer-oriented, digital video and audio applications.
- 2) VLX for Mobile Handsets
- 3) VLX for Network Infrastructure
What is unique about VirtualLogix's s offering?
VirtualLogix VLX:
- Allows multiple operating systems and respective application software stacks to co-exist and interoperate on the same hardware
- Provides real-time performance guarantees
- RTOS & RichOS instances run in their own partition
- Critical & existing tasks co-exist with RichOS applications and native device drivers
- HW resources dedicated or shared between several OS partitions with quality of service guarantees
- Applications on different OS communicate through secure channels
VirtualLogix VLX provides an operating system independent software architecture:
- Streamline complete product line application software, from low end to high end independently of HW architecture choices
- Cope with future evolutions of HW (single core, multi-core, DSP's, SoC)
- Flexible OS choices driven by availability of applications and drivers support:
- RTOS: legacy, in-house, commercial
- Linux
- Windows
Markets VirtualLogix targets?
Network Infrastructure, Mobile Phone and Digital Multimedia IP Devices.
| | Company History with ARM
How long has the company been working with ARM?
Since 2003
ARM technologies your company supports:
ARM processor cores Why have you chosen to work with ARM?
VirtualLogix establishes partnerships with leading hardware vendors to provide validated platform solutions for VLX.
We chose to work with ARM because it is a leading provider of technology for advanced embedded products such as wireless devices, which is a key vertical market for VirtualLogix.
Specialist area as an ARM partner?
VirtualLogix is an ARM Connected Community Partner.
How VirtualLogix works with ARM as a licensee?
The partnership enables the VirtualLogix VLX engine to run on top of the ARM processor core. VLX real-time virtualization software enables multiple operating systems to run on a single ARM processor core.
Can you highlight any end products that VirtualLogix/ARM technology is being shipped with?
Mobile Phones, Point-of-Service (POS) devices, set top boxes, networking equipment.
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