Express Logic Selects AMD Embedded G-Series Platform

Express Logic has brought ThreadX real-time operating system (RTOS) to the AMD (News - Alert) Embedded G-Series Accelerated Processing Unit (APU), AMD has announced.

The AMD Embedded G-Series platform is the world’s first integrated circuit to combine a low-power CPU and a discrete-level GPU into a single embedded Accelerated Processing Unit (APU). Based on a brand new power-optimized core, the AMD Embedded G-Series platform delivers new levels of performance in a compact BGA package.

With automatic scaling as required by the application, ThreadX offers "instant on" and a footprint as small as 6KB. Express Logic also offers a ThreadX Safety-Critical Certification Pack that can help speed certification of regulated systems; in addition to many features and tools designed to make its RTOS easy to implement, the company stated in a press release.

“A robust RTOS is critical for many embedded systems. With the addition of ThreadX to AMD's growing embedded ecosystem, our customers can deploy the same reliable and royalty-free licensed OS that's currently deployed in more than one billion industrial and consumer devices worldwide," said Buddy Broeker, Director, Embedded Solutions, AMD. "The combination of the AMD Embedded G-Series APUs and ThreadX is a very attractive platform, especially for our customers in highly regulated markets.”

Capable GPU on a single, small-footprint die, the AMD Embedded G-Series Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) offers an advanced, low-power, multi-core x86 CPU and a discrete-class DirectX 11. This family of APUs was created expressly for the requirements of embedded systems, many of which require the precise, deterministic timing of an RTOS. AMD Embedded Solutions give designers ample flexibility to design scalable, x86- based, low-cost and feature-rich products.

Recently, the company announced that Vizrt's (News - Alert) beta release of the Viz Engine 3.5 rendering solution now carries the certification for ATI FirePro V9800 professional graphics card. With 4GB memory capacity, 1600 stream processors and AMD Eyefinity support for up to six independent displays from a single graphics card, certification of AMD's latest ATI FirePro V9800 professional graphics card for the Viz Engine 3.5 display solution offers productivity innovation.