A Future-Proof Solution for
Siemens Customers
Embedded systems development for users of Nucleus, Sokol, and CodeBench
Your Migration Strategy Starts Here
You need alternatives to Nucleus™ RTOS, Nucleus™ Hypervisor, Nucleus™ ReadyStart, Sokol™ Flex OS, Sokol™ Omni OS, and Sourcery™ CodeBench™.
And you need an innovative, high-performance embedded software development solution that will give your products a competitive edge — now and in the future.
Wind River® has the experience, pedigree, and portfolio to fulfill the migration needs of Siemens customers now and in the future. From VxWorks®, the world’s most trusted RTOS, and Wind River Helix™ Virtualization Platform, for hypervisor capability, to our innovative Linux-based solutions for edge and near-edge systems development, Wind River offers a commercial path forward for Siemens customers facing product end-of-life decisions.
Wind River provides an array of products that map to the migration needs of Siemens customers.
Real-Time Mission-Critical Requirements
Nucleus™ RTOS
The real-time operating system includes hard real-time deterministic performance, scaling to multi-core, across a wide range of architectures and board support packages, functional safety certification, and an efficient development environment.
Vxworks
For Nucleus customers, VxWorks provides:
- Hard real-time deterministic performance, scaling to multi-core, across a wide range of architectures and board support packages
- Time-Sensitive Networking
- Efficient AI/ML integration
- Industry-leading functional safety certification
- Cloud enablement with the AWS Graviton EC2 system, enabling shift-left testing without costly and hard-to-procure boards
- The only DevSecOps solution for the creation and provisioning of VxWorks-based systems
- OCI-compliant container support and Kubernetes orchestration for efficient product iteration and deployment
Nucleus™ Hypervisor
This small footprint, Type 1 (bare metal) hypervisor supports multiple operating systems, such as an RTOS for safety-critical real-time functions and Linux for nonsafety-critical functions — all safely isolated from each other. Plus VirtIO for device sharing in addition to multi-core support.
Wind River Helix Virtualization Platform
For Nucleus Hypervisor customers, Helix Platform provides:
- Small-footprint true Type 1 hypervisor
- Support for any unmodified OS, easing legacy portability
- A safety-certifiable version
- Open, standards-based device virtualization framework
- Full control of hardware configuration, enabling high-performance compute and low-overhead I/O access, using the hardware virtualization accelerators in today’s processors
Sokol™ Flex OS
This embedded Linux distribution based on the Yocto Project aims to provide a lightweight, efficient, and customizable solution for embedded applications.
Wind River Linux
For Sokol Flex OS customers, Yocto-based Wind River Linux provides:
- Commercial-grade features and support, meeting the needs of critical embedded systems
- Seamless technical transition from Sokol Flex Linux to Wind River Linux, given the common baseline of the Yocto Project
- Experience as a founding member and a top contributor to the Yocto Project
Sourcery™ CodeBench
Sourcery CodeBench provides powerful embedded C/C++ development tools to build, debug, and analyze sophisticated embedded systems for development and optimization of software for a variety of targets and domains, including automotive, industrial, and more.
Wind River Diab Compiler
For Sourcery Codebench customers, Diab Compiler provides:
- A suite of software development tools for device applications, including optimizing C and C++ compilers, an assembler, a linker, an archiver/librarian, an ANSI standard C library, a disassembler, and a block counter
- An efficient alternative for CodeBench users
- Generation of fast, compact code with flexibility and many options to control code generation and assist with porting code developed with other tools
Nucleus™ ReadyStart™
The product brings together integrated software IP, tools, and services into a single ready-to-use solution that is ideal for applications that require a small footprint, connectivity, power management, and deterministic performance.
Wind River Workbench
For Nucleus ReadyStart customers, Workbench provides:
- An IDE for embedded software that supports VxWorks, Helix Platform, Wind River Linux, and Diab Compiler
- Advanced capabilities perfect for ReadyStart users
- A full project facility, advanced source-code analysis, simultaneous management of multiple targets, and a debugger that can manage multiple processes or threads on a single target or on multiple targets
Secure by Design
Wind River supports a secure development lifecycle (SDL) across our products. NIST-218 compliant, it is enforced by policy and implemented with standards, processes, and procedures. VxWorks is backed by the Wind River Security Center for CVE tracking and mitigation.
Embrace Change with Wind River
Now is the time to consider your strategy for using an alternative to Siemens embedded systems products.
Adopt new solutions and discover how to leverage advanced features, improve team efficiency, speed time-to-market, and leverage fully supported commercial products with long-term roadmap investments.
The Wind River portfolio enables the performance, scalability, functionality, reliability, and cost-effectiveness demanded by Siemens customers. You will find support through our DevSecOps solution and backing from our extensive Professional Services.
Understand why we are trusted in deployments across the globe and beyond. Learn more about how Wind River can help your migration to modern solutions.
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Wind River provides a unique opportunity to modernize products facing EOL.