Vendor | URL | RTOS | Proprietary API | Processors Supported | Licensing | Target RunTime License | NOTES |
MontaVista Software | http://www.mvista.com | Hard Hat Linux | No, extensions, Posix and Everything Linux Supports | x86, PPC, MIPS and ARM | N/A | No | Linux kernel/drivers, no target license fee |
New Mexico Tech | http://www.rtlinux.org | RT-Linux | No, extensions | x86 ? | GPL license | No | Linux kernel/drivers, no target license fee |
Lynx | http://www.lynx.com | LynxOS | Yes, POSIX.1/.1b/.1c, Unix BSD 4.3 | x86, 68k, PPC, microSPARC, microSPARC II, PA-RISC | PosixWorks Development Seat: US$10,000 Open Development Environment License: US$7000 | Yes | ? |
CMX Systems | http://www.cmx.com | CMX | Yes | 68k, PPC, 68HC11, 683xx | 1,200+ and 300+ per seat, 900+ and 200+ per seat | No | ? |
VenturCom | http://www.vci.com | RTX | Yes, Win32 | x86, P5, P6 | $150/RTX license; quantity discounts available. $4,950 + w/ tools and support | Yes | Only Windows NT platforms, last of the embedded NT companies |
Enea OSE Systems | http://www.enea.com | Enea OSE | Yes, IEC 61508, POSIX, DO178-B | StarCore SC140, C64x, C55x, 68k, PPC, ARM, C166 | $7000 to $15000 | Yes | New, limited targets, big backing |
Integrated Systems, Inc. | http://www.isi.com | pSOS | Yes, POSIX.1c | 86, 68k, PPC, 683xx, CPU32(+), MIPS R3000/4000/5000, Coldfire 510x/520x, i960, ARM 7 (TDMI), SH1/2/3, M32R | $17,000 per seat, per unit shipped | Yes | ISI recently merged with Wind River Systems, old customers forced into new licensing scheme, which apparently is more $ |
Wind River Systems | http://www.wrs.com | Tornado, VxWorks | Yes, POSIX.1b, Unix | x86, 68k, PPC, CPU 32, i960, SPARC, SPARCLite, SH, ColdFire, R3000, R4000, C16X, ARM, MIPS | $16,500 per seat | Yes | Dominant embedded RTOS, very expensive licensing |
Micro Digital Inc | http://www.smxinfo.com | SMX | Yes, ANSI C,Berkeley Sockets, DPMI | 80x86 family, PowerPC, ColdFire, 68K, and CPU32 | $3500 to $10000 per site | No | ? |
Kadak Products Ltd | http://www.kadak.com | AMX | Yes | x86, 68k, PPC, ARM, i960, 29K, R30xx, Z80/HD64180, Coldfire, LR33xxx, CW40xx | $1,900 to $7,900 per site | No | ? |
Precise Software Technologies, Inc. | http://www.psti.com | Precise/MQX | Yes | x86, 68k, PPC, TMS320C3x, TMS320C4x, TMS320C6x, 683xx, ColdFire, MPC8xx, SHARC, MIPS, ARM, 56K, m-core | $9000 per project | No | ? |
dSPACE Gmbh | http://www.dSPACE.de | dSPACE | Yes | many | ? | ? | Just partnered with The MathWorks, which should increase their market share for DSP |
Computer IO Corp | http://www.computerio.com | Easy I/O | Yes | many | ? | ? | ? |
TimeSys | http://www.timesys.com | TimeSys Linux/RT | No, extensions | many | ? | ? | Linux kernel, drivers? |
Microware | http://www.microware.com | OS-9 V3.0 | Yes | x86, 68k, PPC, SH3, StrongARM | N/A | Yes | ? |
Microware Systems Corp | http://www.microware.com | Ariel | Yes | MCORE, ARM/Thumb, SH-2 | N/A | No | ? |
3L Limited | http://www.3l.com | Diamond, Parallel C, Occam | Yes 3L supports a number of DSP board vendors, including Bittware, Blue wave systems, Pentek, Spectrum, Transtech. | C62x,C67x, C4x,SHARC, Transputers (T4/T8) | ? | ? | ? |
Spectron Microsystems, Inc. | http://www.ti.com | SPOX | Yes | TMS320C3x/4x/5x/8x, 2106x, 5630x | $8,500 per seat | Yes | ? |
Texas Instruments | http://www.ti.com | DSP/BIOS | Yes | TI C62xx, C67xx, C54x, C64x | ? | ? | SPOX is being phased out for DSP/BIOS, SPOX originally supported many vendors DSPs |
Eonic Systems | http://www.eonic.com/ | Virtuoso Nano/Classico | Yes | TI C3x, C4x, C62xx, Mot 56K, 563xx, 96K, ADI 21020, 2106x SHARC, DSP GroupOakDSPCore, ARM6, ARM7, ARM7T, Hyperstone | $10,000 (SP version) $20,000 (VSP version). Single site/single seat license. OEM licensing. | Yes | ? |
Perihelion Distributed Software | http://www.perihelion.co.uk | Helios | Yes, POSIX | ARM RISC family, Transputer, TMS320C80 | $3950. Licenses are required for all target copies of Helios, these are available under two low cost options suitable for both high and low volume projects. | No | ? |
Accelerated Technology Inc. | http://www.atinucleus.com | Nucleus PLUS | Yes | x86, 68k, PPC, MCORE, National Semiconductor NS CR16A/16B/32A, 29K, TMS320Cxx, MIPS, H8, i960 (rx, hx, ix, kx, sx), Coldfire, MN10200, 8xx, PowerPC 403/505/601/821/823/860, SHARC | $7,495 | No | ? |
Byte-BOS Integrated Systems | http://www.bytebos.com | BYTE-BOS | Yes | x86, 68k, 8096, 8051, 68HCxx, 64180, Z180, 630x, H85xx, H83xxH, H83xx, SHx, 37700, C16x, TMS320C2x/3x/4x/5x, ARM, THUMB | per site | Yes | ? |
White Horse Design | http://www.rdbooks.com | µC/OS-II | Yes | x86, 68k, 68HC11, 68HC16, CPU32, Z-80, MCS-251, XA,H8/300H, ARM, 80196 | N/A | Yes | ? |
Locamation | http://www.locamation.com | ARTOS | Yes | x86,68k | $1500 for basic development licence/user $3000 for complete development licence/user $150 for basic runtime licence/system $300 for complete runtime licence/system | Yes | ? |
DNA Enterprises, Inc. | http://www.dnaent.com | ASP6x | Yes | ? | $995 for a developer's kit | No | ? |
Brainstorm Engineering Co. | http://www.braineng.com | Brainstorm Object eXecutive | Yes | x86,68k,PPC, All | N/A | No | ? |
JMI Software Systems Inc. | http://www.jmi.com | C Executive | Yes POSIX.1 (60%), Unix | x86, 68k, PPC, Pentium, 386EX PM, 683xx, R3000/4000, i960, V810/V830, SH7000, ARM7/ ARM7TDMI/ StrongARM, TMS320C3x | $2,500, $3,750 | No | ? |
Sun Microsystems | http://www.sun.com | Chorus/OS | POSIX .1/.1b/.1c/.1g, ANSI, UNIX SVR4 | x86, 68k, PPC, SPARC, ARM, MIPS.. | $11,000 per seat (CHORUS/ClassiX base price) | Yes | ? |
Australian Real Time Embedded Systems (ARTESYS) | http://www.artesys.com | Cortex | Yes | TI TMS320C3X, Hitachi H3/8003, POSIX.4 (SUN SPARC) | N/A | No | ? |
GOOFEE Systems | http://goofee.com | CREEM | Yes | 8051, more coming | Free | No | ? |
StarCom | http://www.starcom.com | CRTX | Yes | x86 (DOS) | $99 | Yes | ? |
Cygnus Solutions | http://www.cygnus.com | eCos | Yes | PPC, ARM7,7T,9,StrongARM; AM31,AM33; PPC (MPC821, 823, 850, 860); NEC Vr4300; SPARClite MB8683x; SH; TX39 (MIPS R3900 core); x86/Linux (synthetic target only). | Free | No | ? |
Tao | http://www.tao-group.com | Elate(RTM) | Yes, PersonalJava(TM) 1.1+, EmbeddedJava(TM) 1.0+, POSIX and ANSI C Libraries | Arm 6/7/9, Hitachi SH3/SH4, IBM PowerPC, Intel 386/ 486/ Pentium I,II,III and compatables, LSI SC2000, MIPS R3000/ R4000/R5000, Motorola Coldfire/ M*Core/ PowerPC, N | N/A | Yes | ? |
General Software, Inc. | http://www.gensw.com | Embedded DOS 6-XL | Yes, MS-DOS | x86 | $2,500 per site | Yes | ? |
Etnoteam S.p.A. | http://www.etnoteam.it | EOS | Yes | 86, 68k, PPC, ARM 6/7 TMDI, Motorola MC68HC11, PowerPC, MC68332, Hitachi H8/300H, H16, Philips XA, Hyperstone E1-32, Intel 386/486 DOS, Siemens C167, OAK, GEC Plessey Butterf | unlimited production license $15,995 | Yes | ? |
ETAS GmbH | http://www.etas.de | ERCOSEK | Yes, OSEK V2.1r1 | Hitachi SH70xx, Infineon C16x/ST10, Infineon TriCore, Mitsubishi M32R, Motorola 683x6 and 6837x (CPU32 + CTM), Motorola 68HC12, Motorola MPC5xx, NEC V85x, Texas Instruments TMS470 | $4000 | Yes | IEC61508 certified for safety-relevant applications. |
Mantha Software, Inc. | http://www.manthasoft.com | EspresS-VM | Yes | x86, 68k, PPC | Developers' 5x5 package (5 seats x 5 incidents) = $3500. Licensing is based on volume model | Yes | ? |
Dr. Kaneff Engineering Consultants | http://www.kaneff.de | EUROS | Yes, ANSI, POSIX, DIN, IEC | x86, 68k, 80C16x, ARM | Development and run-time packages | No | ? |
Pacific Softworks | http://www.pacificsw.com | Fusion OS | Yes | ? | N/A | Yes | ? |
Ingenieursbureau B-ware | http://www2.b-ware.nl | Granada | Yes, Posix, Ansi C | x86 | N/A | Yes | ? |
Institute for Information Technology, National Research Council of Canada | http://www.psti.com | Harmony RTOS | Yes | 68k, PPC | N/A | No | Research project. Commercially sold. |
Hewlett-Packard | http://www.hp.com | HP-RT | Yes | HP PA-RISC | $9,995 per seat, volume discounts | Yes | ? |
Nematron Corporation | http://www.hyperkernel.com | Hyperkernel | Yes, NT Network standards | x86, X86 from 80486 through Pentium line | $495.00 single developmnet, volume discounts avail $5,995.00 for development system | No | ? |
Integrated Chipware | http://www.chipware.com | icWorkshop | Yes | 68k, PPC, Coldfire, ARM, MIPS | N/A | No | ? |
Lucent Technologies | http://www.lucent-inferno.com | Inferno | Yes, HTML 3.2, PJava, Unicode, MD5, RC4, HTTP, ODBC, SQL, MPEG, JPEG, AVI, GIF, WAV, TCP, UDP, ID, PPD, CHAP | x86, StrongARM, MIPS, SPARC | Cumaltive Unit Volume Per Year/Price Per Client 1-2000/$15 2000-25,000/$12 25,000-100,000/$10 100,000-300,000/$7 300,000-1M/$5 1M+/$3 | Yes | ? |
Green Hills Software, Inc. | http://www.ghs.com | INTEGRITY | Yes | x86, 68k, PPC, MIPS, SH, Alpha, V800 | N/A | No | ? |
Radisys Corp. | http://www.radisys.com | INtime (real-time Windows NT), iRMX | Yes | x86 | N/A | Yes | ? |
Silicon Graphics, Inc. | http://www.sgi.com | IRIX (React) | No,POSIX | SGI | N/A | Yes | ? |
In Time Systems Corporation | http://www.intimesys.com | ITS OS | Yes, POSIX | x86, 68k | One time licensing, $900 to $9000 depending on the processor. Licensing is good for life of product. | Yes | ? |
esmertec ag | http://www.emertec.com | Jbed | Yes, JAVA | 68k, PPC, Intel, MIPS, ARM | $9,800 | Yes | ? |
JARP | http://www2.siol.net/ext/jarp/ | JOS | Yes | HC11, 78K0 | $2500 | No | ? |
Mercury Computer Systems | http://www.mc.com | MC/OS | Yes, POSIX.1, POSIX.1b, POSIX.1c, UNIX | 68k, PPC, i860, SHARC 21060, TMS320C80 | $11,000 | Yes | ? |
University of KarlsruheInstitute of Industrial Information Systems | http://www-iiit.etec.uni-karlsruhe.de/ ~osek/ | OSEK/VDX | Yes, OSEK/VDX | ? | N/A | Yes | ? |
Wind River Systems | http://www.wrs.com | MotorWorks | Yes, OSEK/VDX standard | ? | N/A | Yes | Automotive control OS. Based on ProOSEK kernel developed by 3Soft |
Telenetworks | http://www.telenetworks.com | MTEX | Yes | x86, 68k, PPC, NSC 16xxx | N/A | No | ? |
Microprocessing Technologies | http://www.mt.spb.su | NevOS | Yes | x86 | $95 | Yes | ? |
Eyring Corporation Systems Software Division | http://www.eyring.com | PDOS | Yes,POSIX | x86, 68k, PPC, 683xx | $700 | Yes | ? |
NewMonics Inc. | http://www.newmonics.com | PERC - Portable Executive for Reliable Control | Yes | x86, 68k, PPC, ARM, MIPS | For binary licenses, there is a "Development Kit" license fee plus binary distribution license fees. $150,000 - $500,000 for source code licenses. | Yes | ? |
Forth, Inc. | http://www.forth.com | pF/x | Yes | x86, 68k, 8051/8031, 8096/80196, 80186/ 80188, 68HC11, 68HC16, 68332, 68K, TMS320C3x, RTX2010 | $1,995 per seat | No | ? |
Concurrent Computer Corporation | http://www.ccur.com | PowerMAX OS | Yes, SVR4.2MP-based UNIX, POSIX 1003.1b,POSIX .1/.1b/.1c, Unix, SVID release 4, XPG4 | PPC | $2,500 for 2 users | Yes | ? |
SSE Czech und Matzner | http://www.sse.de/primos | PRIM-OS | Yes,CORBA (preliminary) | TMS320C4x, AD SHARC | per development environment, per kernel runtime | Yes | ? |
HighTec EDV Systeme GmbH | http://www.hightec-rt.com/ | PXROS | Yes, POSIX | x86, 68k, PPC, Siemens C16x, SGS Thomson ST10, NSC | DM 980.00 ($580.00) Development Licenses: User Dependent, Package pricing. Distribution License: Per Unit or Buyout.Maintenance and Support: As Needed. Consulting and Development: On Request | Yes | ? |
QNX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS EUROPE | http://www.qnx.com | QNX | Yes, POSIX.1/.1b/.1c/.1d,.2, Unix, APIW | AMD ÉlanSC300/ 310/ 400/ 410, AM386 DE/SE Intel386 EX, Intel486, ULP Intel486, Pentium, Pentium Pro, and NatSemi NS486SXF. | Pricing is based on OS modules used on the target system and per unit shipped. | Yes | ? |
Encore Real Time Computing Inc. | http://www.encore.com/ | Real-Time Software | Yes, P10003.x | ALPHA | 1 copy of software per UNIX Node (No runtime license required) $9,500. $5,000 (With System Purchase Only) | Yes | ? |
Modular Computer Services, Inc. | http://www.modcomp.com | REAL/IX PX | Yes, POSIX.1, Unix | x86, Pentium | $2,990 | Yes | ? |
TECSI | http://www.tecsi.com/ | REALTIME CRAFT | Yes, SCEPTRE | x86, 68k, PPC, H8/300H, ARM, NEC-V25, ST9, AMD29K, 80C166, MIL-STD1750A | 17.000 FF to 30.000 FF | No | ? |
Phar Lap Software, Inc. | http://www.pharlap.com | Realtime ETS Kernel, TNT | Yes | x86, ALL 32-bit x86 processors | TNT Embedded Toolsuite, Realtime Edition is US $4,995.00 per seat. Redistribution of the kernel or its subsystems requires a run-time license. | Yes | ? |
Siemens AG | http://www4.ad.siemens.de | RMOS | Yes | x86 | N/A | Yes | ? |
Cornfed Systems, Inc. | http://www.cornfed.com/ | Roadrunner | Yes | x86 | $49.00 | Yes | ? |
Carnegie Mellon University | http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rtmach/ | RT-Mach | Yes | x86 | Free | No | ? |
OAR Corporation | http://www.rtems.com/ | RTEMS | Yes | x86, 68k, PPC, i960, SPARC, etc. | Free | No | ? |
On Time Informatik GmbH | http://www.on-time.com/ | RTKernel-C | Yes, Real Mode, DPMI16, DPMI32 | x86 | DM 800 ($400?) | No | ? |
On Time Informatik GmbH | http://www.on-time.com/ | RTTarget-32 | Yes | x86 | $1000 to $1950, many add-ons | No | ? |
RTMX Inc. | http://www.rtmx.com/ | RTMX O/S | Yes, POSIX.1/.1b/.1c/.2 | x86, 68k, PPC, SPARC, MIPS | $3,995 per site | Yes | ? |
Institut fuer Regelungstechnik, Universitaet Hannover | http://www.irt.uni-hannover.de | RTOS-UH/PEARL | Yes | 68k, PPC | N/A | Yes | ? |
Keil Electronik GmbH | http://www.keil.com/ | RTX-51, RTX-251, RTX-166 | Yes | 8051/2, 8031/2, Siemens 161/3/5/6/7 | $1,995 (8051), $3,495 (Siemens 166/167) per seat | No | ? |
Embedded System Products, Inc. | http://www.esphou.com/ | RTXC | Yes | x86, 68k, PPC, ARM, H8/300H, HC11, HC12, HC16, Pentium, x96, 8051, 251, ColdFire, XA, 16x, TMS320C3x, TMS320C2xx, TMS320C5x, TMS320C54x, TMS370C16 | $ 2000 | No | ? |
Technosoftware AG | http://www.technosoftware.com/ | RTXDOS | Yes, DOS, Win32 | x86, Pentium, 386ex | 28 US $ run-time, 290 US $ development system | Yes | ? |
Arcticus Systems AB | http://www.arcticus.se | Rubus OS | Yes, ISO 12207, POSIX | x86, 68k, PPC, Siemens 80C167, 68HC12, Mitsubishi M16C | $7000 | Yes | ? |
Api Software | http://www.rxdos.com/ | RxDOS | Yes | x86 | $3/copy down to $.50/copy | No | ? |
U S Software | http://www.ussw.com/ | Supertask! | Yes | x86, 68k, PPC, Pentium Protected Mode, i960, 80251, 80960, Z80/180, 68HC11, 68HC16, 680x0/683xx,COLDFIRE, R3000, SPARC, SH, ARM, MIPS | N/A | No | ? |
Forth, Inc. | http://www.forth.com | SwiftX | Yes | x86, 68k, 8051/8031, 8096/80196, 80186/80188, 68HC11, 68HC12, 68HC16, 68K & ColdFire, PTS1000, UT69R000, Atmel AVR | $1,995.00 per seat | No | ? |
Express Logic, Inc. | http://www.expresslogic.com | ThreadX | Yes | x86, 68k, PPC, i960, ARM, C3x/C4x, 68HC11/16, Coldfire, MIPS, H8/SHx, TMS320C4x | $3,500-$7,500 | No | ? |
S&H Computer Systems, Inc | http://www.sandh.com | TSX-32 | Yes | x86, 68k | $300-2900 (depending on quantity, # of users) | Yes | ? |
Green Hills Software, Inc. | http://www.ghs.com | velOSity | Yes | x86, 68k, PPC, MIPS, SH, V800, Alpha | N/A, must buy compiler/MULTI SW development | No | ? |
Microtec Research | http://www.mentor.com | VRTX | Yes | x86, 68k, PPC, i960, ARM | $2,000 per seat | Yes | Purchased by Mentor Graphics |
Microsoft | http://WWW.eu.microsoft.com | Windows CE, Pocket PC | Yes | ? | N/A | Yes | ? |
TMO NIIEM | http://www.nexiliscom.com | XOS/IA-32 | Yes | x86 | Free | Free | ? |