| 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 | ? |
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3 comments:
good article thanks
Doing assignment on RTOSs, this article probably saved me 10 hours. Thankyou!
Chorus is no longer available from Sun (since 2001...).
Ask Virtuallogix (now acquired by Red Bend...) for sales&support.
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