Editing VxWorks (section)

{{Short description|Real-time operating system}}
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{{Infobox OS
| name = VxWorks
| logo = VxWorks icon.svg
| logo_size = 65px
| screenshot = File:VxWorks_7_Bootup_Screen.png
| screenshot_size = 200px
| caption = VxWorks 7 boot-up screen
| developer = [[Wind River Systems|Wind River]] (a wholly owned subsidiary of [[Aptiv]])
| source_model = 
| kernel_type = [[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]]
| supported_platforms = [[x86]], [[x86-64]], [[MIPS architecture|MIPS]], [[PowerPC]], [[SuperH|SH-4]], [[ARM architecture|ARM]], [[RISC-V]]
| ui = 
| family = [[Real-time operating system]]s
| released = {{start date and age|1987}}
| latest_release_version = VxWorks 7 25.03
| latest_release_date = {{start date and age|2025|03|06}}
| latest_test_version = 
| latest_test_date = 
| marketing_target = [[Embedded system]]s
| updatemodel = 
| package_manager = 
| license = 
| working state = Current
| website = {{URL|https://www.windriver.com/products/vxworks|Windriver.com/products/vxworks}}
}}

'''VxWorks''' is a [[real-time operating system]] (or RTOS) developed as [[proprietary software]] by [[Wind River Systems]], a subsidiary of Aptiv. First released in 1987, VxWorks is designed for use in [[embedded system]]s requiring real-time, [[Deterministic system|deterministic performance]] and in many cases, safety and security certification for industries such as [[Aerospace engineering|aerospace]], [[Arms industry|defense]], medical devices, industrial equipment, robotics, energy, transportation, network infrastructure, automotive, and consumer electronics.<ref name="64bitWBvert">"[http://electronicdesign.com/embedded/vxworks-goes-64-bit VxWorks] Goes 64-bit", Electronic Design, March 25, 2011</ref>

VxWorks supports [[AMD]]/[[Intel]] architecture, POWER architecture, ARM architectures, and RISC-V.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191210005381/en/Wind-River-Announces-RISC-V-Support-VxWorks-RTOS|title=Wind River Announces RISC-V Support for VxWorks RTOS|date=2019-12-10|website=www.businesswire.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-11}}</ref> The RTOS can be used in multicore [[asymmetric multiprocessing]] (AMP), [[symmetric multiprocessing]] (SMP), and mixed modes<ref name="amp">[http://electronicdesign.com/embedded/rtos-handles-amp-and-smp RTOS] Handles AMP and SMP, electronic design, March 2009</ref> and multi-OS (via Type 1 hypervisor)<ref name="virt">{{cite web |url=https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2014/02/27/intel-adds-virtualization-platforms-industrial-systems/ |title=Intel Adds Virtualization Platform for Industrial Systems |author=John Rath |date=February 2014}}</ref> designs on [[32-bit|32-]] and [[64-bit computing|64-bit]] processors.<ref name="star">[http://www.embeddedstar.com/weblog/2011/02/28/intel-vxworks/ Embedded Star] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423103448/http://www.embeddedstar.com/weblog/2011/02/28/intel-vxworks/ |date=April 23, 2016 }} Article, February 2011</ref>

VxWorks comes with the kernel, [[middleware]], board support packages, Wind River Workbench development suite, complementary third-party software and hardware. In its latest release, VxWorks 7, the RTOS has been re-engineered for modularity and upgradeability so the OS kernel is separate from middleware, applications, and other packages.<ref name="iTERS">[http://itersnews.com/?p=70622 Wind River] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204101757/http://itersnews.com/?p=70622 |date=December 4, 2022 }} reinvents real-time system for the Internet of Things, iTERS news, March 2014</ref> Scalability, security, safety, connectivity, and graphics have been improved to address [[Internet of Things]] (IOT) needs.<ref name="MSSC">{{cite web |url=http://www.harmonicss.co.uk/index.php/component/content/article/43-news-vxworks/88-vxworks-7-announced |title=VxWorks 7 Announced |work=harmonicss.co.uk |year=2014 |access-date=June 20, 2014 |archive-date=July 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704044303/http://harmonicss.co.uk/index.php/component/content/article/43-news-vxworks/88-vxworks-7-announced |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="msscwb">Wind River [http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140226005964/en/Wind-River-Reinvents-Real-Time-Operating-System-Internet#.U6bpVPk-fBo Reinvents] the RTOS for the IoT, Business Wire, February 2014</ref><ref name="joab1">{{cite web |url=http://www.itworld.com/open-source/407290/wind-river-outfits-vxworks-internet-things |title=Wind River outfits VxWorks for 'Internet of things' &#124; ITworld |first=Joab |last=Jackson |work=itworld.com |year=2014 |access-date=June 20, 2014 |archive-date=March 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311030503/http://www.itworld.com/open-source/407290/wind-river-outfits-vxworks-internet-things |url-status=dead }}</ref>