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An Open Source Hypervisor for Aerospace

An Open Source Hypervisor for Aerospace

Hypervisors partition resources based on time in a device’s CPU, space in the Memory, and bandwidth in the I/O channels.

ARINC 653 is the standard which flight-certified software development must meet. DornerWorks’ Virtuosity Hypervisor does this by isolating applications to run independently of one another, each in its own virtual container called a “partition,” providing mutually-exclusive access to all necessary systems without affecting the performance of an unrelated partition.

This research demonstrates the value hypervisors provide to the aerospace industry.

 

Topics covered in this presentation:

  • Virtualization
  • ARINC 653 via open Xen hypervisor
  • Flight-certified software development
  • Future work
  • And more…

 


Contributing Authors

Steve VanderLeest
Steve is DornerWorks former COO.
Joshua P. Holtrop
Joshua is a former DornerWorks engineer.