Reduce Software Development Costs through Partitioning

Duration:	1 hour
Registration:	www.techonline.com

Description

The need for rich user interfaces, network connectivity, and an ever increasing feature set are making modern embedded systems much more difficult to develop and integrate.

To speed up development, companies often divide work among multiple development teams, each responsible for developing a separate software subsystem. Given these parallel development paths, performance issues invariably arise at the integration phase when, for the first time, various subsystems begin competing with one another for system resources. Subsystems that worked well in isolation now respond slowly, if at all. Additionally, these issues only emerge during integration and verification testing when the cost of software redesign and recoding is at its highest.

This session demonstrates how partitioning can be used to allocate guaranteed portions of CPU resource to each software subsystem. It shows how, at system integration, resource contention is greatly reduced as each subsystem is developed within the constraints of the integrated product. Finally, it demonstrates how partitioning greatly simplifies the system integration phase, reducing cost and risk while accelerating time to market.

Estimated Length: 1 hour, including Q & A.

Who should Attend:
This seminar is best suited for embedded software development managers, architects, and developers who deal with system architecture and system integration.

Speaker Biography
Kerry Johnson has 21 years of industry experience, primarily in telecommunications systems. Prior to joining QNX, he served in various roles, including software design manager, product manager, and project management director, at companies such as Nortel, CrossKeys, and Research in Motion. He currently works at QNX as a senior product marketing manager.

About QNX Software Systems
QNX Software Systems, a Harman International company (NYSE: HAR), is the industry leader in realtime, embedded OS technology. The component-based architectures of the QNX® Neutrino® RTOS and QNX Momentics® development suite together provide the industry's most reliable and scalable framework for building innovative, high-performance embedded systems. Global leaders such as Cisco, DaimlerChrysler, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, and Siemens depend on QNX technology for network routers, medical instruments, vehicle telematics units, security and defense systems, industrial robotics, and other mission- or life-critical applications. Founded in 1980, QNX Software Systems is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, and distributes products in over 100 countries worldwide.

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