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 ?