Applying Multi-core and Virtualization to Industrial and Safety-Related Applications Multi-core and virtualization provide the opportunity to improve device performance , reduce costs through hardware consolidation and upgrade applications more cost effectively throughout the product lifecycle

Multi-core and virtualization provide the opportunity to improve device performance, reduce costs through hardware consolidation and upgrade applications more cost effectively throughout the product lifecycle White Paper Disruptive technologies and trends are affecting the embedded market and providing device manufacturers in the industrial sector with a significant opportunity to improve both their devices and their businesses. Taking advantage of the following technical and industry trends represents a significant opportunity for competitive advantage: • Multi-core processors • Virtualization • Increased complexity of safety-related devices The availability of multi-core processors causes both the most significant disruption the embedded market has seen in many years and one of the greatest opportunities. The latest Intel® multi-core processors provide increased overall performance and improved performance per watt over single-core processors. Multi-core processor-based systems can also improve application scalability and protect software investment by allowing processors with more cores to be substituted to meet future demand. The trend towards multi-core is well underway, as evidenced by Intel® dual-core and quad-core processor shipments exceeding single-core processors.