QNX Software Systems plans to support Freescale Semiconductor’s first 64-bit core based on Power Architecture technology and Freescale’s new 32-bit quad-core QorIQ P3 platform. Freescale’s new processors, combined with the QNX Neutrino real-time operating system and Momentics tool suite, aim to increase performance and reduce development time for multicore embedded applications in aerospace, networking and other industries.

QNX’s multicore support includes field-proven implementations of symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) and bound multiprocessing (BMP), as well as powerful visualisation tools that help developers of multicore systems focus their efforts on achieving the greatest increase in parallel processing and performance.

The new Freescale e5500 core is the workhorse behind Freescale’s first 64-bit embedded processors based on Power Architecture technology, the P5020 and the P5010, which are engineered for high-end control plane applications in networking, enterprise storage, security appliances, data centre and aerospace/defence markets.