RIM buying QNX to drive Blackberry car integration
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By Ryan Paul | Last updated 3 months ago
Blackberry maker RIM has made a deal to acquire QNX, the company behind the Neutrino real-time operating system (RTOS). The acquisition, which is expected to complete next month, will give RIM a foothold in car computing and open up opportunities for smart appliance integration.
Neutrino is an exceptionally well-engineered operating system built with a modular microkernal, a sophisticated IPC system, and a lightweight user interface layer. It offers some unusual features, such as support for network-transparent distributed processing. It is principally designed for use in embedded devices, but it can also be installed and run like a conventional desktop operating system
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QNX® products are designed for embedded systems running on ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, SH and x86 platforms, and a host of boards implemented in virtually every type of embedded environment.