StarWorks Video Networking SoftwareReal-time video networking from Starlight Networks
Starlight Networks successfully pioneered the market for affordable video networking on PCs with its StarWorks Video Networking Software. The ability to deliver real-time video affordably was a key factor in acceptance of the technology. Starlight found that LynxOS® was the best operating system for its products because it is powerful enough to enable video to run effectively on inexpensive hardware, such as 80486-based PCs, rather than needing new and more powerful hardware. (Starlight Networks was eventually acquired by PictureTel.)
The LynxOS real-time operating system was chosen because interactive video requires a deterministic, hard real-time operating system in order to guarantee smooth image delivery. Although hard real-time operating systems like LynxOS are most known for their use in safety-critical systems such as aircraft avionics or robotics, StarWorks is a prime example of a non-safety-critical application where the system must nonetheless respond quickly and predictably.
Virtualization / RTOS News
- Using a Separation Kernel to add Military-Grade Security to Legacy Systems -8/10
- LynuxWorks VP of Marketing Speaks with TMC CEO Rich Tehrani -8/10
- LynuxWorks Addresses Safety Requirements for NextGen UAVs at AUVSI 2010 -8/3
- ARM Processor Support for LynxOS-SE RTOS Builds Secure Mobile Applications -7/13
- Keeping Embedded Software safe and Secure in an Unsafe World -6/10
- Embedded Systems Conference, Boston, MA, USA, Sep 21-22
- Introduction to BlueCat Embedded Linux, Oct 11-13
- Embedded Conference Scandinavia 2010, Stockholm, Sweden, Oct 19-20
