14 DAY TRIAL // VirtualLogix, the Real-Time Virtualization company, introduced recently the availability of VLX Mobile eXperimentation (VLX-MX) Edition for Handsets. The freely available MX Edition allows customers to evaluate VirtualLogix's mobile handset solution and begin development without any investment risk.
The opportunity to use virtualization technology in mobile handsets gives developers a competitive edge with the ability of adding rich functionalities on low-cost feature and smart phones with the use of Linux. In addition, Linux can be introduced into mobile handsets while preserving proprietary software intellectual property from open source GPL requirements.
VLX for Mobile Handsets, eXperimentation Edition is fully functional and enables customers to evaluate and discover the benefits of virtualization at no cost. VLX-MX is targeted at wireless devices using the ARM 9 core-based system-on-chips. It allows a commercial or proprietary real-time operating system and Linux operating system to run simultaneously on a single ARM926 core, without the need of an additional application processor.
VLX-MX is available to qualified customers for development purposes, but is restricted from product deployment. VLX-MX is free to download and will be available on the VirtualLogix Web site in Q1 2007. In addition, support and professional services are available at a separate cost from VirtualLogix to enhance and customize the user's experience with VLX-MX.
The technology will be demonstrated at the 3GSM in Barcelona, by NXP and Trolltech.