X-ES NXP hypervisor

The X-ES NXP hypervisor is a low-level software program that facilitates secure partitioning. It acts as a partition’s resource and security manager, presenting a virtual machine to the operating system running in each partition.

The hypervisor may manage multiple virtual machines and partitions, from a single thread on a core to multiple threads and multiple cores. X-ES now provides a modified, lightweight version of the NXP hypervisor that supports partitioning and isolation for the company’s NXP QorIQ single-board computers and processor mezzanine modules.

The embedded hypervisor software is unlike traditional hypervisors that provide scheduling services to enable multiple operating systems to run simultaneously on a single physical CPU. Instead, it provides a simple and lightweight method that exclusively addresses the problem of partitioning and isolation without being bloated by unnecessary features and functionality.

The hypervisor can be utilised on a variety of X-ES NXP QorIQ T-Series products, including the XCalibur1931 6U VME SBC, XP edite5970 3U OpenVP X REDI SBC, XPedite6101 XMC/PrPMC mezzanine module and the XCalibur1840 6U VPX SBC.