LynuxWorks has announced the release of LynxSecure 3.1 of its separation kernel and embedded hypervisor.

This update includes guest operating support for the latest Microsoft Windows and the latest Intel Core2 Duo systems.

As with prior versions, LynxSecure 3.1 can virtualize the underlying hardware to enable multiple, heterogeneous operating systems (OS) to co-exist on the same platform.

This mix can include traditional desktop OSes like fully virtualised Windows and para-virtualised Linux along with hard real-time OSes like the LynxOS RTOS family.

LynxSecure 3.1 introduces support for Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows 2003 which are run as fully virtualised guest OS, adding to the existing Windows XP support offered in version 3.0.

There is also virtual networking, allowing Windows applications to communicate via TCP/IP with other virtualised OS, such as Linux, running in a separate partition. 

LynxSecure can run on 32-bit or 64-bit processors with a memory management unit (MMU) and provides 100% application binary compatibility between a stand alone OS and its virtualised version.