ARMv8-R supports consolidation of embedded software code

ARM has announced a new 32-bit architecture called ARMv8-R, which is more capable of supporting real-time requirements of embedded systems in automotive, industrial control, factory automation and such safety-priority applications. On the increasing use of model-based automated code generation and a requirement to re-use and integrate code coming from different programming teams at different times, Chris Turner, Product Marketing Manager, Processor Division, ARM has commented in his blog at ARM website. "The new ARMv8-R architecture permits this ‘consolidation’ of software onto a single processing platform whilst at the same time maintaining strict isolation between different tasks, applications and even Operating Systems, such that they cannot interfere with each other – some people refer to this as ‘sand-boxing’." Read the full article at http://blogs.arm.com ARMv8-R instruction set enhancements are similar to those in the ARMv8-A applications architecture, except for some differences, which includes no support for 64-bit. ARMv8-R architecture will be suitable for the rapidly-expanding number of safety-related applications in automotive and industrial control. ARM has described the key innovation within the ARMv8-R architecture is the introduction of a ‘bare metal’ Hypervisor mode which enables programmers to combine different operating systems, applicat...