 Real-time operating system | |
| Developer | Wind River (a wholly owned subsidiary of Aptiv) |
|---|---|
| OS family | Real-time operating systems |
| Working state | Current |
| Initial release | 1987 (1987) |
| Latest release | VxWorks 7 25.09 / August 22, 2025 (2025-08-22) |
| Marketing target | Embedded systems |
| Supported platforms | x86, x86-64, MIPS, PowerPC, SH-4, ARM, RISC-V |
| Kernel type | |
| Monolithic |
| Official website | www.windriver.com/products/embedded/vxworks |
|---|
VxWorks is a real-time operating system (or RTOS) developed as proprietary software by Wind River Systems, a subsidiary of Aptiv. First released in 1987, VxWorks is designed for use in embedded systems requiring real-time, deterministic performance and in many cases, safety and security certification for industries such as aerospace, defense, medical devices, industrial equipment, robotics, energy, transportation, network infrastructure, automotive, and consumer electronics.1
VxWorks supports multiple instruction set architectures, including x86, IBM POWER, ARM, and RISC-V.2 The RTOS can be used in multicore asymmetric multiprocessing (AMP), symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), and mixed modes3 and multi-OS (via Type 1 hypervisor)4 designs on 32- and 64-bit processors.5
VxWorks comes with the kernel, middleware, board support packages, Wind River Workbench development suite, complementary third-party software and hardware. In its latest release, VxWorks 7, the RTOS has been re-engineered for modularity and upgradeability so the OS kernel is separate from middleware, applications, and other packages.6 Scalability, security, safety, connectivity, and graphics have been improved to address Internet of Things (IOT) needs.789
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