claimed benefits.
Using INtime and Windows on a dual-core processor gives a developer the benefit of a "two box" design, without the complexity, TenAsys explains. Additionally, the company claims that with one core dedicated to the INtime kernel and the other to Windows, worst-case jitter can be as little as 1 to 3 microseconds -- a ten-fold decrease relative to an equivalent speed single-core processor.
Another advantage of the dedicated processor approach is that the system's real-time tasks can use 100 percent of their assigned CPU core's bandwidth, which results in higher performance on the real-time side, according to TenAsys.
"The combination of INtime with the Intel Core Duo processor is a perfect example of how two execution cores in one processor package can be used to support simultaneous computing in embedded applications," said Rose Schooler, director of marketing at Intel's Infrastructure Processor Division.
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