Virtualization as the Nexus of Multicore Power Management; Rob McCammon Speaks at Multicore Expo

April 10, 2010

Who:  Rob McCammon, VP Product Management, Open Kernel Labs
What: Multicore Expo, Visions of Virtualization
When: 8:00 - 8:30AM, April 29, 2010

Rob McCammon, VP Product Management, Open Kernel Labs (OK Labs) to present at The Multicore Expo on “Virtualization as the Nexus of Multicore Power Management.”

The adoption of virtualization in mobile devices is on the rise as system designers recognize the benefits of easier software integration, increased reuse, improved reliability, and enhanced security. McCammon will present on the less-explored benefits of mobile virtualization when managing trade-offs between system performance and energy consumption, especially for multicore processors. A key example lies in today’s mobile systems, which run multiple operating systems to support different requirements: low-level operations (e.g., baseband processing) supported by an RTOS, and end-user applications, supported by a “rich OS,” environment such as Linux or Android.

McCammon’s presentation will cover the use of virtualization to partition resources among OSes and CPU cores, and how, by accomplishing this allocation, the hypervisor occupies an ideal position in the software stack to also perform global energy management.

About Open Kernel Labs

OK Labs is the global leader in virtualization software for mobile devices, consumer electronics, and embedded systems. Backed by the largest independent team of microkernel developers, OKL4 is deployed on more than 500 million mobile phones worldwide. Device OEMs, semiconductor suppliers, and mobile network operators depend on OK Labs to deliver high performance solutions that decrease BOM cost, reduce complexity, and speed time-to-market.

First to Market, First to Volume – 500 Million Units Deployed to Date

OKL4 is the world’s most ubiquitous mobile virtualization solution, shipping in more than 750 million handsets from leading global manufacturers, and the first embedded virtualization platform with full multicore CPU support. You can find OKL4 on smartphones ranging from the HTC G1 and G2, and the HTC Hero, to the Motorola Droid and the Motorola Cliq, the Palm Pre, and the Toshiba TG01OK. OKL4 also powers the world’s first commercially available, fully virtualized smartphone, the Motorola Evoke QA4.   
For information on the OK Community, please visit the Community Portal at http://www.ok-labs.com/community/community-portal.  Participants can join the Developer Mailing List at http://www.ok-labs.com/community/mailing-list-signup.

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Marti Konstant
Open Kernel Labs
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