Real-time software specialist LynuxWorks Inc. in San Jose, Calif., is introducing the newest version of its LynxSecure 3.1 separation kernel and embedded hypervisor software components. This update to LynxSecure embedded software includes guest operating systems software support for Microsoft Windows and Intel Core 2 Duo systems. LynxSecure 3.1 can virtualize the underlying hardware to enable several, heterogeneous operating systems (OSs) to co-exist on the same platform. This mix can include traditional desktop operating system software, like virtualized Windows and para-virtualized Linux, along with hard real-time operating system (RTOS) software like the LynxOS RTOS family. LynxSecure 3.1 introduces support for Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows 2003 which are run as virtualized guest operating systems. LynxSecure 3.1 gives embedded software development the flexibility of full desktop systems, while retaining military-grade security with real-time performance and determinism. LynxSecure also offers built-in virtual networking, allowing Windows applications to seamlessly communicate via TCP/IP with other virtualized operating systems, such as Linux, running in a separate partition. This rapid and secure inter-partition communication is handled entirely by LynxSecure, without modifying the applications or the virtualized OS. For more information, visit LynuxWorks online at www.lynuxworks.com.