TORONTO, Ontario, 11 Dec. 2009. - ALT Software announced that it has developed OpenGL ES 1.1 and OpenVG 1.1 graphics drivers for embedded computing devices that employ system-on-a-chip (SoC) processors with the Imagination Technologies POWERVR MBX graphics core on Wind River's VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS) and Wind River Linux operating systems.
The MBX core provides hardware accelerated 2D/3D graphics within the SoC, and uses a tile-based rendering architecture that enables high performance and image quality in lower power environments, ALT officials say. ALT's MBX driver includes an ALT-exclusive integrated feature known as a TAR, or Target Area Renderer, which enables the MBX core to render graphics at frame rates as high as 60 frames per second (fps). The driver currently supports the Freescale MPC5121e embedded processor. ALT is also supporting PowerVR MBX and PowerVR SGX graphics cores on the Texas Instruments OMAP 2, OMAP 3, Freescale's i.MX31, and a number of other SoC processors.
"As a Wind River strategic partner, ALT Software has been providing reliable, high-performance embedded graphics drivers for operating systems for years. We're excited to see ALT creating MBX drivers that target both our VxWorks RTOS and Wind River Linux," says Franz Walkembach, senior manager, Automotive Solutions Marketing, Wind River
