INtime

The INtime /ˈɪntim/ IN-time Real Time Operation System (RTOS) family is based on a 32 bit RTOS conceived to run time-critical operations cycle-times as low as 50μs. INtime RTOS runs on single-core, hyper-threaded and multi-core x86 PC platform from Intel and AMD and supports two binary compatible usage configurations; INtime for Windows where the INtime RTOS runs alongside Microsoft® Windows® and INtime Distributed RTOS where INtime runs as a stand-alone RTOS.

Like its iRMX predecessors, INtime is a real-time operating system. And, like DOSRMX and iRMX for Windows, it runs concurrently with a general-purpose operating system on a single hardware platform.

History

Initial Release

INtime 1.0 was originally introduced in 1997^[1] in conjunction with the Windows NT operating system. Since then it has been upgraded to include support for all subsequent protected-mode Microsoft Windows platforms, Windows XP to Windows 8.1.

INtime can also be used as a stand-alone RTOS. INtime binaries are able to run unchanged when running on a stand-alone node of the INtime RTOS. Unlike Windows, INtime can run on an Intel 80386 or equivalent processor. Current versions of the Windows operating system generally require at least a Pentium level processor in order to boot and execute.

Version 2.2

After spinning off from Radisys in 2000^[2] development work on INtime continued at TenAsys Corporation. In 2003 TenAsys released version 2.2 of INtime^[3]

Notable features of version 2.2 include

• Real-time Shared Libraries, or RSLs, which are the functional equivalent of the Windows Dynamically Loaded Libraries, or DLLs.
• Support for the development of USB clients, and USB host control drivers for OHCI, UHCI and EHCI (USB 2.0) devices.
• A new timing acquisition and display application called ""INscope"" is released.

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