Multicore technology improves performance per watt ratios and requires less board real estate. This paper discusses the combined capabilities of the Intel® Core™ microarchitecture and Wind River® VxWorks® symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) operating system. It explores SMP software design considerations and methodologies, as well as Wind River tools that help with each step of the multicore software development cycle.
Multicore features and capabilities of Intel architecture
Applications of SMP to embedded systems and software migration
Tools for optimizing embedded software for multicore platforms and avoiding potential pitfalls.