QNX Hypervisor 8.0 and QNX Hypervisor for Safety 8.0

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Deterministic embedded virtualization for secure mixed‑OS consolidation across general‑purpose and safety‑critical systems.

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Powerful Embedded Virtualization Software

QNX® Hypervisor 8.0 is built as an extension of the proven QNX® OS 8.0 microkernel design: QNX Hypervisor leverages the security, performance, real-time, and reliability of the trusted microkernel running as a hypervisor host. QNX® Hypervisor 8.0 leverages all the latest features of QNX® Software Development Platform (SDP) 8.0, delivering enhanced throughput, future-proofing architectures, and unparalleled scalability without compromising performance and jitter.

QNX Hypervisor for Safety 8.0 extends these temporal and isolation guarantees with a safety-certified virtual machine manager built on QNX OS for Safety, which prevents Guest OSs from bringing down safety-critical components within the system through safe transitions to a Design Safe State. It maintains deterministic scheduling, bounded latency, and strong domain separation required for certification to the highest safety classes.

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Streamline Embedded Software Development with QNX Hypervisor

Accelerate Development

A Hypervisor built on QNX SDP 8.0 accelerates development and saves time to build mixed-criticality applications by first implementing algorithms on virtual machines. As automotive and industrial applications become more complex, software-defined architectures and digital twins are becoming a mainstay for developing the next generation of use cases. QNX Hypervisor 8.0 allows you to scale and deploy your systems efficiently while building complex embedded applications that interact and work together. For regulated markets, QNX Hypervisor for Safety 8.0 gives customers the flexibility to prototype virtualized non-safety domains while guaranteeing that the integrity of safety-critical functions is always protected.

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Optimize Resources with Single SoC Consolidation

Consolidate diverse embedded systems with different reliability and security requirements onto a single system on a chip (SoC) with the QNX Hypervisor. Move unmodified legacy code onto the latest hardware simply by running it in an appropriately configured virtual machine. QNX Hypervisor for Safety 8.0 enables mixed criticality consolidation in systems requiring formal safety approval. Safety and non-safety operating systems, including Android™ and Linux®, run side by side in strongly isolated domains, ensuring that faults in non-critical workloads cannot interfere with certified safety functions. Just as easily, you can innovate with Android and Linux. With guest OSs safely and securely contained in QNX Hypervisor virtual machines, you can run the apps and services you need with the OSs you choose.

Single SoC consolidation with QNX Hypervisor

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Improve Productivity, Security and Modularity with Isolated Virtualization

QNX Hypervisor offers a comprehensive virtualization solution, including virtual memory, CPUs, interrupt controllers, devices, and para-virtualized devices. Adding virtual machine management to the QNX OS microkernel provides reliability and performance, proven for over 40 years in hundreds of millions of mission-critical systems. QNX Hypervisor protects itself and your system from both internal faults and outside interference, including those of guests in virtual machines. If a guest attempts to overstep the boundaries you set, the hypervisor prevents them from completing the action. It also includes the SMMU manager service, which works with hardware System Memory Management Units to ensure that Direct Memory Access devices are contained. QNX Hypervisor for Safety 8.0 further hardens these protections by guaranteeing safe transitions to a Design Safe State. Providing an architecture that supports fault containment and clear domain separation required for ISO 26262, IEC 61508, and IEC 62304 safety arguments.

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Real Time

Delivers predictable responses to critical events so workloads run with consistent timing in demanding embedded systems.

Determinism

Maintains bounded latency and stable execution behavior across cores to ensure timing remains repeatable as complexity grows.

Proven Reliability

Provides strong isolation and priority correct scheduling so systems remain stable and responsive under load.

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QNX Hypervisor 8.0

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QNX Hypervisor for Safety 8.0

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Develop mixed-criticality systems with QNX Hypervisor 8.0 in the Cloud

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Build mission-critical embedded systems based on QNX® technology with QNX® Accelerate. By harnessing the agility, speed, and scale of the cloud, this initiative empowers developers in new ways—enabling better collaboration, increasing development efficiencies, and reducing time-to-market. QNX Hypervisor 8.0 is available globally on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure marketplaces.

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White Paper

Virtualization Under Pressure

Download “Performance and Reliability of QNX Hypervisor 8.0 in Embedded Systems” to explore how QNX Hypervisor 8.0 performs under demanding workloads. Learn how virtualization impacts CPU scheduling, graphics, filesystem access, and network throughput, especially in real-time, safety-critical systems.

Performance and Reliability of QNX Hypervisor 8.0 in Embedded Systems White Paper

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TechInsights forecasts that in 2030, 90% of the vehicles produced will have at least one domain controller, zonal controller, or high-performance central computing unit. Hypervisors that offer rapid and reliable performance with modular design, such as the QNX Hypervisor 8.0, are thus vital to unlocking the potential of these platforms and making the software-defined vehicle a reality.

Ian Riches

VP of Global Automotive Practice, TechInsights

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QNX Hypervisor 8.0 FAQ

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QNX Hypervisor 8.0 is built on QNX SDP 8.0 and therefore leverages the latest technology upgrades from our most recent foundational platform. QNX SDP 8.0 scales across CPU cores with negligible jitter, providing unparalleled performance, security, and tools for your development.

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What is QNX Hypervisor 8.0 built on?

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QNX Hypervisor for Safety 8.0 is built on QNX OS for Safety and includes safety‑certified virtualization extensions and supported virtual devices. It inherits the real‑time, deterministic behavior of the QNX microkernel while adding certification‑ready isolation boundaries.

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What is QNX Hypervisor for Safety 8.0 built on?

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QNX Hypervisor 8.0 is designed to run on QNX SDP 8.0 targets. It continues the QNX leadership in hybrid (Type1/Type2) virtualization designs by co-existing with advanced features of QNX SDP 8.0.

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What hardware does QNX Hypervisor 8.0 support?

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Yes, QNX Hypervisor 8.0 is now under general availability. It is a key component of QNX SDP 8.0 implementations with early access to OEMs and QNX partners.

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Is QNX Hypervisor already available and being adopted by the industry?

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QNX Hypervisor for Safety 8.0 is pre-certified to ISO 26262 ASIL D, IEC 61508 SIL3, and IEC 62304 Class C, the highest safety classifications for automotive, industrial, and medical devices.

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Is QNX Hypervisor for Safety 8.0 pre-certified?

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