Software Development Platform 8.0

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The next-generation microkernel for high-performance, safety-ready embedded systems.
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Meet the Next-Generation QNX SDP 8.0
QNX® Software Development Platform (SDP) 8.0 is the foundational development platform for the next generation of mission-critical and safety-critical systems, merging unprecedented performance with unparalleled security and reliability, without compromise. QNX SDP 8.0 features our next-generation QNX Operating System built on a future-ready architecture designed to maximize silicon advancements thanks to our advanced microkernel design. QNX SDP 8.0 forms the baseline for all future QNX® OS and Hypervisor products, enabling compute-intensive platforms like autonomous drive systems or industrial robots across the Internet of Things, with consistent and blazing-fast, real-time performance for today and tomorrow.
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High performance meets safety and security with QNX® SDP 8.0

High Performance

In the software-defined world, throughput performance is a key factor as the complexity of the software increases, and more advanced hardware is used. QNX OS 8.0 provides significant advancements in overall OS throughput performance driven by the next-generation microkernel and upgrades to the OS services such as filesystems and networking. This will enable customers to utilize SOCs ranging from 2 to 64 cores to their full potential.
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Effortless Scalability

In automotive, industrial, robotics, and other markets, providing the ability to scale and increase workloads to utilize next-generation hardware and the increased number of CPU cores that come with it is essential for next-generation systems. QNX OS 8.0 provides near-linear scalability as the number of cores increases, which allows customers to scale and increase the workloads on any SOC.
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Hard Real Time

The demand for real-time systems is paramount. These systems go far beyond mere speed; they are the embodiment of precision, predictability, and reliability. Real-time is about meeting specific timing requirements, ensuring that actions are not just swift but are carried out within predetermined deadlines. QNX OS 8.0 maintains and improves the hard real-time capabilities. It is fully pre-emptive with strict time constraints and guaranteed response times, meaning it can fully monitor the relevant priority of competing tasks and make changes to the task priority very quickly.
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The Core Components of QNX Software Development Platform 8.0

QNX SDP 8.0 represents a revolution in foundational software for embedded systems, bringing high-performance compute capabilities to the next generation of Systems-on-a-Chip (SoCs). It is built with system consolidation at the forefront and consists of three core components:

QNX OS 8.0

The QNX OS has our next-generation microkernel at its core, augmented to support the latest Armv8, Armv9, and x86 64 hardware platforms. The microkernel is built on the pillars of performance, scalability, security, safety, and real-time execution. Its modular design is more flexible than a traditional monolithic OS, with scaling capabilities to meet the needs of next-generation system architectures.
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QNX Tool Suite

Speed up development cycles while maintaining vulnerability and defect detection. Our Tool Suite offers both the trusted QNX Momentics IDE (integrated development environment), an Eclipse-based IDE, and the QNX Toolkit for Visual Studio Code that enables Visual Studio (VS) Code users to access powerful QNX tools from the Visual Studio Marketplace, plus QNX Command Line Tools for enhanced system profiling and debugging capabilities.
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QNX Software Center

The QNX Software Center is our software delivery tool. It is used to manage the discovery, delivery, and dependencies of QNX development products in a centralized fashion. With the QNX Software Center, QNX developers are proactively alerted when relevant security updates, patches, and new product releases are posted, or activities related to QNX product licensing.
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Low Latency and Jitter
Essential for safety, mission, and real-time systems.
State-of-the-Art Tools
Upgraded toolchain to new utilities for debugging and profiling, including open-source utilities.
Future-Proof Architecture
Ability to change the underlying hardware (2-core SOC to 64-core SOC) without needing to change the OS.

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Try QNX SDP 8.0 Now for Free

To receive your license, you must have a myQNX account.

Step 1:

Login to your myQNX account

If you have an account, please login now. If you are new to QNX and do not have an account, please create a myQNX account.
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Complete the license form

Once you are logged in to your account, you will be asked to provide license data to initiate your request.
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Receive your license

After we’ve successfully processed your request, you will receive your QNX SDP 8.0 evaluation license shortly thereafter.
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MotionWise Schedule for QNX SDP 8.0

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MotionWise Schedule by TTTech Auto in QNX SDP 8.0 revolutionizes the deployment and execution of mixed-criticality applications across SoCs. It automates application integration and schedule configuration, empowering you with advanced scheduling policies such as time-triggered scheduling and data-flow-driven execution while ensuring the highest levels of safety and security (ISO 26262 ASIL D and ISO/SAE 21434).

Access all standard MotionWise Schedule tools, both locally and in the cloud, with seamless integration with QNX tracing for in-depth schedule analysis.

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Access QNX OS 8.0 in the Cloud

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QNX® Accelerate is an initiative that gives you access to cloud hardware targets that run QNX technology, including QNX OS 8.0.  By harnessing the agility, speed, and scale of the cloud, it empowers developers in new ways—enabling better collaboration, increasing development efficiencies, and reducing time-to-market. Find out more about QNX Accelerate.
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QNX SDP 7.1 and QNX SDP 8.0

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QNX Software Development Platform 8.0
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Kernel Locking
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Single Kernel Lock
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Finer Grain Locking with a unique kernel design.
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Interrupt Latency
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~ <50 microseconds
• ISRs run in kernel space
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~10 - 20 microseconds
• Safe and Secure Interrupt Service Threads
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Scalability
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Good scalability on SoCs with 1 to 8 cores
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Near linear scalability on SoCs with 2 to 64 cores
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Hardware Support
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X86 64 and ARMv8
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X86 64, ARMv8, and ARMv9
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IDE Support
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QNX Momentics 7.1 IDE
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QNX Momentics 8.0 IDE
QNX Toolkit for Microsoft VS Code
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Real-time Behaviour
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QNX SDP 8.0 FAQ

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QNX SDP 8.0 is the next release of our QNX operating system and development tools, collectively known as our Software Development Platform (SDP). This product release builds on our proven and trusted QNX microkernel architecture with a focus on even higher performance and 1-to-1 CPU core scalability while offering even more real-time determinism. QNX SDP 8.0 is tailor-made for next-generation software platforms with SoCs that have four or more CPU cores.
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What is new about QNX SDP 8.0?
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Our customers are looking to address the challenges associated with increased device complexity, automation, and connectivity and of course do not want to compromise on performance, reliability, safety, or security. The adoption of high-performance computing is fast becoming a reality for next-generation IoT systems. QNX is answering this market need with QNX SDP 8.0, featuring QNX OS. This product fills a gap in the market by delivering cutting-edge performance for mission-critical IoT devices that demand reliability and security. Our next-generation architecture is opening many possibilities including OS-level support for consolidated architectures as well as support for even higher-performance silicon that will become available in the future.
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QNX SDP 8.0, version 8.0.2 and later support the Armv9 hardware architecture.
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Software and Solutions

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QNX OS for Safety
Certified RTOS for safety and security
QNX OS for Safety
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QNX Hypervisor
Deterministic hypervisor for mixed-criticality.
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QNX Safety Services
Enabling safe embedded systems with functional safety expertise.
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Board Support Packages (BSP)
View our extensive library of BSPs for a broad selection of ARM and x86 boards.
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