The QNX OS is built on a next-generation microkernel, delivering exceptional performance, scalability, and real-time determinism when microseconds matter. Designed to be fully preemptive with guaranteed response times, it can manage competing tasks with strict priority. Its modular architecture is more flexible than a traditional OS and scales to meet the demands of high-performance systems, enabling development teams to utilize the full potential of modern silicon with 2 to 64 cores.
With the QNX Hypervisor, you can consolidate multiple, diverse operating systems onto a single System-on-a-Chip (SoC). This powerful microkernel-based solution safely isolates each guest OS, protecting the system from internal faults or interference. This approach allows you to consolidate systems with different reliability and security requirements, for example, running a non-safety guest OS alongside a mission-critical component, all while reducing system power consumption and long-term cost of ownership.
Built for Safety-Critical Systems
For the most demanding applications, both the QNX OS and QNX Hypervisor are available in safety-certified variants. Pre-certified to the highest functional safety standards, including ISO 26262 ASIL D and IEC 61508 SIL 3, these products provide the certificates and documentation you need to streamline and speed up the development and certification of your own safety-critical systems.
