Lynx and RTOS Leaders Launch Cross-Ecosystem Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Platform

Operating System Abstraction Layer (OSAL) Designed to Enhance Third-Party RTOS and Customer Support  

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Lynx, a global leader in scalable, safe, secure, and resilient platforms for mission-critical systems, today reaffirmed its strategic commitment to work with key real-time operating system (RTOS) vendors, including DDC-I and SYSGO. This strengthened partnership ensures that Lynx's industry-leading, safety-critical open standard GPU acceleration product suite continues to seamlessly integrate across third-party RTOS environments, reinforcing its commitment to innovation and interoperability.  

As part of this initiative, Lynx is planning to introduce an open-source version of its OS Abstraction Layer (OSAL), a standardized infrastructure designed to simplify integration between Lynx's GPU software solutions and virtually any RTOS. This OSAL framework empowers customers and partners to accelerate the deployment of mission- and safety-critical applications by reducing development complexity and enabling seamless cross-RTOS interoperability. 

Key Industry Partnership  

The partnership between Lynx and these leading RTOS providers underscores a shared commitment to customer success, open ecosystems, and safety-critical innovation. Through these partnerships, Lynx real-time GPU compute and safety-certified graphics solutions will continue to be supported on multiple RTOS platforms, ensuring flexibility and choice for aerospace, defense, industrial, and automotive customers.  

Executive Statements

Peter Papadatos, Director of Product Management: "Customers require flexibility in their technology stacks, and our engagement with leading RTOS vendors ensures that Lynx's safety-critical GPU acceleration solutions remain widely accessible. By introducing OSAL as an open-source infrastructure, Lynx is providing a standardized way for RTOS vendors and customers to integrate Lynx's safety-critical solutions while maintaining performance, determinism, and certification assurance."  

Gary Gilliland, Vice President of Marketing, DDC-I: "DDC-I will continue to support our mutual customers with CoreAVI, as they have now transitioned under the Lynx corporate umbrella.  DDC-I has a long history of supporting CoreAVI's safety-critical GPU solutions that seamlessly integrate with DDC-I's Deos RTOS as Deos is one of the OS environments of choice for certifiable GPU solutions. This on-going corporate relationship provides flexibility for customers building safety-critical avionics and defense systems. Further, the new OSAL will become another stand-alone library in Deos' component-based system architecture that enables reuse of DO-178C components and artifacts."  

Franz Walkembach, Vice President of Marketing & Alliances, SYSGO: "SYSGO remains committed to fostering interoperability within mission-critical systems to ensure functional safety or protection against cybersecurity threats. Lynx graphic solutions enable seamless integration with our hard realtime PikeOS RTOS and Hypervisor, providing customers with greater confidence in meeting highest industry certification requirements." 

Enabling Broad RTOS and Customer Integration  

The OSAL simplifies integration by abstracting RTOS-specific components, enabling developers to support multiple operating environments with minimal modifications. This delivers:  

• Broader Compatibility – Seamless support for virtually any RTOS, including commercial, open-source, and proprietary platforms.  

• Customization – Facilitates the tailoring of the OSAL implementation and its broader use within the greater system. 

• Reduced Development Effort – Eliminates the need for custom RTOS adaptations for Lynx products, streamlining the development process.  

• Accelerated Certification Paths – Provides a unified framework to expedite safety-critical certification processes, ensuring faster time to market.  

For more information on Lynx and OSAL, please visit: www.lynx.com/solutions/safety-critical-graphics-certification

About Lynx  

Lynx is a leader in delivering scalable, safe, secure, resilient, and certifiable software solutions for mission-critical edge platforms and secure edge computing solutions for the aerospace, defense, automotive, medical, and commercial sectors. By leveraging decades of expertise and modular, open-architecture technologies, Lynx empowers organizations to develop and deploy advanced real-time platforms that meet the highest performance, safety, and security standards.  For more information, visit, www.lynx.com.   

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