Simply put, the Cross OS development platform is a C/C++ source-level virtualization technology that offers a reliable and industry standard OS interface architecture for easy and flexible real-time development of applications.

1. Understanding the Features & Benefits of the Cross OS Development Platform
Simply put, the Cross OS development platform is a C/C++ source-level virtualization technology that offers a reliable and
industry standard OS interface architecture for easy and flexible real-time development of applications. It also enables the
developers to secure the software from getting blocked to one OS. This cancels out any future porting concerns as the
software assists multiple OS and version from the start. Simultaneously, it also removes the risk related to the OS selection
process, as the same application is tested on various platforms and is not tied to the selected OS.
The Cross OS development platform is offered through the Application Common Operating Environment (AppCOE), which is
an eclipse based IDE for development, porting, virtualization, simulation and testing of applications developed in C, C++ and
Ada. This tool is offered with complete source code and is royalty free. Some of the features and benefits of the Cross OS
development platform include:-
* Minimizes the cost related to code maintenance across multiple OS platforms
* Reduces the time consuming manual updates to applications when upgrading OS
* Enables in host based development to avert purchasing expensive target tools and hardware
* Comprises a “Profiler” to identify performance bottlenecks and a target code Optimizer to improve performance
* Connects easily to the in-house abstraction solution and extends the abstraction features to support more target
operating systems
* Easily connects to your in-house target OS to provide access to the Cross-OS Interfaces for development
This apart, the Cross OS development platform API’s are not CPU dependant as there is no specific target code at the 100%
C code. However, there are end users resorting to Cross-OS Development Platform APIs on various CPU platforms. Though
there are no issues across platforms, service providers of Cross OS development platform offers the validation services
when asked for.
With the help of Cross OS development platform embedded applications can operate on multiple real time operating
systems (RTOS) as well as non-RTOS that reduce all the porting concerns that might come from platform changes.
Furthermore, by using the OS Abstractor Interface offered by the service provider with your proprietary OS will result in
certain benefits that help you:-
* Leverage the re-usable open source POSIX/Linux code to effectively add feature rich services in a cost-efficient way to the
proprietary OS
* Make the applications more valuable and compelling to the end users and consumers
* Make the proprietary OS more adaptable for your end users
Furthermore, with Cross OS development the developers can choose multiple interfaces for use within the existing
applications and can connect to the apt interface for re-hosting on a different OS.