QNX
Written on June 4th, 2026 by Tech Ads
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The Leading Realtime
OS for PCs
So you’ve chosen Intel® processors for your Embeddable GUI
embedded systems. Smart choice, given the And if you’re looking
great variety of form factors, buses, and software _for a full-featured
support for non-desktop PCs. Now go with windowing system in 0
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the leading realtime OS for PCs.* a very small package
With QNX’s successful 14-year track record (under 300K), look no
and huge installed base, you can count further than Photon,”
on a realtime OS that’s been proven time the world’s first microkernel GUI for
after time in the real world. embedded systems.
Scale it on the Fly As a modular, microkernel- Embedded and Distributed Beyond mere connectivity,
based OS, QNX lets you add or subtract modules QNX provides true distributed processing. Your
to fit your platform —from PDAs up to worksta- embedded system can become
tions equipped with X and TCP/IP. You can part of a fault-tolerant network
start and stop modules at run time without with resources you can control
rebooting your system! Even our runtime pricing is from any PC throughout the
modular, so you pay for only the OS modules LAN. Whether you're doing
used in your target systems. remote debugging, or accessing
X applications from a PDA, it’s
Open Embedded Systems QNX is the certified all remarkably easy with QNX.
POSIX OS that performs like a dedicated real-
time executive. You get the rich API and tools From PC/104 to PCMCIA QNX runs on several
of an open-systems OS, all in a scalable package buses — PC/104, STD, STD 32, VME — and embedded
that can fit on everything from tiny ROM-based PCs from Adastra, Ampro, Octagon, Xycom,
systems to vast distributed LANs. Radisys, Teknor, VMIC, WinSystems, and Ziatech.
We also support the i386EX processor, as well as
industry standards such as PCI and PCMCIA.
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You'll like the tighter, faster code you get with
the Watcom C/C++ optimizing compiler.
Not to mention the time you'll To find out more about the leading realtime OS for PCs
save with our distributed contact us at info@qnx.com or http://www.qnx.cor
debugger, profiler, and trace 800-676-0566. (ext. #1008)
_ analysis tools.
@ Leading in Experience (Realtime OS for PCs since
@ Leading in Innovation (Microkernel distributed
@ Leading in Market Share (QNX outsells eve
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QNX Software Systems Ltd., 175 Terence Matthews Crescent, Kanata, Ontario, Canada K2M 1W8 _ Voice: 613-59
Europe: 17 Bishops Court, Church Road, Bishopstoke, Hampshire, SOSO 6PE, England Voice: (+44) 170
*According to a recent report by Emerging Technologies Group, QNX has “the largest realtime ope!
© QNX Software Systems Ltd. 1995. QNX is a registered trademark and Photon is a trademark of QNX Softwar
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‘QNX’
QNX is a commercial UNIX-like realtime operating system primarily targeting the embedded market. By the mid 1990’s QNX was used in various embedded appliance roles, for factory automation, and for medical applications.
A 1996 archive of the QNX homepage can be found in the Wayback Machine.
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