<s>
QNX	B-Operating_System
(	O
or	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
commercial	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
real-time	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
,	O
aimed	O
primarily	O
at	O
the	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QNX	B-Operating_System
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
commercially	O
successful	O
microkernel	B-Operating_System
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1980s	O
by	O
Canadian	O
company	O
Quantum	B-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
,	O
later	O
renamed	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gordon	O
Bell	O
and	O
Dan	O
Dodge	O
,	O
both	O
students	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Waterloo	O
in	O
1980	O
,	O
took	O
a	O
course	O
in	O
real-time	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
students	O
constructed	O
a	O
basic	O
real-time	O
microkernel	B-Operating_System
and	O
user	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
were	O
convinced	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
need	O
for	O
such	O
a	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
high-tech	O
planned	O
community	O
Kanata	O
,	O
Ontario	B-Architecture
,	O
to	O
start	O
Quantum	B-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1982	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
QUNIX	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Intel	B-Device
8088	I-Device
CPU	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1984	O
,	O
Quantum	B-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
renamed	O
QUNIX	O
to	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
avoid	O
any	O
trademark	O
infringement	O
challenges	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
widespread	O
uses	O
of	O
the	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
real-time	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
(	O
RTOS	B-Operating_System
)	O
was	O
in	O
the	O
nonembedded	O
world	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
selected	O
as	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
Ontario	B-Architecture
education	O
system	O
's	O
own	O
computer	O
design	O
,	O
the	O
Unisys	B-Device
ICON	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
years	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
was	O
used	O
mostly	O
for	O
larger	O
projects	O
,	O
as	O
its	O
44k	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
was	O
too	O
large	O
to	O
fit	O
inside	O
the	O
one-chip	O
computers	O
of	O
the	O
era	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
late-1980s	O
,	O
Quantum	O
realized	O
that	O
the	O
market	O
was	O
rapidly	O
moving	O
towards	O
the	O
Portable	O
Operating	B-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
Interface	O
(	O
POSIX	O
)	O
model	O
and	O
decided	O
to	O
rewrite	O
the	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
to	O
be	O
much	O
more	O
compatible	O
at	O
a	O
low	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
result	O
was	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
patented	O
concept	O
was	O
developed	O
into	O
the	O
embeddable	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
GUI	B-Application
)	O
named	O
the	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
Photon	I-Operating_System
microGUI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QNX	B-Operating_System
also	O
provided	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
demonstrate	O
the	O
OS	O
's	O
capability	O
and	O
relatively	O
small	O
size	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
released	O
a	O
demo	O
image	O
that	O
included	O
the	O
POSIX-compliant	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
OS	O
,	O
a	O
full	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
graphical	O
text	O
editor	O
,	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
networking	O
,	O
web	O
browser	O
and	O
web	O
server	O
that	O
all	O
fit	O
on	O
a	O
bootable	O
1.44MB	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
for	O
the	O
386	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Toward	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
then	O
named	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
,	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
,	O
designed	O
from	O
the	O
ground	O
up	O
to	O
be	O
symmetric	B-Operating_System
multiprocessing	I-Operating_System
(	O
SMP	O
)	O
capable	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
support	O
all	O
current	O
POSIX	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
(	O
APIs	B-Application
)	O
and	O
any	O
new	O
POSIX	O
APIs	B-Application
that	O
could	O
be	O
anticipated	O
while	O
still	O
retaining	O
the	O
microkernel	B-Operating_System
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
resulted	O
in	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
Neutrino	I-Operating_System
,	O
released	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
the	O
Neutrino	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
,	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
became	O
a	O
founding	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-Application
(	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
)	O
consortium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
released	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
Eclipse	B-Application
plug-ins	B-Application
packaged	O
with	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-Application
workbench	O
in	O
2002	O
,	O
and	O
named	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
Momentics	O
Tool	O
Suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
this	O
acquisition	O
,	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
software	O
was	O
already	O
widely	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
automotive	O
industry	O
for	O
telematics	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
purchase	O
by	O
Harman	O
,	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
software	O
has	O
been	O
designed	O
into	O
over	O
200	O
different	O
automobile	O
makes	O
and	O
models	O
,	O
in	O
telematics	O
systems	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
infotainment	O
and	O
navigation	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
CAR	O
Application	O
Platform	O
was	O
running	O
in	O
over	O
20	O
million	O
vehicles	O
as	O
of	O
mid-2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
has	O
since	O
released	O
several	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
products	O
including	O
the	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
Aviage	O
Multimedia	O
Suite	O
,	O
the	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
Aviage	O
Acoustic	O
Processing	O
Suite	O
and	O
the	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
HMI	O
Suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
microkernels	B-Operating_System
of	O
Cisco	O
Systems	O
 '	O
IOS-XR	B-Device
(	O
ultra	O
high	O
availability	O
IOS	B-Application
,	O
introduced	O
2004	O
)	O
and	O
IOS	B-Application
Software	O
Modularity	O
(	O
introduced	O
2006	O
)	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2007	O
,	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
announced	O
the	O
availability	O
of	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
9	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Research	O
In	O
Motion	O
(	O
later	O
renamed	O
to	O
BlackBerry	O
Limited	O
)	O
announced	O
they	O
would	O
acquire	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
from	O
Harman	O
International	O
Industries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
,	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
source	O
code	O
access	O
was	O
restricted	O
from	O
the	O
public	O
and	O
hobbyists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
announced	O
a	O
tablet	B-Device
computer	I-Device
,	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
PlayBook	I-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
BlackBerry	B-Application
Tablet	I-Application
OS	I-Application
based	O
on	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
to	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
tablet	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
18	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Research	O
In	O
Motion	O
announced	O
"	O
BBX	B-Application
"	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
later	O
renamed	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
10	I-Application
,	O
in	O
December	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blackberry	B-Application
10	I-Application
devices	O
build	O
upon	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
PlayBook	I-Application
QNX	B-Operating_System
based	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
for	O
touch	O
devices	O
,	O
but	O
adapt	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
for	O
smartphones	B-Application
using	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
based	O
Cascades	O
Native	O
User-Interface	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
Geneva	O
Motor	O
Show	O
,	O
Apple	O
demonstrated	O
CarPlay	B-General_Concept
which	O
provides	O
an	O
iOS-like	O
user	O
interface	O
to	O
head	O
units	O
in	O
compatible	O
vehicles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
configured	O
by	O
the	O
automaker	O
,	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
can	O
be	O
programmed	O
to	O
hand	O
off	O
its	O
display	O
and	O
some	O
functions	O
to	O
an	O
Apple	B-General_Concept
CarPlay	I-General_Concept
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
11	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Ford	O
Motor	O
Company	O
stated	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
replace	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Auto	I-Operating_System
with	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2017	O
,	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
announced	O
the	O
upcoming	O
release	O
of	O
its	O
SDP	O
7.0	O
,	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
Intel	O
and	O
ARM	B-Architecture
32	O
-	O
and	O
64-bit	B-Device
platforms	O
,	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
C++14	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
microkernel-based	O
OS	O
,	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
running	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
operating	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
small	O
tasks	O
,	O
named	O
Resource	O
Managers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
differs	O
from	O
the	O
more	O
traditional	O
monolithic	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
operating	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
is	O
one	O
very	O
large	O
program	O
composed	O
of	O
a	O
huge	O
number	O
of	O
parts	O
,	O
with	O
special	O
abilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
case	O
of	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
microkernel	B-Operating_System
allows	O
users	O
(	O
developers	O
)	O
to	O
turn	O
off	O
any	O
functions	O
they	O
do	O
not	O
need	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
OS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
,	O
procnto	O
(	O
also	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
binary	O
executable	O
program	O
for	O
the	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
Neutrino	I-Operating_System
( 	O
 '	O
nto	O
 '	O
)	O
process	O
( 	O
 '	O
proc	O
 '	O
)	O
itself	O
)	O
,	O
contains	O
only	O
CPU	O
scheduling	O
,	O
interprocess	B-Operating_System
communication	I-Operating_System
,	O
interrupt	B-Application
redirection	O
and	O
timers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Everything	O
else	O
runs	O
as	O
a	O
user	O
process	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
special	O
process	O
known	O
as	O
proc	O
which	O
performs	O
process	O
creation	O
and	O
memory	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
by	O
operating	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
the	O
microkernel	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
made	O
possible	O
by	O
two	O
key	O
mechanisms	O
:	O
subroutine-call	O
type	O
interprocess	B-Operating_System
communication	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
a	O
boot	B-Application
loader	I-Application
which	O
can	O
load	O
an	O
image	O
containing	O
the	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
and	O
any	O
desired	O
set	O
of	O
user	O
programs	O
and	O
shared	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
no	O
device	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
in	O
the	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
network	O
stack	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
NetBSD	B-Device
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
its	O
support	O
for	O
its	O
own	O
,	O
native	O
,	O
device	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
,	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
supports	O
its	O
legacy	O
,	O
io-net	O
manager	O
server	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
network	O
drivers	O
ported	O
from	O
NetBSD	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
QNX	B-Operating_System
interprocess	B-Operating_System
communication	I-Operating_System
consists	O
of	O
sending	O
a	O
message	O
from	O
one	O
process	O
to	O
another	O
and	O
waiting	O
for	O
a	O
reply	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
message	O
is	O
copied	O
,	O
by	O
the	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
,	O
from	O
the	O
address	O
space	O
of	O
the	O
sending	O
process	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
receiving	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
tight	O
integration	O
between	O
message	O
passing	O
and	O
CPU	O
scheduling	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
key	O
mechanisms	O
that	O
makes	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
message	O
passing	O
broadly	O
usable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
Unix	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
interprocess	B-Operating_System
communication	I-Operating_System
mechanisms	O
lack	O
this	O
tight	O
integration	O
,	O
although	O
a	O
user	B-Operating_System
space	I-Operating_System
implementation	O
of	O
QNX-type	O
messaging	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
does	B-Operating_System
exist	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mishandling	O
of	O
this	O
subtle	O
issue	O
is	O
a	O
primary	O
reason	O
for	O
the	O
disappointing	O
performance	O
of	O
some	O
other	O
microkernel	B-Operating_System
systems	O
such	O
as	O
early	O
versions	O
of	O
Mach	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
versions	O
of	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
reduce	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
separate	O
processes	O
and	O
integrate	O
the	O
network	O
stack	O
and	O
other	O
function	O
blocks	O
into	O
single	O
applications	O
for	O
performance	O
reasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Message	O
handling	O
is	O
prioritized	O
by	O
thread	B-Operating_System
priority	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
I/O	O
requests	O
are	O
performed	O
using	O
message	O
passing	O
,	O
high	O
priority	O
threads	B-Operating_System
receive	O
I/O	O
service	O
before	O
low	O
priority	O
threads	B-Operating_System
,	O
an	O
essential	O
feature	O
in	O
a	O
hard	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
boot	B-Application
loader	I-Application
is	O
the	O
other	O
key	O
component	O
of	O
the	O
minimal	O
microkernel	B-Operating_System
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
user	O
programs	O
can	O
be	O
built	O
into	O
the	O
boot	O
image	O
,	O
the	O
set	O
of	O
device	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
and	O
support	O
libraries	O
needed	O
for	O
startup	O
need	O
not	O
be	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
not	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
such	O
functions	O
as	O
program	O
loading	O
are	O
not	O
in	O
the	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
instead	O
are	O
in	O
shared	O
user-space	B-Operating_System
libraries	O
loaded	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
boot	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
put	O
an	O
entire	O
boot	O
image	O
into	O
ROM	B-Device
,	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
diskless	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neutrino	O
supports	O
symmetric	B-Operating_System
multiprocessing	I-Operating_System
and	O
processor	B-Operating_System
affinity	I-Operating_System
,	O
called	O
bound	O
multiprocessing	O
(	O
BMP	O
)	O
in	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
terminology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neutrino	O
supports	O
strict	O
priority-preemptive	O
scheduling	O
and	O
adaptive	B-Operating_System
partition	I-Operating_System
scheduling	I-Operating_System
(	O
APS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
APS	O
guarantees	O
minimum	O
CPU	O
percentages	O
to	O
selected	O
groups	O
of	O
threads	B-Operating_System
,	O
even	O
though	O
others	O
may	O
have	O
higher	O
priority	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
adaptive	B-Operating_System
partition	I-Operating_System
scheduler	I-Operating_System
is	O
still	O
strictly	O
priority-preemptive	O
when	O
the	O
system	O
is	O
underloaded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
configured	O
to	O
run	O
a	O
selected	O
set	O
of	O
critical	O
threads	B-Operating_System
strictly	O
real	B-General_Concept
time	I-General_Concept
,	O
even	O
when	O
the	O
system	O
is	O
overloaded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
also	O
contained	O
a	O
web	O
browser	O
known	O
as	O
'	O
Voyager	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
its	O
microkernel	B-Operating_System
architecture	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
is	O
also	O
a	O
distributed	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dan	O
Dodge	O
and	O
Peter	O
van	O
der	O
Veen	O
hold	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
's	O
distributed	O
processing	O
features	O
known	O
commercially	O
as	O
Transparent	O
Distributed	O
Processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
the	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
kernels	I-Operating_System
on	O
separate	O
devices	O
to	O
access	O
each	O
other	O
's	O
system	O
services	O
using	O
effectively	O
the	O
same	O
communication	O
mechanism	O
as	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
access	O
local	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
+	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
RTOS	B-Operating_System
History	O
Version	O
Date	O
Distribution	O
medium	O
Notes	O
1981	O
QUNIX	O
Founded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beta	O
1983	O
As	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
Beta	O
1.0	O
1984	O
2.0	O
1987	O
Elements	O
of	O
4.3BSD	B-Operating_System
like	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
and	O
PPP	B-Protocol
merged	O
into	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2.21	O
1989	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
2.21	O
4.0	O
1990	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
4.0	O
4.1	O
1994	O
Elements	O
of	O
4.4BSD	O
into	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
4.1	O
4.2	O
1995	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
4.2	O
4.22	O
1995	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
4.22	O
4.24	O
1995	O
QNX/Neutrino	O
1.0	O
is	O
forked	O
from	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
4.24	O
4.25	O
1997	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
4.25	O
continues	O
after	O
fork	O
with	O
QNX/Neutrino	O
1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
+	O
QNX/Neutrino	O
Microkernel	B-Operating_System
history	O
—	O
Forked	O
from	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
4.24	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Release	O
Date	O
Notes	O
1.0	O
1996	O
QNX/Neutrino	O
1.0	O
as	O
forked	O
from	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
4.24	O
2.0	O
1998	O
QNX/Neutrino	O
2.0	O
2.10	O
1999	O
QNX/Neutrino	O
2.10	O
(	O
QRTP	O
)	O
6	O
January	O
18	O
,	O
2001	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
RTOS	B-Operating_System
6	O
6.1.0	O
2001	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
RTOS	B-Operating_System
6	O
6.1.0	O
(	O
patch	O
A	O
)	O
September	O
28	O
,	O
2001	O
6.2	O
June	O
4	O
,	O
2002	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
6.2	O
(	O
Momentics	O
)	O
6.2	O
(	O
patch	O
A	O
)	O
October	O
18	O
,	O
2002	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
6.2	O
6.2.1	O
February	O
18	O
,	O
2003	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
6.2.1	O
(	O
Momentics	O
)	O
6.3	O
June	O
3	O
,	O
2004	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
6.36.3.0	O
SP16.3.0	O
SP26.3.0	O
SP3/OS	O
6.3.26.3.2	O
6.4.0	O
October	O
30	O
,	O
2008	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
Neutrino	I-Operating_System
RTOS	B-Operating_System
6.4.0	O
6.4.1	O
May	O
2009	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
Neutrino	I-Operating_System
RTOS	B-Operating_System
6.4.1	O
6.5.0	O
July	O
2010	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
Neutrino	I-Operating_System
RTOS	B-Operating_System
6.5.0	O
is	O
forked	O
to	O
produce	O
BBX	B-Application
,	O
as	O
announced	O
on	O
October	O
18	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
previewed	O
,	O
named	O
"	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
10	I-Application
OS	O
"	O
on	O
May	O
1	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
PlayBook	I-Application
tablet	B-Device
computer	I-Device
designed	O
by	O
BlackBerry	O
uses	O
a	B-Application
version	I-Application
of	I-Application
QNX	I-Application
as	O
the	O
primary	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
10	I-Application
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
is	O
also	O
based	O
on	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
QNX	B-Operating_System
is	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
car	O
infotainment	O
systems	O
with	O
many	O
major	O
car	O
makers	O
offering	O
variants	O
that	O
include	O
an	O
embedded	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
supported	O
by	O
popular	O
SSL/TLS	B-Protocol
libraries	O
such	O
as	O
wolfSSL	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
recent	O
years	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
has	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
automated	O
drive	O
or	O
ADAS	O
systems	O
for	O
automotive	O
projects	O
that	O
require	O
a	O
functional	O
safety	O
certification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QNX	B-Operating_System
provides	O
this	O
with	O
its	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
OS	O
for	O
Safety	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QNX	B-Operating_System
Neutrino	I-Operating_System
(	O
2001	O
)	O
has	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
platforms	O
and	O
now	O
runs	O
on	O
practically	O
any	O
modern	O
central	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
unit	I-General_Concept
(	O
CPU	O
)	O
family	O
that	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
embedded	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
includes	O
the	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
,	O
x86	B-Operating_System
,	O
MIPS	B-Device
,	O
SH-4	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
closely	O
interrelated	O
of	O
ARM	B-Architecture
,	O
StrongARM	B-Device
,	O
and	O
XScale	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
QNX	B-Operating_System
offers	O
a	O
license	O
for	O
noncommercial	O
and	O
academic	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenQNX	O
is	O
a	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
Community	O
Portal	O
established	O
and	O
run	O
independently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Foundry27	O
is	O
a	O
web-based	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
community	O
established	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
serves	O
as	O
a	O
hub	O
to	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
Neutrino	I-Operating_System
development	O
where	O
developers	O
can	O
register	O
,	O
choose	O
the	O
license	O
,	O
and	O
get	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
and	O
related	O
toolkit	O
of	O
the	O
RTOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
