Embedded systems become increasingly hardware-intensive — and that’s a problem. Every time new hardware is bolted on, it brings extra costs, more points of failure, greater maintenance complexity, and a more difficult path for future upgrades.
Virtualization and hypervisors offer a way out. By replacing physically separate platforms with virtual machines (VMs), multiple subsystems can be combined into a single hardware platform — a technique known as workload consolidation.
That approach solves many of the challenges posed by fragmented hardware. And now, with platforms that pre-integrate industrial-grade virtualization with embedded hardware, adoption is easier than ever.
This three-part series dives into the challenges and solutions for implementing virtualization and optimizing workload consolidation.
Coming soon is Part 3 of the series, "How to Simplify Embedded Virtualization with Pre-Integrated Stacks."
About the Author
Andreas Bergbauer
Manager Solution Management, congatec
Andreas Bergbauer is Manager Solution Management at congatec. He has over 15 years of professional experience in product management, IT project management, and software development. After graduating with a degree in Business Informatics from Deggendorf Institute of Technology, he held leadership positions at msg and ConVista. With his expertise in product strategy and technological innovation management, he’s now involved in developing application-ready solution platforms in embedded computing.