conga-zones

Consolidate multiple applications on one hardware platform

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Hypervisor for real-time and general-purpose applications
Lower costs through hardware consolidation
Reduced development effort
Smaller designs with lower power consumption
Hard real-time determinism and temporal isolation
Flexible and secure system partitioning
Easy installation and configuration

Technical Details

Specification

conga-zones is a hypervisor for x86 systems that enables real-time and general-purpose applications to run side by side on a single platform. It ensures hard real-time determinism and full temporal isolation for time-critical applications while supporting widely used operating systems and RTOSs, allowing developers to continue using their existing drivers and development tools. Flexible resource allocation enables PCI device passthrough and the assignment of individual disk partitions and USB ports to separate zones. A single hypervisor binary scales from low-power processors to high-performance servers, with fast installation and straightforward text-based configuration. This enables greater design flexibility, increased system functionality, faster time to market, and lower overall system costs.

conga-zones supports Intel- and AMD-based platforms across our entire Computer-on-Module portfolio, from low-power modules to high-performance Server-on-Modules.

Supported Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows
VxWorks
XENOMAI

TenAsys Intime distributed RTOS
RTOS-32
QNX Neutrino

Ubuntu
Debian
Real-time Linux

Use Case Examples

Data Acquisition	Smart Energy Grid	Industrial Controller	Medical Devices
Real-time data acquisition and processing for test and measurement equipment in production, quality assurance, and scientific applications.	Reliable monitoring and control of electricity distribution across smart energy networks.	Run real-time machine control alongside monitoring, visualization, and other applications on a single platform.	Combine device control, data processing, user interfaces, and visualization in medical equipment such as ultrasound and MRI systems.

Technical Details

Real-Time Performance	Compatibility & Flexibility	Deployment & Scalability
Simultaneous operation of real-time and general-purpose software Hard real-time determinism and temporal isolation of real-time software Implementation of Intel Time-Coordinated Computing (TCC)	Support for all major standard and real-time operating systems (RTOS) Use of existing device drivers and development tools PCI device pass-through by default Shared access to mass storage (partition-based) and USB (port-based)	One binary for all x86 platforms, scaling from low-power processors to high-end servers Quick and easy installation Simple text-based configuration

Real-Time Performance

Compatibility & Flexibility

Deployment & Scalability

Simultaneous operation of real-time and general-purpose software
Hard real-time determinism and temporal isolation of real-time software
Implementation of Intel Time-Coordinated Computing (TCC)

Support for all major standard and real-time operating systems (RTOS)
Use of existing device drivers and development tools
PCI device pass-through by default
Shared access to mass storage (partition-based) and USB (port-based)

One binary for all x86 platforms, scaling from low-power processors to high-end servers
Quick and easy installation
Simple text-based configuration

Documents

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Data Sheet: conga-zones Hypervisor Factsheet 04.03.2026
Document: conga-zones_infographic.pdf 04.03.2026