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Hardware virtualization against component shortage
At the moment, it is not necessarily easy to find automation devices. TTTech is therefore promoting its approach of an industrial edge computing platform at the trade fair.
Elisabeth Meisel emphasizes the advantages of this hardware virtualization: "The virtualization of programs offers machine builders more flexibility.
© TTTech IndustrialMany manufacturers also supply industrial PCs with their machines, which are equipped with programs for monitoring, analysis and visualization. Current emergency: Due to a shortage of electronic components, companies' delivery dates are affected by delivery bottlenecks for IPCs. Although not actually intended for this emergency, hardware virtualization can be used to counteract this. The edge hosting module of the Nerve edge computing platform allows hardware to be virtualized and several virtual machines to be operated simultaneously on one physical computer. The x:1 mapping saves costs by running multiple applications on a standard IPC at the same time and offers machine builders and factory operators greater flexibility when offering or using different services with their machines.
Elisabeth Meisel, Manager Sales Industrial IoT at TTTech Industrial Automation, emphasizes the advantages of this hardware virtualization: "The virtualization of programs offers machine builders more flexibility. For example, our customer Andritz uses a standard IPC to run three different applications: a Linux virtual machine for an integrated firewall, a Windows virtual machine for legacy IIoT software and a Docker container for new IIoT software. This allows Andritz to reduce costs, simplify system integration and device management, and migrate legacy software as virtual machines."
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