We are delighted to reflect on a truly engaging and successful two-day training event held on 4-5 November in Toulouse, organised by Rapita Systems. SYSGO was invited to join as a supporting partner — and it proved to be a fantastic opportunity to bring together people, knowledge and practical experience around multi-core avionics certification.

Highlights of the Event

Over the course of the training – covering the key challenges of multi-core systems under DO‑178C plus AMC 20‑193/CAST‑32A – participants were immersed in sessions such as:

1. “The multi-core challenge” and concepts/terminology around multi-core interference
2. “Identifying and quantifying multi-core interference” and how to integrate AC 20-193/AMC 20-193 evidence into a DO-178C workflow
3. Practical topics like “Selecting hardware and RTOS”, “Interference channel testing”, “Worst-case execution time (WCET) determination”

From the SYSGO side we contributed insights around our embedded software solutions — the real-time operating system and hypervisor PikeOS — especially where multi-core safety-critical applications and partitioning are concerned. (As noted by Rapita: “SYSGO's Field Application Engineer and Solutions Architect at SYSGO brings extensive expertise in embedded systems and real-time operating systems.”)

Why it worked so well

Excellent partnership: Working with Rapita Systems, who are leading experts in multi-core verification tools and training, enabled us to combine complementary strengths — their deep avionics verification & certification expertise, and our embedded RTOS/hypervisor and safety-critical software know-how.

Meaningful knowledge exchange: Attendees came from a wide cross-section of the aerospace industry, bringing real project challenges. This created dynamic discussions and practical Q&A that enhanced the learning for everyone.

Relevance and immediacy: The training didn’t stay at a purely theoretical level — it was very applied (tools, methods, evidence, workflows) and thus directly relevant to current and upcoming multi-core avionics projects.

Growing demand: As multi-core architectures become more prevalent in safety-critical systems, the need for robust certification and understanding of interference, timing, partitioning, WCET and related topics is rising — this training addressed those key pain points head-on.

What SYSGO offers you

At SYSGO we are committed to supporting customers in aerospace, automotive, railway and IIoT industries with robust embedded software solutions. We were the first company worldwide to achieve SIL 4 for our multi-core-capable RTOS/hypervisor PikeOS, and we have over three decades of experience supporting safety-critical applications.

Whether you’re embarking on a multi-core DO-178C/ED-12C project, looking at partitioning architectures, or integrating RTOS/hypervisor platforms into your certification workflow — we can help. From training and consultancy to embedded software platforms and hypervisors, our team stands ready.

Invitation

If you missed the Toulouse event but are interested in multi-core avionics certification, embedded RTOS/hypervisor platforms or the broader topic of safety-certifiable multi-core development, we’d love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact us at Rapita Systems and SYSGO — we can schedule a chat, present our solutions, explore your challenges and discuss how we can support your goals. Also new training dates for 2026 will launched soon, so stay tuned!

Thank you to all participants, to Rapita Systems for the great organization, and to everyone who made the training such an enriching experience.

We look forward to the next opportunity to join forces and continue advancing multi-core certification competence together!

Partner Knowledge

Download our joint whitepaper “Developing DO-178C and ED-12C-certifiable Multi-Core Software” to learn more!

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