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Migrating to Intel® Architecture

Intel® architecture provides many benefits for embedded applications. Start benefiting from migrating to Intel architecture including reduced cost, increased performance, and a standardized IT environment. Intel® Embedded Design Center provides the resources you need to smooth your transition.

SPARC* to Intel Architecture

Learn how migrating your servers and blades from SPARC* to Intel® architecture can boost performance and help you reduce costs.

PowerPC* to Intel Architecture

Get started on the Intel architecture roadmap. Use our online resources to migrate your embedded applications from PowerPC*.

+ New to embedded Intel® architecture?

If you need to add performance, functionality and connectivity to your embedded designs check out the advantages of Intel® architecture. If you are already familiar with Intel architecture, the Step-by-Step section of Intel® Embedded Design Center guides you through every stage of the design process. Go to Evaluate, Design or Build.

+ Migration guides and FAQs

+ Recommended videos


Introduction to Intel® Architecture 

This audio-enabled presentation provides an architectural overview of Intel products, system initialization and BIOS, and a summary of available development tools.

Duration: 3:17     Views: 1,169    

TechTalk Video: Asynchronous Multi-Processing (AMP) Phase II Demonstration  

This video provides introduction to Wind River VxWorks* unsupervised Asynchronous Multi-Processing (AMP) solutions for Intel® architecture.

Duration: 4:45     Views: 555    

Tools For Moving AltiVec* DSP Applications to Intel® Processors - Audio Enabled Presentation 

Audio enabled presentation introduces N.A. Software AltiVec* SIMD macros translator software. Software is provided ‘as is.’ Intel does not provide support. Support provided from N.A. Software.

Duration: 55:37     Views: 384    

Migrating to Multi-Core: Delivering Multi-Core Solutions for Embedded and Communications Applications  

This course provides an overview of the foundational concepts of multi-core systems.

Duration: 43:36     Views: 54    

Verisign* Customer Testimonial Video    

A discussion with John Bosco, principal engineer at Verisign Corporation*, about how the company made the decision to move from a proprietary RISC-based solution to Intel® architecture.

Duration: 2:33     Views: 4    

+ Recommended white papers

White Paper: Ensuring Development Success by Understanding and Analyzing Assembly Language 

Assembly language for debugging or performance tuning embedded applications including an example how analysis of the assembly language leads to tuning improvements to the original source code.

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White Paper: Technical Guide to Porting to Solaris*  

This migration guide discusses the process for porting C/C++ applications running on the Sun* Solaris* operating system (OS) from SPARC* platforms to Intel® architecture platforms.

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White Paper: Stopping Illegal Mobile Phone Usage with the Latest High-Performance Servers  

Synapse Mobile Networks* ported its EIR application to an Intel® architecture-based platform running the Sun Solaris* operating system.

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White Paper: Improving the User Experience and Reducing Customer Care Costs via Mobile Device Management  

Synapse Mobile Networks*ported its Active Device Management System* application to an Intel® architecture-based 64-bit server platform.

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White Paper: Alinean* Mainframe Migration to Intel TCO  

This whitepaper provides examples of the TCO benefits of migrating from mainframes to Intel based platform architectures.

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