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REDMOND, Wash., June 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Applied Microsystems Corp. (Applied) (Nasdaq: APMC) today announced expanded support for developers using VxWorks®, the widely used real-time operating system (RTOS) from Wind River Systems Inc. Applied's CodeTEST® and NetROM(TM) products have been integrated to form a communications gateway for developers analyzing and debugging software code in VxWorks-based embedded systems.

This combined tool set enables a host-to-target networked communications channel for developers whose systems do not have a useable communications port for debug and development. With Applied's tool set, users can debug and analyze high-end embedded systems over a high-speed communications channel while maintaining connection to the target -- throughout the entire development process.

Applied is the leading supplier offering visibility tools that integrate with Wind River's Tornado® IDE and a WindLink(TM) premier partner, making the CodeTEST/NetROM combination a critical tool set for developers using the VxWorks RTOS. CodeTEST offers software development teams gains in quality and productivity with software test and analysis methods that migrate through each stage of software development. NetROM accelerates the development cycle by linking the software analysis and debug tools via Ethernet connections and functioning as a communications gateway. The ability to construct a high-speed connection to the target, during the entire development and test process, results in a better quality product developed faster and a reduction in overall development costs.

``Until now, many developers using VxWorks-based targets have really had no way of maintaining a continuous and independent connection to the target while they debugged and analyzed the code,'' said Steve Dearden, Applied's vice president of marketing. ``With code quality demands growing and development time shrinking, a continuous real-time, high-speed connection to the target is essential for producing defect-free code quickly and cost effectively. NetROM provides that linkage and CodeTEST provides the measurement and visibility into the software application.''

``Applied's CodeTEST/NetROM solution ensures that developers can take advantage of a networked development environment, even if their design does not support a network connection,'' said Dave Sheaffer, senior director of marketing & business development for Wind River's Platforms business unit. ``Designers who use our market-leading RTOS to develop service-critical Internet, defense and aerospace and high-speed networking equipment will greatly benefit from the combined CodeTEST/NetROM integration.''

Pricing & Availability

NetROM and CodeTEST with virtual Ethernet integration for VxWorks is available immediately through Wind River and Applied Microsystems.

About CodeTEST

CodeTEST is a member of Applied's CodeOPTIX family of high-level software visibility tools. CodeTEST offers software development teams much-needed gains in quality and productivity with software test and analysis methods that migrate through each stage of software development. With common file formats for native, software and hardware test and analysis, CodeTEST becomes the basis for a coherent, integrated test methodology.

The CodeOPTIX family now includes three new CodeTEST products: CodeTEST Native(TM), CodeTEST Software-In-Circuit(TM), and CodeTEST Hardware-In-Circuit(TM). Each can be used throughout the embedded software lifecycle for development, debugging and testing.

About NetROM

NetROM is a flexible platform that combines high-speed target communications and debugging capabilities -- and accelerates the development cycle by providing a conduit for faster downloads and remote target control over a network. With it, source-level debugging can be performed from any workstation over the network using a simple memory connection to the target.

About Applied Microsystems

Applied Microsystems is the leading provider of innovative technologies and software development tools that expedite complex software projects for OEM customers in the high-speed networking, games and other markets.

Applied offers sophisticated tools for software verification, application testing and debugging. Tools such as CodeTEST®, LiveCODE(TM), NetROM(TM), CodeTAP(TM), and SuperTAP(TM) ensure timely delivery, high quality of service and device reliability for their customers' products.

The company can be reached at P.O. Box 97002, Redmond, Wash. 98073-9702; by phone at 800-426-3925; or by e-mail at info@amc.com. Visit Applied on the Web at www.amc.com.

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     Geoff Kann                              Alice Gannon-McKinley
     McClenahan Bruer Communications         Applied Microsystems Corporation
     503-546-1000                            425-882-5233
     geoff@mcbru.com                         aliceg@amc.com