Accelerated Technology Builds on Its Success in the Cellular Phone Market by Becoming a Member of the Renesas Technology's SH-Mobile Consortium
MOBILE, Ala.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Feb. 24, 2004—
Accelerated Technology(R), the Embedded Systems Division
of Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT), today announced it has
joined the Renesas Technology's SH-Mobile Consortium to serve as one
of the first commercial real-time operating system (RTOS) members
helping to promote the development of mobile phone solutions. The
SH-Mobile Consortium is a membership program, with the SH-Mobile
platform at its core, in which partners collaborate to seek out and
create system solutions for developers of cellular phone applications.
The Nucleus(R) PLUS real-time kernel is one of the most widely
deployed commercial kernels in the cellular phone market. In 2003, the
Nucleus PLUS kernel had more than 40 design wins in cellular phone
applications alone. From a technical standpoint, the Nucleus PLUS
kernel is ideal for these applications because it is fast, flexible,
has a small memory footprint and comes with a comprehensive suite of
middleware. The royalty-free business model for both RTOS and
middleware is an ideal fit for the high-production volumes associated
with wireless handsets.
Accelerated Technology has supported the SH series of processors
with its Nucleus RTOS for many years. In addition to the Nucleus PLUS
kernel, there are a number of Nucleus middleware components that are
tightly integrated to support the SH processor family including a
networking suite, file management software, graphical user interface
package and Web-accessing software. With such a rich product portfolio
and proven success in the fast-growing cellular market, Accelerated
Technology is positioned to provide customers with a solid development
environment for building next-generation wireless designs.
"As a member of the SH-Mobile Consortium, Accelerated Technology
will help us in our goal to provide support for the hardware, software
and mobile phone terminal developers to support the growing SH-Mobile
ecosystem," said Ikuya Kawasaki, department manager of SOC Design
Dept.6, SOC Div., MCU&SOC Business Unit at Renesas Technology.
"We are pleased to accept Renesas' invitation to join the
SH-Mobile Consortium," said Robert Day, director of marketing, Mentor
Graphics Embedded Systems Division. "Our membership shows our
commitment to providing embedded developers a complete and competitive
RTOS solution for wireless platforms."
Pricing and Availability
The Nucleus embedded software is sold with source code and without
royalty fees. Licenses for the Nucleus software begin at $12,495 US.
For more information, please contact Accelerated Technology at
800-468-6853 or info@acceleratedtechnology.com.
SH-Mobile Consortium Web page:
www.renesas.com/eng/products/mpumcu/shmobile/consortium/index.html
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT) is a world leader in
electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products,
consulting services and award-winning support for the world's most
successful electronics and semiconductor companies. Established in
1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of about
$675 million and employs approximately 3,700 people worldwide.
Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road,
Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777; Silicon Valley headquarters are
located at 1001 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose, California 95131-2314.
World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/.
Accelerated Technology, Embedded Systems Division of Mentor
Graphics Corporation, is located in Mobile, Alabama with sales offices
and distributors worldwide. By providing embedded systems developers
with a focus on service, well-documented source code and
industry-leading non-royalty-based Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
software, AT's RTOS software shortens time-to-market and provides a
complete solution for engineers. For more information, please visit
www.acceleratedtechnology.com or email us at
info@acceleratedtechnology.com.
Mentor Graphics, Accelerated Technology and Nucleus are registered
trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or
product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their
respective owners.
Contact:
Mentor Graphics/Accelerated Technology
Jennifer Tanveer, 251-208-3400 ext. 3415
jennifer_tanveer@mentor.com
or
Mentor Graphics
Suzanne Graham, 503-685-7789
suzanne_graham@mentor.com
