Accelerated Technology Offers Complete Nucleus Development Environment for Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGAs
SAN FRANCISCO—(BUSINESS WIRE)—March 30, 2004—
Accelerated Technology(R), the Embedded Systems Division
of Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced support for the hard
PowerPC core embedded in Xilinx Virtex-II Pro(TM) field-programmable
gate arrays (FPGAs) with the release of the Nucleus(R) Real-Time
Operating System (RTOS), Microtec(R) C and C++ compilation tools and
the XRAY(R) Debugger. Virtex-II Pro developers in the automotive,
network infrastructure, storage area networks (SAN), telecom, medical
and military/aerospace markets now have access to a complete family of
software products from which to build embedded applications that need
digital signal processing (DSP), high-speed serial connectivity and
embedded processing.
Attendees of Embedded Systems Conference in San Francisco can see
a live demonstration of the Nucleus software and the Virtex-II Pro
FPGA solution beginning March 30th by visiting the Accelerated
Technology booth #1614.
The Nucleus RTOS from Accelerated Technology (AT) is highly
optimized to provide the most efficient foundation for an embedded
application. A widely implemented RTOS, the Nucleus software provides
a complete family of embedded products fully scalable to the
customer's needs. The Nucleus RTOS now available for the PowerPC core
in the Virtex-II Pro FPGA provides access to embedded designers who
have standardized on the Nucleus RTOS while accelerating the adoption
of a high-performance and cost effective programmable embedded
solution.
Virtex-II Pro FPGA developers can enhance their embedded
application by using a range of Nucleus products including the Nucleus
NET TCP/IP networking suite, the Nucleus FILE file management system
and the Nucleus WebServ embedded Web server software. The XRAY
debugger provides powerful debugging capabilities and comes with a
consistent feature-set and user interface for all popular development
hosts. Adding the Microtec(R) cross-compiler, assembler and linker
complete the solution supporting embedded applications that use the
PowerPC core in the Virtex-II Pro FPGA.
"Xilinx's FPGA and development tool technology leadership has
enabled us to deliver a unique combination of advanced features,
density, performance and cost-effectiveness to embedded developers,"
said Jerry Banks, director of Global Alliances for Xilinx. "This
combined with Accelerated Technology's Nucleus RTOS support for both
the MicroBlaze soft processor and now the hard PowerPC core embedded
in the Virtex-II Pro FPGA gives customers access to industry leading
solutions for a wide range of applications."
"This latest release adds to the already present Nucleus support
for the MicroBlaze architecture from Xilinx. Now any developers using
a processor-based Xilinx FPGA can take advantage of the popular
Nucleus RTOS and its wide range of middleware," said Robert Day,
director of marketing, Mentor Graphics Embedded Systems Division.
Xilinx Virtex-II Pro and Virtex-II Pro X(TM) FPGAs are the world's
first and only FPGAs to offer integrated PowerPC embedded technology
along with the high-speed serial transceivers supporting speeds
between 622 Mbps to 10.3125 Gbps. The Nucleus RTOS has been validated
on the Memec Virtex-II Pro development board.
Pricing and Availability
Available now, licenses for the Nucleus software start at U.S.
$12,495. Licenses for the XRAY Debugger start at $2,495 and licenses
for the Microtec compiler begin at $2,400. For more information,
please contact Accelerated Technology at 800-468-6853 or
info@acceleratedtechnology.com.
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, XRAY, Nucleus and
Microtec 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
