Accelerated Technology's Nucleus EDGE Next Generation Development Environment Ushers In New Era of Eclipse Platform Use
MOBILE, Ala.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Sept. 6, 2004—
Accelerated Technology(R), the Embedded Systems Division
of Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT), today announced its
Nucleus(R) EDGE software development environment based on Eclipse, the
open platform rapidly emerging as a standard for the embedded systems
industry. The Nucleus EDGE software provides developers with a new,
advanced embedded tool suite under Eclipse, that allows them to build,
compile, debug and deploy their embedded applications more quickly and
easily.
Comprising years of technology development, the Nucleus EDGE
environment provides a suite of plug-ins to Eclipse. The Nucleus EDGE
environment gives embedded developers tighter tool integration, total
control over the quality and stability of their applications, full
control of release cycles, shorter learning curves and a common
platform with desktop tools.
The Nucleus EDGE software contains an advanced project manager,
complete with an editor and builder, that helps users automate their
build process. Developers can now set up one or more build
environments by specifying the compiler and build options, giving
total control over multiple projects and allowing for quick and easy
revisions of their embedded systems.
Accelerated Technology has incorporated the best features of both
the XRAY Debugger and the code/lab(R) Debug software to create a
powerful new debugging tool in the Nucleus EDGE software environment.
Adhering to the Eclipse debug paradigm, and hence offering ultimate
openness, the Nucleus EDGE software provides a number of debugging
environments. For example, using host-based debugging, software
developers can experiment by running an application on the host
machine before the final hardware is available or even decided upon.
This allows the software developer to start coding earlier in the
development cycle. Instruction set simulation and on-chip debugging
via JTAG then allows users to run their "real" optimized embedded code
from the same environment.
The Nucleus EDGE software also provides all the basic execution
and memory control, plus advanced debugging features such as run-mode
debug and kernel awareness when using a real-time operating system
(RTOS). It also provides real-time trace, profiling, performance
analysis, and code coverage for doing sophisticated code analysis.
Additionally, the Nucleus EDGE software offers embedded developers
true multi-core debugging, allowing them to fully debug their complete
embedded system, whether small or complex.
"Embedded developers are quickly embracing Eclipse as the open
platform of choice," said Robert Day, director of marketing,
Accelerated Technology Division, Mentor Graphics. "The use of Eclipse
with the advanced Nucleus EDGE software environment provides the best
in terms of embedded technology, support and flexibility for our
customers and the growing embedded market."
"Standards efforts improve opportunities for all market
participants and create more avenues for growth. The availability of
products written to published specifications will undoubtedly help to
increase adoption rates and ease the application development and
integration process," said Daya Nadamuni, principal analyst, Gartner,
Inc. "Open source development environments such as Eclipse, provide a
necessary framework for embedded software tools which allow developers
to invoke necessary tools within a unified environment, and to become
more productive in the process."
The first release of the Nucleus EDGE software is for the ARM7,
ARM9 and XScale processor cores on Windows. The Nucleus EDGE software
initially supports the ARM GNU, RedHat GNU and ARM RealView C and C++
compilers. MinGW, a compiler for Windows, is also provided for use
with the host-based debugging feature, giving basic prototyping of
applications on Windows.
Pricing and Availability
The Nucleus embedded software is sold in source code format and
without royalty fees. Licenses for the Nucleus EDGE software begin at
U.S. $3,000 per seat. 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 3,800 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, the 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 including modeling software, prototyping tools, kernels,
middleware and development tools. AT's suite of products shorten
time-to-market and provide a complete solution for engineers. For more
information, please visit www.acceleratedtechnology.com or email us at
info@acceleratedtechnology.com.
Mentor Graphics, Accelerated Technology, code/lab, 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.
Note to Editors: In the product name code/lab, the forward slash
should be a pipe symbol.
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
