Accelerated Technology's Nucleus EDGE Becomes the First Commercial Embedded Software Solution to Fully Support Xilinx FPGA Processors
BOSTON—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Sept. 12, 2005—
Accelerated Technology, a Mentor Graphics division
(Nasdaq:MENT), today announced that its Eclipse-powered Nucleus(R)
EDGE software development environment is now available for the
MicroBlaze(TM) 32-bit soft processor core and the PowerPC(TM) based
processors from Xilinx(R), Inc. The software is the first commercially
available, combined integrated development environment (IDE) and
debugging solution that fully supports both processors individually
and simultaneously, with seamless integration into the Xilinx Platform
Studio(TM) (XPS).
The Nucleus EDGE software gives field programmable gate array
(FPGA) developers an entirely integrated embedded development
environment, including an IDE, compiler, debugger and system profiler,
with which to create products from concept to deployment. The software
also provides developers with full build and debug support for
heterogeneous multiprocessor designs, including synchronous control of
all of the cores in the system (depending on hardware configuration).
"We are very excited about this opportunity to work with
Accelerated Technology," said Milan Saini, technical marketing manager
of the Alliance Marketing Program at Xilinx. "With the addition of the
Nucleus EDGE development tools to the Xilinx ecosystem, our FPGA-based
embedded processor developers now have access to a unique and
differentiated environment that is among the leading solutions in its
space."
Building upon the integration of the Nucleus Real-Time Operating
System (RTOS) into the Xilinx design flow, the Nucleus EDGE software
also plugs into the Xilinx Platform Studio (XPS) using the power of
the Eclipse framework, shared by both environments. This allows the
developer to stay within the Xilinx tool flow for the entire design
process, including automatic generation of the Nucleus RTOS and
middleware when changes are made in the Xilinx FPGA, and then an easy
change from build to debug to profile perspectives from XPS.
"Using microprocessors in FPGAs is becoming much more common, but
some of the software requirements are very different from the
traditional CPU world," said Robert Day, director of marketing,
Accelerated Technology Division, Mentor Graphics. "The integration of
the Nucleus EDGE software with Xilinx's Platform Studio allows for
seamless development and configuration of both application and system
software to match the ease of developing FPGA-based hardware."
Pricing and Availability
Licenses for the complete Nucleus EDGE development suite 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 over
$700 million and employs approximately 3,900 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, a division of Mentor Graphics Corporation,
is located in Mobile, Alabama and has engineering sites, sales offices
and distributors worldwide. As a leading provider of royalty-free,
embedded real-time operating system (RTOS) software, Accelerated
Technology helps developers accelerate product time-to-market in a
wide range of embedded device applications. Its comprehensive Nucleus
RTOS includes a high-level design UML suite, graphical prototyping
tools, kernels, middleware and Eclipse-based development tools. For
more information, please visit www.acceleratedtechnology.com or e-mail
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
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Mentor Graphics
Sonia Harrison, 503-685-1165
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