VaST Systems Technology and Gaia System Solutions Announce Initiative in Japan for Development of Automotive Electronics Using VaST Virtual System Prototyping Solutions
V-ECU Club includes Toyotsu Electronics, Toyota Techno Service Corporation
and Fujitsu TEN
SUNNYVALE, California, November 28, 2005 -- VaST Systems Technology
Corporation, the embedded systems design automation company, today
announced formation of The V-ECU (virtual electronic control unit) Club, a
group of companies investing in virtual platforms for development of
integrated electronics for the automotive industry. Members include
Toyotsu Electronics, Toyota Techno Service Corporation, and Fujitsu TEN,
along with VaST Systems Technology Corporations (VaST) and Gaia System
Solutions.
VaST supplies the tools and models used by The V-ECU club for its virtual
ECU solutions. Gaia System Solutions sells and supports VaST's solutions
in Japan.
Industry research shows a sharp rise in the electronics content of
automobiles, with complexity rising proportionately. Today's high-end
automobiles have up to 70 ECUs connected by an average of five buses under
the control of millions of lines of software interacting in real time. As
BMW reported at the January 2004 Automotive Electronics Conference in San
Diego, California, 50-70% of the development cost of an ECU is related to
software and already 40% of a vehicle's cost is determined by electronics
and software. These industry trends are driven by competitive forces that
mandate improvements in vehicle drivability, emissions, fuel economy,
safety, quality, and infotainment systems--all made economically feasible
by the enormous computational power of embedded systems.
"VaST and Gaia are committed to providing strong technical support to
improve the cost-effective development and networking of ECUs for the
automotive industry in Japan," said Alain Labat, VaST's CEO and president.
"VaST is supplying the technology through its Japan distributor, Gaia
System Solutions, and The V-ECU Club is providing special pricing to car
makers and their suppliers. Our close working relationship with Gaia and
the Japanese automotive industry also will give VaST valuable feedback for
on-going product development."
VaST's CoMETTM and Meteor tools, coupled with VaST fast and accurate
models, provide an environment for the concurrent design of hardware and
software for embedded systems and system-on-chip (SoC). With VaST
solutions, customers can design, simulate, analyze, and optimize complex
embedded systems as well as quantitatively evaluate performance while
running real software applications. VaST technology is in use in over 30
companies worldwide in the semiconductor, automotive electronics, wireless
devices, and consumer electronics industries. Users include Infineon,
Agere, and Toshiba.
About VaST
VaST Systems Technology Corporation provides tools and models for embedded
system design automation. VaST's solutions enable architectural
exploration and optimization, allowing users to create a virtual system
prototype in software that becomes the golden reference model for the true
concurrent development of hardware and software. VaST's solutions deliver
both high speed and cycle accuracy under actual real-time software loads.
VaST's products dramatically improve time to market and quality, and
reduce development costs and risk.
Current customers include worldwide leaders in semiconductors,
automotive electronics, wireless devices, and consumer electronics. VaST
is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with sales and support offices
worldwide. For more information, visit www.vastsystems.com.
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Media Contacts:
VaST in Japan:
Koji Asari
phone: +81-3-5421-0051
e-mail: k.asari@vastsystems.com
Gaia System Solutions:
Misa Shimazaki
phone: +81-3-3443-9720
e-mail: Email Contact
VaST in the USA:
Linda Marchant, Cayenne Communication
phone: 919-451-0776
e-mail: Email Contact
VaST in Europe:
Peter van der Sluijs, Neesham Public Relations
phone: +44 1442879222
e-mail: peterv@neesham.co.uk
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