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SPOTLIGHT SELECTION

Tools

AdaCore

AdaCore Releases GNAT Pro High-Integrity Edition Version 6.3 For Wind River VxWorks MILS Platform

AdaCore's GNAT Pro High-Integrity Edition Version 6.3 is a complete security application development environment for EALs 1 through 7....

NEW YORK, PARIS and SAN JOSE, Calif., April 27, 2010 - Embedded Systems Conference – AdaCore, a leading supplier of Ada development tools and support services, today announced the first major release of its GNAT Pro High-Integrity Edition for MILS. The High-Integrity Edition for MILS (Multiple Independent Levels of Security) product is a specialized security application development environment supporting the creation and security certification of applications at the high end for EALs (Evaluation Assurance Levels) 5 through 7, as well as applications at the lower bounds for EALs 1 through 4. This product contains several specialized run-time libraries that support different levels of certification, specialized tools to support security certification, and, as an option, the SPARK language t...

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Date: April 29 2010

Industry News (Market)

AdaCore

Rockwell Collins Selects SPARK Pro for Security and Information Assurance

SPARK tools complement GNAT Pro for High Assurance Software projects ...

NEW YORK, PARIS and SAN JOSE, Calif., April 27, 2010 - Embedded Systems Conference - AdaCore, a leading supplier of Ada development tools and support services, today announced the selection of SPARK Pro by Rockwell Collins for use on selected projects that have stringent security and information assurance requirements. Rockwell Collins chose SPARK Pro for several reasons, including: • previous SPARK development experience where the use of SPARK clearly reduced defects, shortened integration time, and aided certification, • integrated SPARK toolset support provided in the GNATbench and GNAT Programming Studio (GPS) Interactive Development Environments (IDEs), • SPARK support access using AdaCore’s “GNAT Tracker” system, including direct access to the SPARK developers and experts at Alt...

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Date: April 29 2010

RTOS

Green Hills Software

Green Hills Software Delivers INTEGRITY® RTOS Multicore Support for OCTEON® Family of Microprocessors from Cavium Networks

Embedded Software Leader Supplies Proven RTOS and Industry Leading Tools for Intelligent Multicore Processors ...

Green Hills Software, Inc., the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, and Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, and the digital home, today announced the availability of Green Hills Software’s multicore development solutions for Cavium Networks’ OCTEON® family of multicore processors. Green Hills Software’s portfolio of optimized software solutions and comprehensive services for OCTEON’s cnMIPS64®-based architecture includes the certified safe and secure INTEGRITY® real-time operating system (RTOS), Green Hills Platform for Secure Networking, GateD® Layer 3 Routing Protocols, MULTI® integrated development environment (IDE), optimizing C/C++ compilers, and Green Hi...

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Date: April 29 2010

UK Embedded Masterclass

Engineers to Vote at UK Embedded Systems Event

In an effort to raise the standard of presentations at such events, the organisers have not only banned Power Point but have also offered a prize for...

At next week's Embedded Masterclass, engineers will be asked to vote for the best presentation. In an effort to raise the standard of presentations at such events, the organisers have not only banned Power Point but have also offered a prize for the best presentation. Now in its 10th year, the Embedded Masterclass offers presentations, half-day workshops and a vendor exhibition of tools, hardware and software for the development of microprocessor based systems. The Embedded Masterclass takes place near Cambridge on May 6th and at Reading on May 11th. www.embedded-masterclass.com "We really wanted to shake things up a bit," said Richard Blackburn, the organiser. "It's become too easy for presenters to turn up with pre-packed Power Point presentations with endless bullet points. This...

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Date: April 28 2010

Green Hills Software

Kongsberg Chooses INTEGRITY for Defense Systems

Green Hills Software RTOS & Toolchain selected for Joint Strike Missile...

Green Hills Software, Inc., the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, today announced that Kongsberg Defence Systems has selected Green Hills Software's INTEGRITY® real-time operating system (RTOS) and MULTI® integrated development environment for the Joint Strike Missile program. This development will additionally utilize the Green Hills Probe advanced hardware debugger and networking middleware. Kongsberg will use the INTEGRITY RTOS in multiple, multicore computers on the Joint Strike Missile (JSM), which is being developed initially for the Royal Norwegian Air Force. The JSM will be mounted externally or internally in the bomb bay of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. It is intended for anti-surface warfare and naval fire support missions over sea an...

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Date: April 27 2010

Industry News (Personnel)

Green Hills Software

Green Hills Software and Freescale Semiconductor Enter Into Multi-Year Strategic Alliance for Advanced Software Solutions

Embedded Leaders’ Collaboration Delivers Expanded Support for QorIQ™, PowerQUICC® and Power Architecture® Customers...

SAN JOSE, CA — April 26, 2010 — Embedded Systems Conference — Green Hills Software, Inc., the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, and Freescale Semiconductor, a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial and networking markets, today announced that they are entering into a multi-year strategic agreement to develop, co-market and deliver highly integrated, optimized single and multicore operating system and tools solutions targeting Freescale’s QorIQ™ and PowerQUICC® processor families. “This agreement sends a clear message to the market regarding our long-term commitment to provide broad support for current and future generations of Freescale products, aligning and optimizing the two companies’...

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Date:  April 26 2010

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