Company Set to Address Growing Demand for VxWorks/x86 Embedded Systems

San Diego, CA, November 23, 2009 — Aonix®, a provider of solutions for safety and mission-critical applications, today announced the release of ObjectAda^® Real-Time 8.4 for Windows, targeting Intel x86 architecture embedded and real-time systems running the Wind River VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS). Following the release of ObjectAda Real-Time for VxWorks targeting PowerPC architectures earlier this year, this is the second ObjectAda Real-Time release supporting full Ada tasking atop VxWorks via Real-Time Processes (RTP).

ObjectAda Real-Time for Windows x Intel/VxWorks consists of a fully compliant ACATS 2.5 Ada 95 compiler plus supporting tools. It is compatible with Wind River’s VxWorks environment, which comprises the VxWorks operating system and the VxWorks cross development toolset. ObjectAda for VxWorks leverages Wind River Workbench, an Eclipse-based development environment providing developers access to the broad range of tools available through the Eclipse framework. Users also have the option to utilize ObjectAda’s standard graphical or command-line interface. The ObjectAda compilation system is comprised of an integrated language-sensitive editor, source-code browser, compiler with industry-leading compilation speed, debugger and full library manager.

ObjectAda VxWorks provides runtime library support for execution of Ada on Intel Pentium targets via Wind River-supplied board support packages (BSPs), or for execution without target hardware via VxSim, a target simulation facility supplied in the VxWorks distribution. VxSim users can perform initial application execution and testing direct from the Intel/Windows host development platform.

“Aonix has provided Ada development and compilation tools for x86 chips for years,” commented Gary Cato, Aonix director of marketing. “This ObjectAda product is the first support we’ve offered for VxWorks/Intel targets and is a welcome addition to the ObjectAda embedded, real-time and safety-critical line of products. With this product introduction, Aonix now provides ObjectAda products for the full spectrum of Wind River RTOS products and enhances our ability as a Wind River Strategic Software Partner to provide additional platform options for our customers.”

About the ObjectAda Family 
ObjectAda is an extensive family of native and cross development tools and runtime environments. ObjectAda native products provide host development and execution support for the most popular environments including Windows, Linux and various UNIX operating systems. ObjectAda Real-Time products provide cross development tools on Windows, Linux or UNIX systems which target PowerPC and Intel target processors running in a full Ada “bare” runtime or in conjunction with popular RTOSs. ObjectAda RAVEN® products provide a hard real-time Ada runtime to address those systems requiring certification to the highest levels of safety standards such as DO-178B Level A for flight safety. 

Availability

ObjectAda Real-Time targeting the Intel x86 architecture running Wind Rivers’ VxWorks is immediately available. Read more about ObjectAda Real-Time products.

About Aonix®

Aonix offers mission- and safety-critical solutions primarily to the military and aerospace, telecommunications and transportation industries. Aonix delivers the leading highly reliable, real-time embedded virtual machine solution for running Java™ programs deployed today and has the largest number of certified Ada applications at the highest level of criticality. Headquartered in San Diego, CA and Paris, France, Aonix operates sales offices throughout North America and Europe in addition to offering a network of international distributors. For more information, visit www.aonix.com.

Technical User Presentations Explore Virtual Platforms, Power Analysis, SoC Modeling and More

WHO: The Open SystemC Initiative (OSCI), an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and advancing SystemC™ as an industry-standard language for electronic system-level (ESL) design, announced the European SystemC User Group (ESCUG) will host its twentieth meeting Dec. 1, 2009 in Grenoble, France. For the first time, the meeting will be co-located with IP-ESC 2009, a technical conference focused on intellectual property (IP) based system-on-chip (SoC) design.   Event registration as well as a full agenda for ESCUG is available at www.systemc.org.

WHAT/WHEN/WHERE:
ESCUG 20 Meeting
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009, 15:30 – 18:30
World Trade Center, Grenoble, France
Room Makalu
Registration and agenda: http://www.systemc.org/news/events/

Co-located with the IP-ESC Conference 2009: http://www.design-reuse.com/ipesc09/

AGENDA:

15:30    Opening Remarks
   Stefan Laemmermann, University of Tuebingen, DE

15:35     OSCI Forum
   OSCI General Update
   Markus Willems, OSCI, DE
   Configuration, Control and Inspection Working Group Update
   Markus Willems, OSCI, DE

16:00     SystemC User’s Forum
   HW/SW CoDesign Experiences Based on a Virtual Platform of FPGA Systems
   Guy Bois, Cofounder Space Codesign Systems, CA
   Virtual Prototyping with SystemC from a User’s Perspective
   Volkan Esen, Infineon, DE
   SoC Modeling Abstraction Levels
   Puneet Arora, CircuitSutra, IN

17:05     Break with Refreshments

17:20     SystemC User’s Forum
   Accelerating USB 3.0 Software Development with Virtual Platforms
   Shortening USB 3.0 product development cycles using TLM-2.0 compliant transaction-level models
   Markus Willems, Synopsys, DE
   The Growing Modeling Requirements of the Aerospace Sector
   Mark Burton, Greensocs, U.K.
   Extension of SystemC Framework Towards Power Analysis: The PKtool Simulation Environment
   Giovanni Vece, Massimo Conti, University of Ancona, IT

18:30 pm   Close

WHY: SystemC continues to grow in importance for architectural exploration, performance analysis, building virtual platforms for software development, and functional verification.  User meetings strengthen OSCI’s mission and its dedication to providing mechanisms that allow collaboration and information exchange among members of the global ESL community.

SPONSORED BY: ARM, Cadence, CoWare, Doulos, Forte, Mentor Graphics, Synopsys, Virtutech, XtremeEDA

About SystemC and OSCI
The Open SystemC™ Initiative (OSCI) is an independent, not-for-profit association composed of a broad range of organizations dedicated to supporting and advancing SystemC as an open industry standard for system-level modeling, design and verification. SystemC is a language built in C++ that spans from concept to implementation in hardware and software. For further information about SystemC and OSCI visit www.systemc.org.