Accelerated Technology's New Nucleus Profiler Provides for Graphical Analysis of Embedded Applications.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Accelerated Technology(R), a Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics, Inc (NASDAQ: MENT) is a US-based multinational corporation dealing in electronic design automation (EDA) for electrical engineering and electronics, as of 2004, ranked third in the EDA industry it helped create. division (Nasdaq:MENT), today announced availability of the Nucleus(R) Profiler software, giving developers the ability to closely analyze the behavior of their embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. . Designed using the Eclipse framework, the Nucleus Profiler software is closely integrated with the Nucleus EDGE development environment, offering developers an advanced build, debug To correct a problem in hardware or software. Debugging software means locating the errors in the source code (the program logic). Debugging hardware means finding errors in the circuit design (logical circuits) or in the physical interconnections of the circuits. and analysis solution to create embedded applications more quickly and easily. A standard debugger with kernel awareness is a good tool for understanding an embedded system Any electronic system that uses a CPU chip, but that is not a general-purpose workstation, desktop or laptop computer. Such systems generally use microprocessors, or they may use custom-designed chips or both. . However, this particular view of an operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. (OS) only shows the system's current state and does not give users the ability to see the behavior of the system over time. The Nucleus Profiler software allows developers to see problems that are not revealed by a standard debugger. For example, a user can view the interactions of tasks within the system over a desired time period, making it easier to spot problems such as where a task is monopolizing the processor and preventing other critical tasks from executing. The Nucleus Profiler software captures and stores kernel as well as application-specific data that users decide to collect. This allows developers to analyze timing issues, logic flaws, memory problems and many other performance issues that they would otherwise be unable to monitor. Graphical presentation of events over time, CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. utilization by task, memory usage information, deterministic data collection on the target and exporting of the data in different formats are a few of the features found in the Nucleus Profiler software. "Only a tool such as the Nucleus Profiler software that tracks events and flow of execution in a system over time can provide insight into system issues like priority inversion (parallel) priority inversion - The state of a concurrent system where a high priority task is waiting for a low priority task which is waiting for a medium priority task. The system may become unstable and crash under these circumstances. , memory leaks, CPU usage and other complex behavioral problems faced by real-time developers," said Robert Day, director of marketing for Accelerated Technology, a Division of Mentor Graphics. "Add the close integration with other tools using the Eclipse framework and the embedded developer now has an enterprise quality solution." Pricing and Availability Licenses for the Nucleus Profiler software begin at U.S. $1,000 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 3,850 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 San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. 95131-2314. World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/. Accelerated Technology, a Mentor Graphics division, 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 (1) (RealTime Operating System) An operating system designed for use in a real time computer system. See real time system, embedded system, process control and OS-9. ) 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 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. |
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