Accelerated Technology Extends Help to Smartphone Developers by Offering XRAY Debugger Support for Symbian OS.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MOBILE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 2003 Accelerated Technology(R), the 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. Division of 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. Corporation, today addressed the complex needs of the cellular market by announcing a new version of the XRAY(R) debugger for Symbian OS An open standard operating system for data-enabled mobile phones (smartphones) from Symbian Ltd., London (www.symbian.com). It supports Java, PC synchronization, Bluetooth local wireless access and GPRS packet-switched data. (TM), an embedded operating system An operating system used in special-purpose applications (embedded systems). Embedded operating systems are typically very compact and often designed for real time operations. See embedded Linux, QNX, OS-9, Windows XP Embedded, Windows CE, VxWorks and Symbian OS. (OS). Embedded developers of mobile phone applications will have the most complete target-debugging environment available today for Symbian OS. Symbian develops and licenses Symbian OS(TM), the global industry-standard 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. for advanced mobile phones, to the world's leading handset manufacturers, which account for more than 80 percent of worldwide annual mobile phone sales. As the mobile communications market steadily grows, developers need a reliable tool that can 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. the complexities of their cellular phone applications. For Symbian OS developers, the XRAY debugger support means that they will have visibility into the operation of Symbian OS throughout the entire software design cycle. "This new version of our XRAY product, supporting Symbian OS, shows our further commitment to supporting the needs of mobile phone manufacturers. The complex nature of advanced mobile phones, or 'smartphones,' requires a debugging solution like the XRAY debugger that can offer clear visibility into these designs," said Robert Day Robert Day (1836-1914) was an Irish antiquarian and photographer. Biography Day was involved in his family's extensive saddlery business together with a sports shop well known to Cork anglers. , director of marketing, Mentor Graphics Embedded Systems Division. Advanced XRAY features for Symbian OS include calling up thread-specific stack and register information easily, kernel object inspection and modification capabilities, support for concept of processes and threads within processes, and accurate debugging of specific processes by accessing the memory management unit (MMU (Memory Management Unit) The part of the computer that governs memory access. Either part of the CPU chip or housed on separate chips, the MMU controls memory partitions and virtual memory. See memory and virtual memory. MMU - Memory Management Unit ). "With the XRAY debugger for Symbian OS, developers can inspect the detailed inner-workings of their code and of the operating system, thereby presenting an ideal development environment for tracking software defects and optimizing software performance," said Jerry Panagrossi, vice president of US Operations, Symbian. "The XRAY debugger is one of those must-have tools in an embedded software Instructions that permanently reside in a ROM or flash memory chip. Embedded software may be immediately available to the CPU or, for faster execution, may be transferred to RAM first and then executed. developer's tool suite." Pricing and Availability Available now, licenses for the XRAY debugger start at U.S. $2,495. 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 about $650 million and employs approximately 3,500 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: www.mentor.com. Accelerated Technology, Embedded Systems Division of Mentor Graphics Corporation, 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, AT's RTOS software shortens time-to-market and provides a complete solution for engineers. For more information, please visit www.acceleratedtechnology.com or email us at info@acceleratedtechnology.com. About Symbian Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS, the global open industry standard operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones. Symbian has licensed Symbian OS to the world's leading mobile phone manufacturers including Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Siemens and Sony Ericsson. Publicly announced products based on Symbian OS include the BenQ P30, Motorola A920 for 3, Samsung SGH-D700, Siemens SX-1, NTT DoCoMo FOMA See i-Mode. F2102V and F2051 built by Fujitsu, Sony Ericsson P800 Smartphone, Nokia 9200 Communicator range as well as the 7650, 6600, 3650 and N-Gage. Symbian has its global headquarters in London, United Kingdom with development sites in Europe and Asia. For further information about Symbian, please see www.symbian.com or contact Valerie Breslow, Symbian Ltd., 519-585-1700, valbreslow@earthlink.net. Mentor Graphics, Accelerated Technology and Xray 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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