Aisys and Texas Instruments Sign Embedded Design Technology Agreement; Agreement Targets Embedded Design Automation Support for TI Processor Cores.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2000 Aisys Inc., an automated embedded design tool vendor, today announced that it has signed a technology agreement with Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. Inc., (TI) the world leader in digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). (DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive ) and analog, for development of device-driver automation tools for TI processor cores. Under the general terms of the agreement, Aisys will provide versions of its DriveWay device-driver automation tool for select TI processor cores. The specific terms of the agreement were not disclosed. DriveWay automates the integration of hardware and software for the creation of smart devices that are used in end-applications such as automotive and industrial control. "TI looks for technologies that enable customers to get their products to market faster with higher quality," said Dave Maples, new business development manager, TI. "TI entered into this agreement with Aisys, because Aisys is an industry leader in device-driver automation technology." Why use DriveWay? In 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. design, DriveWay is used to automate the creation of device drivers, boot code and software glue, which can save up to 70% of design time and 50% of development cost. Without a device driver automation tool, embedded design engineers would have to manually generate these drivers, code and glue, a tedious process that can add months to the development cycle of an end-product. "Aisys is always looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to offer its automation technology to a wider range of designers," said Elan Roth, Aisys vice president of business development. "This agreement with Texas Instruments will provide embedded system designers who use certain TI cores with access to DriveWay, which reduces embedded design time by a 2X factor." Details concerning specific product delivery and pricing were not disclosed. About Aisys Aisys, Inc. develops and markets design automation tools and services for 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. that help designers reduce development time by as much as 70% and development cost by as much as 50%. The company's flagship tool, DriveWay, currently supports microcontrollers manufactured by Texas Instruments, National Semiconductor, and Motorola. Aisys was founded in 1994 and its headquarters are located in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. . For more information, please visit the Aisys web site at http://www.aisysinc.com. Note to Editors: Aisys and DriveWay are trademarks of Aisys, Inc. All other company or product names are the registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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