CSR's BlueCore Host Software Now Offers Full Support for Nucleus Real-Time OS; Easier Route for Embedded Bluetooth Applications in Mobile Devices.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers RICHARDSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 2003 CSR (1) (Customer Service Representative) A person who handles a customer's request regarding a bill, account changes or service or merchandise ordered. Agents in call centers are known as CSRs. See call center. (Cambridge Silicon Radio) and Accelerated Technology, 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. , have collaborated to bring full support for the Nucleus Real-Time Operating System (operating system) Real-Time Operating System - (RTOS) Any operating system where interrupts are guaranteed to be handled within a certain specified maximum time, thereby making it suitable for control of hardware in embedded systems and other time-critical applications. (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. ) embedded in many wireless applications. CSR has ported its BlueCore Host software (BCHS BCHS Baptist College of Health Sciences (Tennessee) BCHS Barron Collier High School (Naples, Florida) BCHS Bear Creek High School (Colorado) ) to the Nucleus PLUS real-time kernel and the Nucleus NET TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. networking protocol stack The set of protocols used in a communications network. A protocol stack is a prescribed hierarchy of software layers, starting from the application layer at the top (the source of the data being sent) to the data link layer at the bottom (transmitting the bits on the wire). . For the many mobile developers working with the Nucleus software for embedded applications, this collaboration means less development work is required and hence a shorter time to market when integrating Bluetooth into their products. Accelerated Technology's Nucleus PLUS and the Nucleus NET protocol stack together form the basis of a tightly integrated RTOS, from which developers can build embedded applications. With the port to the Nucleus software, BCHS will provide developers with the simplest route to integrated Bluetooth for mobile devices using the popular RTOS. This also means easier integration with CSR's market-leading BlueCore silicon, which is already inside more than 60 percent of qualified Bluetooth products on the market. CSR's BCHS is a portable and easily scalable Bluetooth embedded software stack which includes the Bluetooth profiles and is part of CSR's strategy of providing Bluetooth product developers with complete solutions for a full system including ICs, reference designs and software. The software and hardware partnership provided by CSR's BlueCore ensures optimum performance in power management, data throughput and host processor loading -- all issues of paramount importance when integrating Bluetooth into mobile devices. Robert Day, director of marketing, Mentor Graphics Embedded Systems Division, commented, "It was essential to choose an equally trusted Bluetooth architecture which would fit in with the real-time and deterministic nature of Nucleus software. Because of the penetration of BlueCore in the Bluetooth silicon market and the penetration of the Nucleus software in the cellular phone market, bringing CSR's BCHS support into the Nucleus software was a clear choice for us." Eric Janson, worldwide vice president, marketing, CSR added, "The Nucleus software support in BCHS will provide our growing base of mobile device customers with an even easier route to add Bluetooth to their designs." Janson continued, "Our BCHS software has always been the first choice for customers 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. an easily integrated Bluetooth solution. Our recently launched HCI (Human Computer Interaction) Refers to the design and implementation of computer systems that people interact with. It includes desktop systems as well as embedded systems in all kinds of devices. split version of BCHS, boosted the value of this offering to mobile application developers because of its increased data rates and slave support. The Nucleus software support will now make things even easier for developers." About CSR CSR (Cambridge Silicon Radio) is the world-leading provider of single-chip radio devices for Bluetooth wireless communication. CSR offers developed hardware/software packages for each of the fastest growing Bluetooth applications markets which are all based around BlueCore, a fully integrated 2.4 GHz radio, baseband and microcontroller. BlueCore features in 60 percent of all qualified Bluetooth v 1.1 enabled end product designs with international names such as Microsoft Corp, Panasonic, Audi, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Toshiba, Samsung and Sony already using BlueCore in their range of Bluetooth products. In June 2003, CSR launched the third generation BlueCore devices, the first silicon with full support for v1.2 of the Bluetooth specification. CSR is headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with offices in Richardson, Texas; Tokyo, Japan; Singapore and Aalborg, Denmark. More information can be found at www.csr.com and the partner web site www.btdesigner.com More information about Bluetooth can be found on the SIG web site at www.bluetooth.com About Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics and Accelerated Technology are registered trademarks and Nucleus is a trademark of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners. |
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