Datalight Now Offers a Flash Management Solution for Use with Wind River VxWorks.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003 Datalight announced today it has released its FlashFX Adaptation Kit for Wind River(R)'s VxWorks(R), the industry's leading 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. ) for embedded devices provided by the worldwide leader in embedded technology. The FlashFX Adaptation Kit for the VxWorks RTOS provides a complete and powerful solution for managing flash memory. Datalight's adaptation kits give developers the flexibility to incorporate flash solutions at the most competitive price while allowing the easy migration of designs to a new component set. "Our FlashFX Adaptation Kits are designed to provide a comprehensive and flexible flash management solution 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. ," said Keith Garvin, Director of FlashFX Product Development of Datalight. "Wind River is the leading software vendor in the embedded industry, and we recognized the need to provide a solution that enables VxWorks to support a wide range of flash hardware." The FlashFX Adaptation Kit for Wind River's VxWorks is a full-featured version of FlashFX configured specifically for use with the VxWorks 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. . The source code drops directly into the Tornado(R) development environment and is ready to use with minimal effort. Engineers can easily configure FlashFX to support different flash memory technologies including NOR and NAND (Not AND) A Boolean logic operation that is true if any single input is false. Two-input NAND gates are often used as the sole logic element on gate array chips, because all Boolean operations can be created from NAND gates. See flash memory. , and to work with virtually any 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. supported by VxWorks. FlashFX's patented technology transforms the flash memory into a fully functional disk drive, enabling the applications to read and write to the flash memory as if it were any standard bulk storage device. This process can now be completed without using special, non-standard program interfaces. FlashFX incorporates critical features such as wear-leveling, bad block -- management, and small sector emulation. These features reduce time to market and allow engineers to focus on aspects that add value to their product in the market place. VxWorks for deterministic, embedded applications. VxWorks is the run-time component of the Tornado(R) II embedded development platform -- the most widely accepted embedded real-time operating system. It's ideal for applications requiring a flexible, deterministic, fully scalable solution. VxWorks has more than 1800 application program interfaces (APIs) and supports many industry standards such as POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface for UNIX) An IEEE 1003.1 standard that defines the language interface between application programs and the Unix operating system. , DOS and ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. . "Wind River is continuing to build partnerships with companies such as Datalight to offer our customers valuable solutions," said Ted Hartnell, Product Marketing Manager, of Wind River. "The FlashFX Adaptation Kit for VxWorks allows engineers to quickly utilize any flash memory device in their 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. ." FlashFX Adaptation Kit for Wind River VxWorks Availability and Pricing The FlashFX Adaptation Kit for VxWorks is available immediately for $1995 USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. . The adaptation kit includes source code to the portions of FlashFX that interact directly with applications, Wind River VxWorks file systems, and those which may require configuration to support flash memory devices and other OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and hardware. About Wind River Wind River is the worldwide leader in embedded software and services. It provides market-specific embedded platforms that integrate real-time operating systems, development tools and technologies. Wind River's products and professional services are used in multiple markets including aerospace and defense, automotive, digital consumer, industrial, and network infrastructure. Wind River provides high-integrity technology and expertise that enables its customers to create superior products more efficiently. Companies from around the world turn to Wind River to create the most reliable products and to accelerate their time to market. Founded in 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Wind River at http://www.windriver.com or call Wind River at 800/872-4977. About Datalight, Inc. Established in 1983, Datalight provides essential, high-quality, cost-effective embedded system software that helps its customers develop products and bring them to market quickly. Datalight's embedded software helps engineers create applications used on a daily basis such as pay phones, credit card terminals, electronic medical instruments, personal digital assistants, bar-code readers, global positioning systems, and smart cellular phones. Datalight is a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation located in Bothell, Washington. You can find more information on Datalight's website www.datalight.com. |
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