Esterel Technologies and France Telecom R&D Partner to Develop Fast-C Code for Embedded System Designs.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & GUYANCOURT, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sept. 9, 2002 Joint Solution Automatically Provides Code That is Compact, Portable, Efficient, and Easy to Maintain Esterel Technologies Esterel Technologies is a worldwide supplier of model-based design, validation, and code generation tools for safety-critical software and hardware applications. Esterel’s tools create unambiguous specifications that produce correct-by-construction, automated implementation , a global provider of design solutions for verification-critical systems, today announced their partnership with France Telecom R&D. Esterel Technologies has integrated the France Telecom R&D Fast-C (SAXO-RT) compiler into their Esterel Studio Esterel Studio is a design environment based on the Esterel language. It is optimized for hardware IPs (such as DMAs, protocols, cache controllers, I/O subsystems, etc.) dedicated at capturing formal design specifications, enabling formal verification of properties very early in product. The integrated Esterel Studio/SAXO-RT solution provides developers of embedded telecom applications with seamless development flow from specification to embedded C code. The compact and portable Fast-C code generated by this joint solution is easy to integrate into complex and constrained telecom device applications, substantially reducing software 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. time. "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. developers need to be able to put their effort into pure design issues instead of spending time "Spending Time" is the first single released by Christian artist Stellar Kart. The lyrics describe the band members desire to spend "more time with God". "Sometimes it’s a real struggle to spend time with God. modifying the code. They need to rely on efficient automatically generated code that economizes resources and supports maintenance activities efficiently. The Esterel language and Esterel Studio have proven their ability to produce real-time control Real-time control is a popular term for a certain class of digital controllers. For effective digital control, it is critical that sample time be constant. Real-time control achieves nearly constant sample time. See also
"Tests show that Fast-C code is at least 30 percent faster than other optimized generated code," said Eric Bantegnie, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Esterel Technologies. "Our methodologies are deployed in a number of industries such as chip design for the wireless industry and avionics that require real-time control systems. We are pleased to be partnering with France Telecom for development of 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. in telecommunications." About Esterel Technologies Esterel Technologies provides electronic system and embedded software designers with methodologies and tools that improve their productivity and remove the barriers between system specification, implementation and validation. The company's products automate costly and time-consuming coding and validation work through executable specification, intelligent test suite generation and automatic code generation. Esterel Technologies is an international company with offices in France, Germany, U.K. and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . For more information: www.esterel-technologies.com About France Telecom R&D France Telecom R&D teams are at the origin of about 70 percent of the group's products and services. With close to 3,700 researchers and engineers at 11 research centers on three continents, France Telecom R&D brings France Telecom powerful competitive advantages. Its mission is to anticipate technological advances and changes in usage, drive innovation to maximize the technological benefits for customers and explore new sources of growth to consolidate the Group's foundations for sustainable development. Few global carriers enjoy such extensive research facilities, designed and organized specifically to support France Telecom's growth strategy. For more information: http://www.rd.francetelecom.fr/en/medias/medias.php |
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