Esterel Technologies and TekSci Announce Partnership to Promote Efficient DO 178B Development For Avionics.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov, 18, 2002 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 safety-critical systems, and TekSci, consultants for real-time and 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. solutions for the high reliability, real-time community, have announced a partnership to provide their North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. customers with safety-critical software development tools and consulting services. Esterel Technologies will provide TekSci with its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , SCADE Suite(TM). SCADE Suite is the leading solution in Europe for developing embedded software that must meet stringent Avionics standards, including DO 178B, and is used extensively by companies like Airbus, Eurocopter and Dassault Aviation Dassault Aviation is a French aircraft manufacturer of military, regional and business jets, a subsidiary of Dassault Group. It was founded in 1930 by Marcel Bloch as Société des Avions Marcel Bloch or "MB". . SCADE has recently been introduced in 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. and has growing acceptance from such leading organizations as Pratt-Whitney, Rockwell Collins, Hispano Suiza, and Aircraft Braking Systems. TekSci will serve as an engineering consulting service provider to Esterel Technologies' customers and other users. "This is exactly the type of partnership that will maximize the benefits to our customers. With TekSci's consulting expertise and our proven SCADE Suite technology, we can help our customers in achieve better time to market, especially if they are engaged in the DO 178B development process," said Jean-Marc Talbot, 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 Inc. "This partnership will extend the consulting capabilities of TekSci. We knew that SCADE was heavily used by the European aeronautics industry and becoming the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, for the development of safety-critical airborne software," said Vance Hilderman, CEO of TekSci. "We are confident that SCADE will be rapidly adopted by the U.S. avionics industry and other safety and mission critical applications. Our consulting services will help customers to quickly benefit from the SCADE based development process." About TekSci Founded in 1989 by real-time technologists with an assist from one of the Fortune 100 companies, TekSci has, from its inception, focused on providing quality software and engineering services to the real-time embedded community. TekSci has engaged in projects to develop many different, complex telecommunications systems/products, map the floor of the world's oceans, provide global satellite communications, provide all types of advanced avionics development/test, research and develop aircraft seat-back entertainment and electronic library systems, provide electronic proximity sensing and provide scheduling of kidney dialysis Dialysis, Kidney Definition Dialysis treatment replaces the function of the kidneys, which normally serve as the body's natural filtration system. patients. 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. For more information: www.esterel-technologies.com. |
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