GRAPHICAL TOOL SPEEDS APP DEVELOPMENT FOR INTEGRITY RTOS.Green Hills Software Inc. has announced a powerful system design tool that makes it easier for application developers to take advantage of the INTEGRITY RTOS's virtual address spaces and secure interprocess communication See IPC. channels. The new tool, known as Integrate, is available immediately with INTEGRITY 4.0. Integrate's graphical front-end front-end adj. 1. Of or relating to the initial phase of a project: a front-end investment. 2. Of or relating to the forward parts of a vehicle: a front-end alignment. makes it easy for system designers to configure See configuration. (software) configure - A program by Richard Stallman to discover properties of the current platform and to set up make to compile and install gcc. Cygnus configure was a similar system developed by K. the system's kernel The nucleus of an operating system. It is the closest part to the machine level and may activate the hardware directly or interface to another software layer that drives the hardware. and address spaces, tasks, semaphores, connections, clocks and other objects. For example, developers can add new application address spaces simply by right-clicking on the "canvas" and selecting the "Add Address Space" option. Similarly, they can add new tasks to a particular address space or create connections between address spaces by simply clicking inside the space and selecting the appropriate option. Integrate clearly separates address spaces so that they can be easily viewed and distinguished from one another, making it easy for developers to manage secure applications with multiple virtual address spaces. Integrate also enables system designers to verify (1) To prove the correctness of data. (2) In data entry operations, to compare the keystrokes of a second operator with the data entered by the first operator to ensure that the data were typed in accurately. See validate. system security and guarantee resource availability for critical tasks for maximum security. Integrate's powerful navigation capabilities make it easy for designers to search for and locate address spaces and tasks that are not in the viewable area of the canvas. This makes it easy to handle large systems consisting of hundreds of address spaces and thousands of tasks in a seamless fashion. Integrate is also context-sensitive, simplifying development by offering options that are relevant only to the selected location and system state. "The ability to utilize multiple virtual address spaces greatly simplifies debugging (programming) debugging - The process of attempting to determine the cause of the symptoms of malfunctions in a program or other system. These symptoms may be detected during testing or use by real users. while enhancing safety, security, and testability," said John Carbone John Carbone is an Australian football (soccer) player who played a number of years in the National Soccer League for Perth Glory and the Brisbane Strikers. , vice president of marketing at Green Hills Software. "However, it can also add complexity, as developers must configure each address space. Integrate greatly simplifies the set-up process, making it much easier to use than competitive RTOSes." |
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