OpenGL ES Safety Critical API Gains Momentum as Diehl Avionik and Zandiant Technologies Join Khronos; OpenGL ES Demonstrations at the Princess Interactive User Conference in Germany.CLEARLAKE PARK, Calif. -- The Khronos(TM) Group is pleased to announce that major avionic supplier Diehl Avionik Systeme and Zandiant Technologies, a leading supplier in automotive navigation and telematics Originally coined to mean the convergence of telecommunications and information processing, the term later evolved to refer to automation in automobiles. GPS navigation, integrated hands-free cellphones, wireless communications and automatic driving assistance systems all come under the systems have become Khronos Contributing Members. Also announced today, visual simulation and virtual prototyping specialist Princess Interactive has become an OpenGL(R) ES Adopter in order to port to their INSIDES V4.0 virtual prototyping/virtual cockpit system. The INSIDES V4beta and several other Khronos Member product demonstrations will be presented at the Princess Interactive User Conference (PITECH PITECH Portable Innovation Technology 2005) in Germany later this month. This news follows the announcement last month that Khronos released the first publicly available version of the Safety Critical Profile for OpenGL ES OpenGL ES (OpenGL for Embedded Systems) is a subset of the OpenGL 3D graphics API designed for embedded devices such as mobile phones, PDAs, and video game consoles. . OpenGL ES-SC 1.0 removes functionality from OpenGL ES 1.0 that is not required for safety-critical applications such automotive and avionics instrumentation displays, in order to minimize implementation and safety certification costs. OpenGL ES-SC 1.0 also adds functionality, such as display lists, that are required to support legacy and auto-generated display applications in this specialized market segment. Rapidly-emerging markets that require OpenGL ES-SC 1.0 include: cutting-edge automotive instrumentation; avionics displays that must pass the FAA-mandated DO-178B certification process; industrial applications such as power plant instrumentation, transportation monitoring and control; and real-time display of medical data requiring 100% reliability for surgery. Details about the specification are available at http://www.khronos.org/opengles/sc/. "The defense and aerospace industry has traditionally relied on proprietary subset definitions of OpenGL, but manufacturers are now demanding open standard solutions to reduce development costs and shorten product development times," said Mr. Christian Below, vice president of Marketing and Business Development, Diehl Avionik Systeme GmbH. "By joining the Khronos Group This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. and contributing to the specification, Diehl will help enable rapid and cost-effective development, deployment and maintenance of safety-critical systems." "After the hard work put into OpenGL ES-SC by all of the working group members over the past three years, it is wonderful to witness the incredible response that we have had since its formal release at Siggraph this year," said Bruce Stockwell, senior OpenGL developer at Seaweed seaweed, name commonly used for the multicellular marine algae. Simpler forms, consisting of one cell (e.g., the diatom) or of a few cells, are not generally called seaweeds; these tiny plants help to make up plankton. Systems and chair of the OpenGL ES Safety Critical working group. "We are excited to welcome new members and adopters in key markets such as aerospace, defense and automotive. We invite interested parties to come to PITECH to see demonstrations of real applications running under an OpenGL ES-SC compliant implementation." "Earlier in 2005 Diehl Avionik selected ALT's DO-178B Level A certifiable cer·ti·fi·a·ble adj. 1. That can or must be certified. Used of infectious, industrial, and other diseases that are required by law to be reported to health authorities. 2. OpenGL ES driver to be deployed in new aircraft cockpit display systems Cockpit display systems (or CDS) is the part of avionics that manage modern Glass cockpits. History Prior to the 1970s, cockpits were not using any electronic instruments or displays (see Glass cockpit history). , and Freescale selected ALT's OpenGL ES driver and GT3D Development Kit as the solution to support their 2D/3D graphic requirements in automotive/telematics display systems," said Chris Brady, 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 ALT Software. "ALT encourages all companies in automotive and avionics graphics design to get involved with the Khronos Group and help ensure that the OpenGL ES-SC continues to foster more rapid development and deployment of cutting-edge telematics solutions." "Quantum3D's IData Human Machine Interface (HMI (Human Machine Interface) The user interface in a manufacturing or process control system. It provides a graphics-based visualization of an industrial control and monitoring system. ) development suite offers tool-based, cross-platform solutions for OpenGL ES platforms, from low cost devices through safety-critical DO-178B avionics," said Ross Smith Ross Smith may refer to:
Khronos Presentations & Demos at Princess Interactive User Conference Khronos members 3Dlabs, ALT Software, Fraunhofer, NVIDIA, Quantum3D, Siemens and Seaweed Systems will demonstrate cutting-edge OpenGL ES based products at the Princess Interactive User Conference in Madgeburg, Germany, September 29 and 30th. More information: http://www.khronos.org/news/events/#princessinteractive About Khronos The Khronos Group is a member-funded industry consortium focused on the creation of open standard APIs such as COLLADA COLLADA Collaborative Design Activity (TM), OpenGL ES, OpenMAX(TM), OpenVG(TM), OpenSL ES OpenSL ES (Open Sound Library for Embedded Systems) is a royalty-free, cross-platform, hardware-accelerated audio API for 2D and 3D audio. It provides access to features such as 3D positional audio and MIDI playback. (TM) and OpenML(TM) to enable the authoring and acceleration of dynamic media on a wide variety of platforms and devices. All Khronos members are able to contribute to the development of Khronos API (Application Programming Interface) A language and message format used by an application program to communicate with the operating system or some other control program such as a database management system (DBMS) or communications protocol. specifications, are empowered to vote at various stages before public deployment, and are able to accelerate the delivery of their cutting-edge media platforms and applications through early access to specification drafts and conformance tests. Please go to www.khronos.org for more information. Khronos, OpenVG, OpenMAX and OpenSL ES are trademarks of the Khronos Group Inc. COLLADA is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. used by permission by Khronos. OpenGL and OpenML are registered trademarks and the OpenGL ES logo is a trademark of Silicon Graphics Inc. used by permission by Khronos. All other product names, trademarks, and/or company names are used solely for identification and belong to their respective owners. |
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