PrismTech's Spectra OE (Operating Environment) Changes the Rules for Software Communications Architecture (SCA) Developers; Single Vendor Pre-Integrated COTS OE Eliminates Developer Integration Headaches.WASHINGTON -- Today at the OMG (1) See Object Management Group. (2) "Oh my God!" See digispeak. OMG - Object Management Group (TM)'s Real-time and Embedded Systems Workshop, PrismTech a leading provider of productivity tools and middleware, announced that its Spectra OE (Operating Environment) will change the rules for Software Communications Architecture The Software Communications Architecture (SCA) is an open architecture framework that tells designers how elements of hardware and software are to operate in harmony within a software defined radio. SCA is a key element in the U.S. military's Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS). (SCA (Single Connector Attachment) An 80-pin plug and socket used to connect peripherals. With a SCSI drive, it rolls three cables (power, data channel and ID configuration) into one connector for fast installation and removal. ) developers by eliminating their integration problems. Currently SCA developers face major problems integrating numerous Real-time operating systems (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. ), Portable Operating System Interfaces (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. ), object request brokers (ORB), core frameworks (CF) and high performance transports from different vendors. Spectra OE has been designed to address these integration problems. Spectra OE is a portable, highly-optimized, SCA-compliant software platform. It provides a complete operating environment, incorporating operating system(1), middleware and core framework functionality and the application interfaces (e.g. POSIX API) required to 'host' waveforms and other SDR See software defined radio. applications. Spectra OE is also hardware independent, being portable to any mix of GPP GPP Government Performance Project GPP General Purpose Processor GPP General Physical Preparedness GPP Gambian People's Party GPP Good Pharmacy Practice GPP Gross Primary Productivity GPP Green Procurement Program GPP Generic Packetized Protocol , DSP and FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. processor technologies. Spectra OE's vertically integrated design, standards-compliance and hardware portability combine to disconnect the software and hardware lifecycles, thus enabling reuse and extending the life of waveforms, applications and radio platforms. As a pre-integrated software platform, Spectra OE also greatly reduces the complexity of the run-time environment for the developer, providing a single API rather than three or more product APIs; thus eliminating many of the associated compatibility, robustness, and evolution issues. "Our Spectra OE developers have many years experience in SDR development so they fully appreciate the integration problems traditionally facing SCA implementors," said Steve Jennis, SVP Corporate Development, PrismTech. "This in depth understanding has helped them to develop a fully integrated product suite which increases productivity, reduces complexity, shortens time-to-market, raises quality and ensures standards compliance." Further information about Spectra OE is available from PrismTech's website at http://www.prismtech.com/spectra. Notes for Editors About PrismTech Founded in 1992, with offices in the USA and Europe, PrismTech is a privately held software products company. PrismTech serves international Fortune 500 customers in the telecommunications, data communications, defense and aerospace sectors. PrismTech is an acknowledged leader in productivity tools and middleware, with solutions ranging from wide-scale integration to embedded real-time systems, supporting applications from operations support systems Operations Support Systems (also called Operational Support Systems or OSS) are computer systems used by telecommunications service providers. The term OSS most frequently describes "network systems" dealing with the telecom network itself, supporting processes such (OSS) through to software-defined radio (SDR). For additional information about PrismTech, visit the web site at http://www.prismtech.com. (1) Subject to agreement of the RTOS/BIOS licensor. Spectra and Spectra Power Tools are trademarks of PrismTech. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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