Zeidman Technologies Reduces the Price of SynthOS.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- Zeidman Technologies, Inc. (www.zeidman.biz) has reduced the price for SynthOS(TM), its revolutionary software synthesis tool. Current pricing is $150 for a single-seat, 6-month license without support and $3,000 for a single-seat, one-year license with full support. The development of an embedded system typically starts with the purchase or development of an operating system, which may be an 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. or a simple task scheduler. Each application task or device driver must then be written to use the specific application programming interface (API). Porting the code to a new operating system requires considerable rewriting. A better way to develop embedded software is to use software synthesis to automatically generate the operating system. Just as a compiler allows a programmer to write code more efficiently, SynthOS allows a programmer to write at a higher level of abstraction The level of complexity by which a system is viewed. The higher the level, the less detail. The lower the level, the more detail. The highest level of abstraction is the single system itself. and ignore issues like message passing, mutex setting and checking, and context switching. With SynthOS, the programmer is able to focus almost exclusively on his code. The programmer writes the code using "primitives" -- single lines of code The statements and instructions that a programmer writes when creating a program. One line of this "source code" may generate one machine instruction or several depending on the programming language. A line of code in assembly language is typically turned into one machine instruction. -- to pass messages and control task execution. SynthOS scans the code and generates a small-footprint, optimally tuned operating system for that mix of application code. "SynthOS is really simple to use, but it takes a new mindset mind·set or mind-set n. 1. A fixed mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person's responses to and interpretations of situations. 2. An inclination or a habit. and there's always resistance to that. Lowering the price makes it an easier decision," said Bob Zeidman, president of Zeidman Technologies. "Corporations will want full support, but hobbyists working on LEGO Mindstorms robots(1), for example, can now afford it. They'll see how easy it is to use and how much it speeds up development and 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." "SynthOS generates the best fit operating system for your unique mix of application tasks," said Michael Barr, embedded systems consultant, author, and an advisor to Zeidman Technologies. "In addition to simplifying code reuse, software synthesis minimizes stack space, context switches and other resource wastage wastage a loss of product or productivity; in terms of animal production includes losses due to deaths of animals, lowered production from survivors, including reproduction, and lost opportunity income. wastage Fetal wastage, see there ." About Zeidman Technologies Zeidman Technologies is a developer of software tools for the efficient design of embedded systems. The company was founded by industry-leading experts in software and hardware design and is headquartered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. . More information about Zeidman Technologies is available at www.zeidman.biz. SynthOS is a trademark of Zeidman Technologies. (1)LEGO and Mindstorms are trademarks of the LEGO Group. |
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