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News Release from: Green Hills Software | Subject: Rhapsody for Multi
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 6 October 2005

IDE brings model-driven development together

A new fully standards-based integrated development environment addresses all phases of embedded systems development, from requirements specification through deployment

A new strategic partnership between Green Hills Software and I-Logix has resulting in the first single source, fully standards-based integrated development environment (IDE) that addresses all phases of embedded systems development, from requirements specification through deployment. Under the agreement, Green Hills Software will distribute and support I-Logix Rhapsody, the award winning Model-Driven Development (MDD) environment based on the Unified Modelling Language (UML) 2.0 standard, together with Green Hills Software's Multi and AdaMulti development environments and the certified Posix conformant Integrity real-time operating system (RTOS).

The products are seamlessly integrated to enable a unique bi-directional workflow between modelling and implementation.

The companies are also collaborating on future integrated features and capabilities, including integration with the Eclipse platform.

Traditionally, system designers and developers have used separate environments for different aspects of development: one for requirements analysis through design, often paper-based, and another for implementation through to deployment.

This approach is very inefficient, as the design has to be recreated in the implementation and any changes to the design or implementation must be manually reflected in the other view.

In contrast, the unified solution developed by Green Hills Software and I-Logix accelerates time to market by generating the implementation in C, C++ or ada source code directly from the UML model.

The model is then automatically updated to reflect any changes made to the code.

The combination of Rhapsody and Multi also helps ensure that a final product satisfies its design objectives by providing traceability between the source code and requirements.

'The Green Hills Software and I-Logix partnership is a harbinger of a dramatic change in the way embedded systems are developed', commented Dr Jerry Krasner, Principal Analyst at Embedded Market Forecasters.

'Our year-over-year research results consistently show that model-driven development reduces development time and risk while also improving the alignment between pre-design expectations and final products'.

'By providing a single-source, integrated solution for analysis, modelling, simulation, coding, debugging and deployment, Green Hills Software and I-Logix are not only bringing MDD into the mainstream by significantly improving its usability and accessibility, but are uniquely addressing the emerging requirements being set forth for new aero/defence, automotive and telecom markets in particular'.

'As long-term users of Rhapsody, Multi,and Integrity, we are encouraged by this strategic partnership', said Bob Greene, Software Process Improvement Manager for L-3COM, makers of real-time embedded communications products for the US Government.

'With this tightly integrated solution we now have a single cohesive development environment that enables us to analyse, model, design, implement and test our embedded software applications'.

'The strengthening of the relationship and the continued enhancement to the integration of these tools should help to improve our workflow and the productivity of our staff'.

'The I-Logix and Green Hills Software partnership is a powerful combination of market leaders, both of whom are the fastest growing suppliers in their respective market segments', commented Chris Lanfear, Practice Director for Embedded Software at Venture Development Corporation (VDC).

'In addition to their complementary technology, both companies have momentum in fast growing markets including aerospace, defence and communications equipment'.

The combination of Rhapsody, Multi and Integrity provides an integrated solution that addresses all phases of embedded systems development.

Requirements analysis and design is addressed using UML with Rhapsody.

Application behaviour can be simulated in Rhapsody based on the UML model.

Rhapsody can automatically generate C, C++ and Ada source code for input to Green Hills C/C++ and Ada compilers.

In addition, source code changes made in the Multi editor are synchronised back in the Rhapsody model.

The Multi source-level debugger is fully synchronised with the Rhapsody UML models.

Execution breakpoints can be set and visualised at both the model and source-code levels.

The application can also be simulated using the Multi instruction set simulator if target hardware is unavailable.

Rhapsody can automatically generate test vectors from the model that can be executed on the target hardware or Multi simulator.

Rhapsody generates all of the source code and configuration files necessary to run a final application on Green Hills Software's royalty-free and Posix conformant Integrity RTOS.

In addition, for resource-constrained and cost-sensitive devices, Green Hills Software's small, fast and royalty-free Velosity microkernel is also supported.

'By partnering with I-Logix, Green Hills Software is the first to provide a highly integrated requirements-to-deployment solution for embedded systems developers, based on the widely established UML 2.0 and Posix industry standards', said Dan O'Dowd, founder and Chief Executive Officer, Green Hills Software.

'Rhapsody provides the most comprehensive model-driven development solution available in the embedded market today'.

'The combination of Rhapsody with our development tools, royalty-free operating systems and middleware gives our customers an end-to-end solution for optimising the time-to-market and reliability of their devices'.

'Green Hills Software offers the industry's most comprehensive IDE and RTOS solutions', said Gene Robinson, President and Chief Executive Officer, I-Logix.

'When these are combined with our award winning Rhapsody systems design and software development family of products, our two companies, each the fastest growing and most successful in our respective fields, provide a truly synergistic solution'.

'This not only benefits our mutual customers, but also sets a new standard within the embedded systems market by not just integrating products but by also integrating the manner in which these products get to the end user'.

Rhapsody for Multi is available today from Green Hills Software. Request a free brochure from Green Hills Software....

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