FEBRUARY 19, 2002, Mobile, AL and Somerville, MA
- Accelerated
Technology, Inc.™ (ATI), the leader of source
code and non-royalty based Real-Time Operating Systems
(RTOS) software, and Skelmir LLC, developers of clean
room virtual machines, libraries and compilation tools
for the Embedded Java™ Platform, today announced
the immediate availability of all configurations of
the CEE-J VM on Nucleus PLUS for the Hitachi SH-4 processor.
This marks the first time that a commercial real-time,
royalty-free Java™ solution has been offered to developers
featuring the smallest memory footprint available in
the embedded market to date.
Accelerated Technology and Skelmir recognized the need
for a royalty-free solution with minimal memory requirements
and answered it by integrating the CEE-J Virtual Machine
and the Nucleus PLUS real-time kernel. This combined
technology, in conjunction with those using the SH-4
processor, provides a robust, scalable and portable
platform on which developers can build Java-enabled
embedded applications such as handheld PCs, set-top
boxes and car navigation systems quickly and easily.
There are four flavors of CEE-J available for ATI’s
Nucleus PLUS real-time kernel. These include: CEE-J
for the Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC);
CEE-J for the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP);
CEE-J for the EmbeddedJava™ specification; and
CEE-J for the PersonalJava™ specification. Support
for ARM and MIPS are scheduled for release in Q1 2002.
To best service customers looking to build Java-ready,
small footprint embedded devices, Accelerated Technology
and Skelmir created a one-stop-shopping experience by
signing a Distribution Agreement in September 2001.
Today, customers building Java-enabled embedded systems
based on the SH-4 processor can go directly to Accelerated
Technology for Nucleus PLUS and their desired CEE-J
virtual machine configuration.
"Rarely have I found a technology as compelling
as the CEE-J virtual machine. It has been constructed
based on a broad body of experience in writing virtual
machines and is complemented with some of the most efficient
and comprehensive graphics capabilities to date. This
release is the culmination of months of effort between
Skelmir and ATI. An essential concern of mine is to
ensure prompt, reliable, informative and successful
technical support to our product offering. Skelmir has
proven to be a first rate partner in this and all other
aspects of our relationship. This is truly a landmark
entry for the embedded space," said Neil Henderson,
president of Accelerated Technology, Inc.
"As any company producing such platforms can attest,
the process of building an embedded device is extensive.
From choosing the right hardware components to pinpointing
the best software stack, getting your finished product
to market is no easy endeavor. By porting all 4 CEE-J
virtual machine configurations to Nucleus PLUS on the
SH-4 platform, ATI’s customers know that a combination
of Hitachi’s processor with ATI’s RTOS under
CEE-J will give them a proven foundation for helping
to get their best products to market more quickly,"
said Shari Agatstein, president of Skelmir, LLC.
"In order to deliver quality embedded products,
having a comprehensive set of hardware and software
development tools for the application development is
essential," said Dr. Yashvant Jani, director of
Application Engineering at Hitachi Semiconductor (America)
Inc. "The combination of the CEE-J Virtual Machine
and the Nucleus Plus real-time kernel will help maximize
the benefits of the SH-4 processors and make the device
the ideal processor of choice for digital consumer applications
such as set-top boxes and Internet appliances."
The Nucleus PLUS kernel provides efficient, high performance task management, inter-task communication, inter-task synchronization, memory management, and component query features. Optimizations in system clock, interrupt and compiler register usage are only part of the advanced features provided by Nucleus PLUS. The kernel handles difficult issues such as priority inversion while minimizing the interrupt latency to a few microseconds. The source code of Nucleus PLUS is fully documented and it is provided with a manual containing an in-depth description of its internal data and processing structure.
CEE-J, Skelmir’s Compatible Execution Environment
for the Embedded Java™ Platform is Skelmir’s
suite of fast, compact and proven virtual machines for
enabling Java™ on embedded devices. CEE-J configurations
include support for CLDC, MIDP, Embedded and PersonalJava™.
Real Time Java™ extensions, bytecode compilers, remote
debugging and profiling tools are also available. With
CEE-J, enabling the use of Java™ on almost any device
is now possible. CEE-J makes using Java™ practical on
devices as resource constrained as industrial controllers,
cell phones and PDAs to set-top boxes, internet appliances
and more. The CEE-J VM static footprint can scale to
under 100 KB making it flexible enough to accommodate
almost any set of requirements.
CEE-J has been ported to an extensive and constantly
growing list of processors and operating systems. The
CEE-J board support layer makes porting easy. Skelmir’s
embedded Java™ experts are available to assist your team
in expediting integration and accelerating time to market
of your device.
Nucleus embedded software is sold with source code
and without royalty fees. Licenses for Nucleus PLUS
start at $12,495.
CEE-J binary distribution licenses start as low as US$50,000.
Source licensing and integration services also available.
Accelerated Technology, Inc., the leading no-royalty
embedded software solution, is headquartered in Mobile,
Alabama with sales offices and distributors worldwide.
By providing embedded systems developers with a focus
on service, well-documented source code and industry
leading non-royalty based Real-Time Operating Systems
(RTOS) software, ATI's Nucleus RTOS software shortens
time-to-market and provides a complete solution for
engineers. This complete list of Nucleus products includes
prototyping products, kernels, graphics package, Web-enabling
software, networking suite and application monitoring
tools.
Accelerated Technology provides products and services
worldwide to a wide variety of end-users, OEMs and IC
vendors. Organizations that have taken advantage of
the source code, no royalties business model of ATI
include Compaq, Honeywell, Motorola, NASA, Sony and
Texas Instruments. ATI’s Nucleus products are used
in a broad selection of applications ranging from telecommunications,
networking and portable devices to industrial control
and medical instrumentation. For more information, please
visit the Web site www.acceleratedtechnology.com
or email us at info@acceleratedtechnology.com
Skelmir is a Massachusetts-based software company specializing
in scalable embedded Java™ solutions, specifically virtual
machine and compilation technology for resource-constrained
devices. Established in 1998, Skelmir's technology has
been proven in the European set top box market with
nearly 2,000,000 deployments to date. Skelmir's technical
team is headed by CTO Mimir Reynisson, who has been
personally involved with the creation of several commercially
successful virtual machines for Java™, including CEE-J.
Skelmir's team of experts have been shipping commercial
Java™ products since the inception of Java™ in 1995, having
to their credit Roaster® - the first Integrated
Development Environment for Java™ for the Macintosh and
core clean room virtual machines used by well known
computer and software industry leaders.
Skelmir's address and contact information is:
Skelmir LLC, 259 Elm Street, Suite 301,
Somerville, MA 02144 USA
Tel: (617) 625-1551, Fax: (617) 776-0740
Email: info@skelmir.com,
Web: www.skelmir.com.
Skelmir, LLC is an independent company offering proven clean room virtual machine technologies for multiple Java Platforms and is in no way affiliated with Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Jennifer
Whiddon, Public Relations Adm.
Accelerated Technology (251) 661-5770
Pete Mellor,
Marketing & Public Relations
Skelmir, LLC (617) 625-1551