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Accelerated Technology, a Mentor Graphics division (NASDAQ:MENT), today announced the availability of the Nucleus(R) real-time operating system (RTOS) for the Texas Instruments' (TI) OMAP5912(TM) processor. The integration of the Nucleus software and TI's OMAP5912 processor gives developers a full-featured, high-performance foundation on which to develop portable data terminal (PDT) applications for markets including portable medical devices, asset and inventory management, point of sale and enterprise applications. The OMAP5912 processor offers in a single integrated device the low-power, real-time processing capabilities of a digital signal processor (DSP) with the command and control functionality of an ARM(R) processor. Designed for devices that require a robust man/machine interface, as well as secure communication, analysis and interpretation, the OMAP5912 processor contains an extensive peripheral set, embedded hardware encryption engines and multibus architecture for PDT system-level optimization. Combined with the scalable Nucleus RTOS, members of TI's OMAP(TM) developer network now have the robust foundation needed to design feature-rich PDT applications. The Nucleus SHELL command line interface is also available for developers using the OMAP5912 processor. "Accelerated Technology enhances the capabilities of the TI OMAP processors and meets the need for a robust and real-time operating system in the PDT market by providing the Nucleus RTOS on the OMAP platform," said Greg Mar, worldwide systems-on-a-chip platform manager, TI. "This support continues our long relationship with TI and the OMAP series of processors. The combination of the OMAP5912 and Nucleus RTOS offers a very compelling offer to developers in the growing data terminal market, offering them reliability, high performance and a rich feature set on which to build application software," said Robert Day, director of marketing, Mentor Graphics Embedded Systems Division. Pricing and Availability The Nucleus embedded software is sold with source code and without royalty fees. Licenses for the Nucleus software begin at $12,495. For more information, please contact Accelerated Technology at 800-468-6853 or info@acceleratedtechnology.com. About Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT) is a world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products, consulting services and award-winning support for the world's most successful electronics and semiconductor companies. Established in 1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of over $700 million and employs approximately 3,850 people worldwide. Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777; Silicon Valley headquarters are located at 1001 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose, California 95131-2314. World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/. Accelerated Technology, a division of Mentor Graphics Corporation, is located in Mobile, Alabama and has engineering sites, sales offices and distributors worldwide. As a leading provider of royalty-free, embedded real-time operating system (RTOS) software, Accelerated Technology helps developers accelerate product time-to-market in a wide range of embedded device applications. Its comprehensive Nucleus RTOS includes a high-level design UML suite, graphical prototyping tools, kernels, middleware and Eclipse-based development tools. For more information, please visit www.acceleratedtechnology.com or e-mail us at info@acceleratedtechnology.com. Mentor Graphics, Accelerated Technology, and Nucleus are registered trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.