BridgePoint from Mentor Graphics Provides Agilent GC Instrumentation Division an Efficient Methodology for Embedded Software ...
18 4월 2013 - 6:46AM
Business Wire
Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ:MENT) and Agilent
Technologies Inc., the world’s premier measurement company, today
announced the use of the Mentor Graphics® BridgePoint™ xtUML
environment in the development of its Micro GC gas chromatography
instruments. The BridgePoint environment is an advanced UML-based
environment for developing embedded systems, from concept to
implementation, with key features that support ease of application
porting, IP and design reuse, and a fast path to product variant
development. Using the BridgePoint environment enabled Agilent to
benefit from a reduced development cycle due to improved modeling
and shorter porting times.
Traditional UML offers a solution for capturing and
communicating complex system designs, while xtUML provides UML
extensions that enable early debug through execution and enhanced
development productivity through translation from UML to target
implementation languages. The BridgePoint xtUML suite, which
leverages the extensions of xtUML, enables the development of
platform-independent executable models that can be verified and
debugged without writing any target code. The product also provides
open, flexible model compilation, enabling the generation of
optimized code for any target platform. The full set of
capabilities provides for a modern, model-driven development (MDD)
methodology, offering increased productivity, efficient reuse, and
ease of hardware/software partitioning. Today, the Editor portion
of the BridgePoint xtUML suite is available for free download and
as an open source project at www.xtUML.org.
“The BridgePoint xtUML tool suite enabled us to model our
application separate from its implementation. This capability
dramatically simplified the work required to port the Micro GC to a
new platform,” said Robbert Van der Kruk, project manager, Agilent
Technologies. “In addition, the decision by Mentor Graphics to
release the BridgePoint editor into the open source domain is very
exciting. We are looking forward to community development that
could broaden the usage of BridgePoint, and improve usability and
productivity of the tool. The availability of the BridgePoint xtUML
editor as an open source definitely lowers the barrier to entry for
other groups within Agilent wanting to understand and experiment
with the benefits provided by an xtUML methodology.”
The execution capabilities of xtUML offer an environment to
validate requirements, explore new features, and verify/debug
system behavior—without having to write any implementation code.
The translation capabilities of xtUML offer a highly productive
path to high-quality, optimized implementation code in either
hardware or software.
“Using a model-driven design methodology enabled by
state-of-the-art modeling languages and tools can dramatically
improve design efficiencies, support reuse, and reduce late-stage
risks—all of which are needed if designs continue towards higher
and higher expectations of functionality,” said Serge Leef, vice
president and general manager, System Level Engineering Division,
Mentor Graphics. “We are pleased that Agilent has experienced
success in the use of this type of technology.”
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation 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 electronic, semiconductor and systems companies.
Established in 1981, the company reported revenues in the last
fiscal year of about $1,090 million. Corporate headquarters are
located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777.
World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com.
(Mentor Graphics is a registered trademark and BridgePoint is a
trademark of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or
product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their
respective owners.)
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