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| Title: | Europe-Swas-Artificial-Intelligence |
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| Moderator: | HERON::BUCHANAN |
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| Created: | Fri Jun 03 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Aug 04 1994 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 442 |
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327.0. "YES" by ULYSSE::ROACH (TANSTAAFL !) Mon Apr 29 1991 15:33
I N T E R O F F I C E M E M O R A N D U M
Date: 26-Apr-1991 04:58pm CET
From: TURNER
TURNER@JMCNAC@FASDER@YIPPEE@MRGATE@HUGHI
Dept:
Tel No:
TO: PAT ROACH@VBO
Subject: For ULTRIX/Workstation People
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HPRT NEWS FLASH!!!!
Last + 1 Issue Wednesday, April 10, 1991
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THIS IS A JOINT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM R&D SYSTEMS,
REALTIME ENGINEERING, AND CMPD:
====================================================================
**** TWO NEW SOFTWARE VENDORS FOR EMBEDDED REALTIME
RUN ON DIGITAL RISC/ULTRIX SYSTEMS ****
====================================================================
To meet immediate business needs for DECstation/RISC ULTRIX software
development solutions for embedded realtime application requirements,
two third party vendors have recently ported their realtime
development tools to Digital's RISC ULTRIX environments.
WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, Inc. of Alameda, Ca., along with LOCKHEED
SANDERS, Inc. Avionics Division of Nashua, N.H. have ported "VxWorks"
targeting LOCKHEED SANDER'S R3000 VME-based board module known as the
"STAR MVP".
READY SYSTEMS, Inc. of Sunnyvale, Ca. has ported "VRTXvelocity" for
MC680X0-based embedded applications supported by Motorola's 147 and 133
boards. (Note that Ready's VRTXvelocity set of integrated tools,
already runs under VAX/VMS.)
These announcements offer the Digital Account Manager the
opportunity to propose and win with Digital UNIX development systems
where the customer requires UNIX and is targeting either Motorola
MC680X0 or MIPS R3000-based board modules.
This is in addition to Digital's October announcement of commitment
to POSIX 1003.4 realtime extension for VAXELN, VMS, and ULTRIX.
The full text of Wind River's, and Ready System's external press
releases are to be found toward the end of this HPRT NEWS FLASH, right
after the suggested selling strategy and positioning of these two
systems and Digital's VAXELN.
SELLING STRATEGY:
Both Wind River's "VxWorks", and Ready System's "VRTXvelocity" are
competitive and accepted realtime solutions, but are not supported by
Digital today. Both products also run on SUN and other competitive
platforms. Like any other 3rd party solution, the strategy should
encompass the selling of Digital itself. You should, in addition,
have formulated a joint sales strategy (with your local Wind River or
Ready Systems) representative appropriate for the business and
technical opportunity at hand.
We suggest you:
- Sell VAXELN when the customer prefers the VMS development
environment, or seeks the integration with a VAX target with
DECNET, TCP/IP, X-11 windows, or other NAS elements that VAXELN,
VMS, and ULTRIX have. Other positive arguments for selecting VAXELN
are language support other than C, ie. Fortran, Ada, and Epascal,
or a fully supported Digital development and runtime environment.
- Sell Wind River's "VxWorks" when the customer prefers the RISC
ULTRIX development environment, and HAS THE HIGH PERFORMANCE MIPS
R3000 DEFINED AS THE TARGET PROCESSOR. NOTE THAT THIS ARCHITECTURE
OFFERS ALMOST TWICE THE RAW COMPUTING POWER OF SUN'S SPARCengine 1E
TARGET PROCESSOR! Also important, is the fact that Lockheed
Sander's "STAR MVP" board module is available in full MIL-SPEC,
rugged, and commercial versions.
- Sell Ready's "VRTXvelocity" when the customer prefers the RISC
ULTRIX development environment, and HAS THE M68K DEFINED AS THE
TARGET PROCESSOR and looks for the most popular solution across for
the variety of standard buses across all of DEC's geographies.
The following positioning table does not include all possible items of
differentiation. Please, seek other differentiating elements directly
from vendors based on the stated needs of realtime application
developers and/or the application end-users.
For additional information (including the name of local
representatives), call:
Mr. Dan Banerje of Ready Systems on (800)321-2636/ext. 7311, and
Mr. Steve Bowden of Wind River Systems on (415)748-4100.
REALTIME SOLUTION POSITIONING:
VENDOR WIND RIVER READY SYSTEMS DIGITAL
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Host Software VxWorks VRTXvelocity VAXELN Toolkit
Host Development VxWorks VRTXvelocity VAXset+VAXELN Tools
Tools on ULTRIX on ULTRIX or VMS on VMS
Host Development
Platform DECstations DECstations Any VAX
DECsystems DECsystems
VAX systems
RT Kernel wind VRTX32 ELN
Primary Target Mips R3000 M68K VAX, rtVAX300
Architecture
Primary Target
Board Module Lockheed's STAR MVP Motorola 147, 133 KAV30,
rtVAX system line
Languages C C Ada, Fortran, C
Epascal
License Prices
Development $19K(up to 20 users) $21.5K(single user) See Price Book
Target $250(25-99) $147 in qty 100s
(for up-to-date pricing and pricing structure, please call vendors directly)
I/O Bus VME VME Q, BI Bus, VME,
VXI, Multi Bus II
Communication TCPI+ P TCPI+ Decnet, TCP/IP
TCP/IP TCP/IP LAT
Availability NOW NOW NOW(rtVAX sys line)
******WIND RIVER SYSTEMS PRESS RELEASE******
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contacts:
Martin Chorich
WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, Inc.
Tel. (415)748-4100
Didi D'Errico
BLANC & OTUS
Tel. (415)546-8080
WIND RIVER SHIPS MIPS R3000/ REAL-TIME PRODUCT
==============================================
Becomes Only Real-Time Operating System Company to Support
All Three Major RISC Embedded Architectures
ALAMEDA, CA. April 8, 1991 -- Wind River Systems, Inc. (WRS), developer
of the "VxWorks" real-time operating system and development
environment, has begun shipping a version of its product supporting the
MIPS R3000 RISC microprocessor -- the chip used in Digital Equipment
Corporation's DECstations. The port is a result of co-development work
performed with Lockheed Sanders, Inc. of Nashua, New Hampshire. With
R3000 support, WRS becomes the only real-time company to support all
three major RISC embedded architectures; MIPS, SPARC, and Intel i960.
"The MIPS port is a major strategic move for us, as it adds a
significant new cornerstone to the VxWorks architecture," says David
St. Charles, WRS Chief Operating Officer. "Not only does it reinforce
our position as the real-time/RISC leader, but the MIPS architecture's
acceptance in the government and aerospace sectors strengthens our
ability to address users in these markets."
This port positions VxWorks as a strong contender for government
applications as the R3000 has been selected as a standard for the Joint
Integrated Avionics Working Group (JIAWG).
VxWorks Supports MIPS R3000
The first host workstation and target-board combination to be
supported by this port are Digital Equipment Corporation's DECstation
workstations and Lockheed Sanders' STAR MVP VME single-board computers.
Other upcoming host and target support options include expanded
coverage for the DECstation line and MIPS boards from other
manufacturers.
Development will result in a powerful combination of VxWorks, Digital's
DECstations and MIPS boards that can be tailored to specific high
performance realtime applications, such as simulation, signal
processing, integrated avionics control, and medical imaging.
"VxWorks running in DECstation ULTRIX environments enhances our
customers' choices of leading real-time third party software available
to meet their needs," says Zoran Ilic, Strategic Alliances Manager, R&D
Systems, Digital Equipment Corporation. "VxWorks adds another important
open systems dimension to Digital's traditional strengths in support of
real-time computing."
About VxWorks
Based on a cross development partnership with UNIX, including Digital's
ULTRIX, VxWorks is an open-architecture real-time operating system with
integrated networking facilities, true real-time performance and a
complete development environment. Major components of VxWorks include
the "wind" real-time kernel, connectivity facilities supporting a wide
range of industry standard-standard networking and communication
protocols, and a full featured development environment which includes a
high level of UNIX/ULTRIX compatibility, system utilities and symbolic
and source-level debugging.
Since its introduction in 1985, VxWorks has gained recognition as an
advanced client/server-based operating system. VxWorks "firsts" include
its status as the first real-time operating system designed for cross
development, the first to include integrated networking facilities, and
the first to provide a real-time kernel incorporating object-oriented
design techniques.
About Wind River Systems
Founded in 1981, Wind River Systems, Inc. develops, manufactures, and
markets VxWorks world-wide. Wind River Systems has emerged as the
fastest growing real-time software company, with a world-wide installed
base of more than 500 customers in aerospace, telecommunications, and
process control.
# # #
VxWorks, wind, and the Wind River Systems logo are trademarks of Wind
River Systems, Inc.
******READY SYSTEMS PRESS RELEASE******
For more information contact: READY
Carey Mitchell SYSTEMS
Ready Systems
408-736-2600 News Release
David K. Raymond
Digital Equipment Corporation
508-467-3963
For Immediate Release
READY SYSTEMS INTRODUCES VRTXvelocity
FOR ALL DIGITAL DECstation SYSTEMS
SUNNYVALE, CA -- FEBRUARY 28, 1991 -- Ready Systems, the industry's
leading maufacturer of real-time software development tools, announced
today that VRTXvelocity ULX/68K is now available for the full range of
DECstation family of products manufactured by Digital Equipment
Corporation.
VRTXvelocity ULX/68K is a comprehensive software development and
runtime environment for cross development of real-time embedded
applications. The host environment runs on high speed RISC-based
systems under Digital's ULTRIX software. The real-time application
executes on 68020/30-based VMEbus boards using the functionality of
Ready's VRTX32 realtime operating system.
"The increasing complexity of designing and testing real-time
applications is extending the time to market for products which rely on
real-time subsystems," said Bruce Gregory, president and CEO of Ready
Systems. "To reduce this time, designers must merge the powerful
networking, graphics and database capabilities of ULTRIX software with
the fast, reliable and deterministic performance of Ready's VRTX32
real-time operating system. VRTXvelocity ULX/68K greatly increases
designers productivity by providing an integrated, off-the-shelf cross
development environment. Designers are now free to focus on developing
their application. Ready Systems is committed to providing
VRTXvelocity on the leading host development platforms in the industry.
Currently VRTXvelocity is available on all VAX systems, including
support for VT100 terminals, and will be ported to many more platforms
in the near future."
"The availability of Ready Systems'real-time products on DECstation
systems provides additional choices for our combined real-time
customers," said Zoran Ilic, Digital's Strategic Alliances Manager, R&D
Systems. "This announcement is integral to our commitment to provide
the best tools for diverse real-time applications in an open
environment. Now, customers with 680X0 target processors who want to
use VRTX32 integrated toolset have Digital's UNIX environment as a
choice, in addition to the VMS operating system."
VRTXvelocity ULX/68K will be available in March 1991 for MIPS
R3000-based Digital workstations. Target licenses begin at $147 in
quantities of 100. Single user development licenses start at $21,500
with significant discounts for volume or multi-license purchases.
VRTXvelocity ULX/68K currently supports Motorola's 147 and 133 boards.
VRTXvelocity ULX/68K will be sold by Ready Systems, call 800-228-1249.
Ready Systems, headquartered at 470 Potrero Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA,
94086, is a leading developer and worldwide vendor of software
development tools for the embedded systems market. Ready Systems
provides real-time operating systems and comprehensive software
development toolsets which are portable across a wide range of
microporcessor platforms and host development platforms. Founded in
1981, Ready Systems has helped to solve hundreds of complex, real-time
design problems for military/aerospace, industrial control, robotics,
and telecommunication applications.
Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Maynard, Massachusetts,
is the leading worldwide supplier of networked computer systems and
services. Digital offers a full range of computing solutions and
systems integration for the entire enterprise-from the desktop to the
datacenter.
VRTXvelocity ULX/68K and VRTX32 are trademarks of Ready Systems
Corporation. ULTRIX, VAX, VMS, VT100 and DECstation are trademarks of
Digital Equipment Corporation. UNIX is a trademark of UNIX Systems
Laboratories, Inc.
WIND RIVER/LOCKHEED SANDERS PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Ron Lindeke Tel. (603)885-2816
Lockheed Sanders, Inc.
Martin Chorich Tel. (415)748-4100
Wind River Systems, Inc.
LOCKHEED SANDERS AND WIND RIVER SYSTEMS ANNOUNCE...
HIGH PERFORMANCE REALTIME COMPUTING SOLUTION
NASHUA, N.H. -- Lockheed Sanders, Inc. and Wind River Systems, Inc. of Alameda,
Ca. have announced new open systems computing solutions for high performance
realtime markets based on Digital Equipment Corporation's RISC/ULTRIX line of
DECstation workstations and DECsystem servers. This is the first time an "all
native" MIPS R3000 host/target capability employing Wind River's "VxWorks"
realtime operating system and software development environment has been
produced. The products are aimed at the open sytems environment (OSE) market,
an industry trend encompassing UNIX, and VMEbus computing standards with RISC
price:performance. The new systems offer software developers a flexible
technology ideally suited to high performance realtime applications.
Individual unbundled system components will be available from Wind River
Systems, as well as Digital Equipment Corporation of Maynard, Massachusetts
in early 1991. Lockheed Sanders offers its customers both unbundled and fully
integrated systems today.
Lockheed Sanders and Wind River Systems bring two key system components to the
high performance realtime marketplace. Lockheed Sanders has produced a single
board computer for the VMEbus based on the MIPS R3000 processor called the
"STAR MVP". Wind River offers the "VxWorks" realtime operating system which
features the "wind", stand-alone or networked, realtime kernel. These products,
along with Digital's RISC/ULTRIX DECstation 5000 workstation and/or DECsystem
5100 server comprise the primary system components. The components can be
tailored to specific high performance realtime application requirements,
embedded or non-embedded, such as simulation, signal processing, C3I, image
processing, process/industrial control, telecommunications, integrated
avionics control, medical imaging, etc. These application areas not only have
demanding realtime needs but require ever-increasing amounts of computing power,
often exceeding the capability of today's VMEbus processors such as the Motorola
680X0 series. The 20 VUP performance of the Star MVP's MIPS R3000 is ideally
suited for this environment.
According to Roy Williams, Star MVP Program Manager in Lockheed Sander's
Avionics Division, "The real key here is truly distributed and fully open
realtime systems. We can now supply a realtime UNIX integrated system
solution with configurations which can include up to eight STAR MVP processors
in a single VME crate. Wind River's realtime UNIX "Wind" kernel can be
customized for the specific job at hand on the DECstation. It is then
down-loaded for execution on the STAR MVP target processor. We are excited
about the VxWorks/STAR MVP combination and our ability to provide systems that
are fully integrated."
Lockheed Sanders did the majority of the engineering work in hosting the
VxWorks development environment on Digital's RISC/ULTRIX DECstation 5000
graphic workstation. Lockheed Sanders also ported VxWorks to its MIPS R3000
based VMEbus single board STAR MVP target processor. Lockheed Sander's first
systems have been delivered to Lockheed Georgia for an Air Force integrated
avionics expert system program known as the "Pilot's Associate". The STAR
processor has also been proposed for several Army and Navy programs as well.
It is available in a 6U X 160 form factor with MIL-SPEC, rugged, and commercial
versions and offers 20 VAX MIPS sustained performance and configuration
flexibility with 25 MHz. and 8, or 16MB of main memory. Following technical
evaluation and certification of the VxWorks port, Wind River Systems will
market and support VxWorks for Digital's DECstations and DECsystems. Wind
River will also add the MIPS RX000 Series of RISC microprocessors to its
VxWorks roster of supported realtime target architectures.
Jerry Fiddler, Wind River System's President and CEO, underscored the benefits
for his firm and for the customer, "For us, the RISC/ULTRIX DECstation 5000
will add an important new development platform to our list of supported
systems. For realtime developers, this agreement will expand their choices
and extend their abilities to build open-architecture, multi-vendor systems
on a single software foundation; VxWorks." Wind River Systems views the
addition of MIPS R3000 support as a significant milestone in their firm's
drive to establish VxWorks as a comprehensive realtime standard. The MIPS
RX000 chips have emerged as a leading RISC microprocessor series in both
computer-based and embedded system applications. In particular, the MIPS
R3000 forms the heart of Digital's DECstation 5000 Ultrix workstations.
VxWorks runs on this platform without any additional cross-compiler support
when the Lockheed Sanders STAR R3000 target is employed. This is a great
productivity and cost advantage to the user.
Lockheed Sanders Avionics Directorate is a major developer and manufacturer of
advanced technology electronic systems and products for defense and commercial
markets.
Headquartered in Alameda, Ca. Wind River Systems, Inc. develops, manufactures,
and markets VxWorks systems worldwide. In its nine years in the realtime arena,
Wind River Systems has emerged as the fastest growing realtime software company.
Wind River's customer base includes leading corporations and research
institutions.
# # # #
NOTES: UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX System Laboratories, Inc., MIPS
R3000 is a registered trademark of MIPS Computer Systems, VxWorks/wind are
registered trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc., STAR MVP is a registered
trademark of Lockheed Sanders, Inc., and DEC, ULTRIX, DECstation 5000, and
DECsystem 5100 are registered trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation.
GOOD SELLING,
JOHN SCHMITT
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