March 29, 2006 – Edison, New Jersey and Raleigh, North Carolina – Thales, a leading provider of integrated PowerPC and Pentium-based VME COTS computing systems and solutions to OEMs and system integrators, and Green Hills Software, Inc., the technology leader in real-time operating systems (RTOS) and device software optimization (DSO), announced today that the two companies have entered into a partner agreement to integrate Green Hills Software’s INTEGRITY® RTOS and MULTI® development tools with Thales’ single-board computers (SBCs).
The royalty-free, total-reliability INTEGRITY operating system and board support package from Green Hills Software is available immediately on Thales Computers’ products, starting with the Power Engine 7 family which includes the low power 1 GHz PowerPC 750GX (17Watts typ. for the single processor version).
Alain Albarello, president of Thales computers activities, said, “With its memory protection and system security features, Green Hills Software’s INTEGRITY is well positioned to satisfy the most complex safety-critical applications. Combined with our range of high-performance, low-power PowerPC SBC designs, we can now offer the ideal solution for this demanding market.”
“Green Hills Software is pleased to be partnering with Thales Computers. Combining the total reliability of INTEGRITY with Thales Computer’s leading low power VME products will provide a leading combination for avionics, sea, and land-based military projects,” said Dan Mender, director of business development at Green Hills Software.
Under the terms of the partnership agreement, Thales has integrated the Green Hills Software INTEGRITY RTOS and MULTI tools into Thales’ family of advanced technology PowerPC and Intel-based single board computers (SBCs), modules, and integrated systems. This includes INTEGRITY board support package development and verification assistance, product training, and joint marketing.
About Thales
Thales is a leading international electronics and systems group, serving defence, aerospace, security and services markets worldwide. The Group employs 60,000 people throughout the world and generated revenues of $10.3 billion in 2004. Thales computers include development of commercial and ruggedized VMEbus & CompactPCI multiprocessing solutions based on PowerPC and Pentium microprocessors. Thales’ products are optimized for a wide variety of applications in the military, aerospace, transportation, communications, and industrial markets and are used by customers worldwide, including Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Boeing, Bombardier, Toshiba, British Aerospace, Ericsson, Alcatel, Thales Group, and others. For more information please visit our web site at www.thalescomputers.com.
About Green Hills Software
Founded in 1982, Green Hills Software, Inc. is the technology leader for real-time operating systems and device software optimization for 32- and 64-bit embedded systems. Our royalty-free INTEGRITY® RTOS, velOSity™ microkernel, compilers, MULTI® and AdaMULTI™ Integrated Development Environments and TimeMachine™ debugger offer a complete development solution that addresses both deeply embedded and high-reliability applications. Green Hills Software is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA, with European headquarters in the United Kingdom. Visit Green Hills Software on the web at www.ghs.com.
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Thales Computers
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Edward Cooper
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