Date: 23/11/2009

Mentor Graphics Android development system for TI's OMAP35x processors

Mentor Graphics rolls optimized Android development system for the TI's OMAP35x processors based on ARM Cortex-A8 technology for developing embedded software for applications such as medical, communication, industrial, instrumentation, home security and digital video.

This new Mentor Android Development System is made to work readily with BeagleBoard from beagleboard.org. BeagleBoard is a low-cost, small sized open source embedded system hardware designed with OMAP3530 processor that provides the functionality of a basic computer.

"We have long supported open platforms and the creativity they spur in the industry; Android is one of the strongest examples of this trend. Today, our customers can realize their Android-based designs due to Mentor Graphics' technical expertise and services that delivered this optimized framework for the OMAP35x devices," stated Gerard Andrews, OMAP35x product line manager, TI. "Our collaboration with Mentor on the Android development kit provides our mutual customers with a variety of tools while minimizing the risk, cost and development of new Android-based devices so consumers can realize the true power of an open community."

"There is tremendous business potential for Android-based embedded devices beyond the mobile market, so our collaboration with TI fulfills the demand from our mutual customers today," said Glenn Perry, Mentor Graphics Embedded Systems Division general manager. "By providing TI with an embedded 'ecosystem' that includes technologies and services for Linux and Android-based devices, we are enabling our customers to create innovative products."

For more details visit www.mentor.com, www.ti.com