Date: 03/11/2008

Express Logic's ThreadX RTOS is available on Virtutech's Simics

Express Logic announced the availability of Express Logic's ThreadX RTOS on a simulated development platform created by Virtutech's Simics. Using Virtutech's full-system simulator, Express Logic was able to provide engineers and developers interested in developing for the ThreadX RTOS with the necessary architecture to create applications for the Renesas Technology SH-4A CPU core, before the physical hardware is available.

Simics is a full-system simulator to develop, debug, test and run entire software application stack on a virtual representation of their target hardware. Simics runs unmodified production-quality binaries and can be used with third-party software development tools.

Often, development boards for new processors are not widely available, yet developers must still meet a tight schedule. Simics solves that problem by allowing developers to start their work well in advance of target hardware availability. SIMICS on SH-4A with ThreadX is enabling a new set of models for Virtutech and further validates the market for VSD platforms.

"Virtutech's Simics made porting ThreadX to the new processor architecture simple and convenient," commented William E. Lamie, president of Express Logic. "Simics enables multiple engineers to work in parallel without requiring a system for each, thereby speeding our ability to get support to our customers."