| WHAT'S NEW−ARCHIVE 2001/January |
eTRON Project |
| The concepts of the eTRON project were recently announced. The eTRON architecture
is a next-generation computer architecture for safely exchanging electronic "entities"
inside computers through networks. By means of devices such as a non-contact IC card,
the "eTRON card," a wide range of applications, such as electronic money,
electronic tickets, negotiable paper, and an electronic book payment system, are
to be realized. It is expected that it will become possible to realize the world
of "ubiquitous computer environments" with high security that the TRON
Project has advocated from the past through the realization of this type of ultra
small-scale computer equipped with an encoded communication function that cannot
be hacked. For details on how this will be promoted in the future, please go to:http://www.tron.org/ |
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Development of Future Seminars |
| The TRON Association has sponsored and carried out various types of TRON-related
seminars, such as the ITRON Open Seminar, for the purpose of promoting enlightenment
to spread the TRON Architecture. Together with this, from last year we began experimenting
anew with the "21st Century Microelectronics Seminar" and the "ITRON
Training Seminar" in order to respond to various needs in the world. This year,
this type of program will be accelerated, and we are positioning seminar development
as the priority business of the Association. Specifically, we are planning seminars
with themes like application of a multi-kanji operating system and the ITRON
development environment, plus another seminar on microelectronics. For information on future developments, please refer to: http://www.tron.org/ or http://www.tron.a.psiweb.com/ |
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The TR19 Real-Time OS Based on the μITRON3.0 Specification |
| Toshiba Corporation is offering "TR19," a real-time operating system based
on the μITRON3.0 Specification, which is compatible with the firm's TX19 microprocessor
family. The TX19 is a RISC microprocessor that Toshiba developed by adding MIPS16
to the MIPS R3000A architectural base. TR19 has the following merits. - Provides sufficient functions required in real-time systems - Development environment possesses an operating method common to TR Series OSs - OS configuration is easily carried out via a GUI tool - OS size can be optimized to match the scale of the application system - Realizes high-speed task switching and interrupt response - Possible to develop programs with either C language or assembly language - Has high compatibility at the system call level with TR Series OSs and is easily ported - Compatible with both 32-bit and 16-bit instruction sets - Debugging function strengthened with event log function and stack overflow detection - Compatible with Green Hills Software's compiler For details, please go to: http://www.semicon.toshiba.co.jp/mctool/index_e.htm |
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μITRON4.0-Specification-Based TOPPERS/JSP Kernel Released to the Public |
| The Embedded and Real-Time Systems Laboratory (Takada Laboratory) of Toyohashi University
of Technology released to the public on November 15 the "TOPPERS/JSP kernel,"
a real-time operating system it developed based on the standard profile of the μITRON4.0
Specification. At present, this kernel supports the Motorola 68040 and Hitachi SH-3
processors. The distinctive feature of this kernel is its ease of porting, which
is the result of a design that took portability into consideration. In addition,
simulation environments for the Linux and Windows environments have been prepared.
This kernel is freeware and can be downloaded from the following link. http://www.ertl.ics.tut.ac.jp/TOPPERS/ |
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