| WHAT'S NEW−ARCHIVE 2002/April |
T-Engine |
| T-Engine is an open, real-time system, standard development environment for constructing
a ubiquitous computing environment. It is compatible with the eTRON security architecture,
and thus it is possible to develop application systems with strong network security.
The T-Engine project is a project in which we are standardizing hardware, a real-time
operating system, and a object format specification, and which is aimed at smoothing
the distribution of middleware. It is expected that by utilizing abundant middleware,
application system development time will be greatly reduced and development costs
will be decreased. At present, Aplix Corporation; eSol Co., Ltd.; NTT Data Corporation; Personal Media Corporation, Hitachi, Ltd.; Mitsubishi Electric Corporation; and Yamaha Corporation are participating as hardware, software, and/or system development players. Actual products are scheduled to be entered into the market from this quarter. |
 
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Activities of the Multi-Script OS Application Group |
| The Multi-Script OS Application Group is carrying out activities for the purpose
of applying to new fields "TRON Code," which can freely handle 170,000
characters and can accommodate 1.5 million characters, plus the "BTRON-specification
operating system" that implements that same code. As fields for application,
there are such things as electronic government, library systems, electronic maps,
newspaper editing systems, and electronic books, but the field the group is tackling
and putting the most effort into at present is application to electronic government. The number of characters required in electronic government is on the order of 100,000 characters just for Japanese kanji, and when we include the other characters of the kanji cultural sphere, it is said to amount to several hundred thousand characters. For a character code system to be used in electronic government, the desirable requirements are that it can, of course, handle without problem a number of characters of this magnitude, that characters can quickly be added to it in accordance with necessity, that it can include international standards, and that the code is efficient. In regard to the above points, it is acceptable to say that among the existing character systems only TRON Code satisfies these requirements. Thus at present we are actively in the process of carrying out activities to make these merits appealing to concerned persons in government and self-governing bodies. We would like to request the future cooperation of everyone in our member companies beginning with the group member companies toward the adoption of "TRON Code" and the "BTRON-specification OS" in electronic government. |
Ultra High-Speed System Simulator "CoMET/METeor" |
| Gaia System Solutions Inc. is marketing and providing technical supporting for "CoMET/METeor,"
an ultra high-speed simulator developed by VaST Systems Technology Corp. This simulator
makes it possible to simultaneously carry out high-speed simulation of the target
software and hardware on top of a personal computer. In addition, by connecting external
models, it is also possible to simulate tied-in parts of external makers (keyboard,
LCD panel, etc.). Even at a stage when the target hardware does not exist, it is
possible to debug in an environment almost the same as an ICE. Gaia System Solutions
is also providing a more realistic environment matched to a user's environment in
which one boots μITRON on top of "CoMET/METeor." For details: http://www.gaiaweb.com/gss/ For inquiries: sales@gaiaweb.co.jp |
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