PolyCore Software And Express Logic Expand Cooperation to Ease Multicore Software Development

SAN DIEGO & BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Express Logic, the worldwide leader in royalty-free real-time operating systems (RTOS) and PolyCore Software, Inc. (PSI), the leader in multicore communications software solutions, today announced extended cooperation to increase support of multicore platforms. To enable applications to more quickly adapt to Tensilica’s multicore configuration, PSI’s Poly-Platform^TM now supports Express Logic’s ThreadX® RTOS on Tensilica’s Xtensa^TM multicore devices. This partnership enables developers to take full advantage of multicore platforms, while easing software development and increasing performance.

“PolyCore Software simplifies the multidimensional challenge of programming in a multicore environment. Our joint offering achieves faster time-to-market, a critical factor in succeeding in today’s highly competitive marketplace.”

Poly-Platform is a collection of productivity tools and a runtime communications stack that simplifies the process of developing applications for multicore architectures. Using Poly-Platform, designers effortlessly optimize performance, improve time-to-market, and preserve existing and future software investments. With Poly-Platform, engineers are able to quickly configure and reconfigure the application, and when the time comes to implement new multicore solutions, existing code may be reused and scaled from one to many cores. Poly-Platform supports the Multicore Association’s Multicore Communications API (MCAPI), providing users with an efficient, standardized programming paradigm.

Express Logic’s ThreadX RTOS, deployed in over 1 billion electronic devices, is a small-footprint, fast run-time environment that supports Tensilica Xtensa processors, and now supports Poly-Platform’s operation on Xtensa multicore devices.

"The combination of ThreadX and Poly-Platform for Xtensa provides multicore configurability from the application level to the silicon,” said Ted Gribb, vice president of sales, PolyCore Software. “This capability optimizes the application-specific multicore platform while accelerating time to market."

“Poly-Platform provides ThreadX customers with an integrated platform that quickly moves single-core applications to many core architectures.” said William Lamie, president, Express Logic. “PolyCore Software simplifies the multidimensional challenge of programming in a multicore environment. Our joint offering achieves faster time-to-market, a critical factor in succeeding in today’s highly competitive marketplace.”

Rapid enablement and scalability of multicore applications improve the competitive advantage in the multicore race. For more information, please visit www.polycoresoftware.com/products and www.rtos.com.

About PolyCore Software, Inc.

PolyCore Software, Inc., provides development tools and run-time solutions to simplify application development and improve development productivity for multicore, multi-processor architectures. Improvements in time to market, development costs and risks are achieved through software reuse, ease of use development tools, and the generation of optimized run time program elements. Design for today's architectures and run on tomorrow's architectures. For more information, please visit www.polycoresoftware.com or email [e-mail].

About Express Logic and ThreadX

Headquartered in San Diego, CA, Express Logic offers the most advanced run-time solution for deeply embedded applications, including the popular ThreadX® RTOS, the high-performance NetX™ TCP/IP stack, the FileX™ embedded MS-DOS compatible file system, and the USBX™ Host/Device USB protocol stack. All products from Express Logic include full source code and have no run-time royalties. For more information about Express Logic solutions, please visit the Web site at www.expresslogic.com, call 1-888-THREADX, or e-mail inquires to [e-mail].

ThreadX, TraceX, and FileX are registered trademarks, and Certification Pack, NetX, CANX, USBX, StackX, PEGX, preemption-threshold, picokernel, and UDP fast path are trademarks of Express Logic, Inc. All other brands or product names are the property of their respective holders.

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