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Mentor: Welcome to the Embedded family

Rich Nass

7/31/2009 10:48 AM EDT

Mentor Graphics got into the embedded space by acquiring Accelerated Technology and its Nucleus real-time operating system (RTOS) almost a decade ago. It was a good acquisition, and Mentor has been a player in the embedded OS space since. They had been on the periphery of embedded prior, but this was a bigger play than before.

The Nucleus OS has ranked in the Top 10 in our annual Embedded Market Study for the past few years. And with the likes of Wind River and Microsoft claiming the top three spots, just making the top 10 is a significant achievement.

But to really be a player in the embedded space, it takes more than just a first-rate OS. It takes a complete, well-rounded arsenal of tools, services, support, etc. And that's what Mentor now has, thanks to the acquisition of Embedded Alley. Mentor now has solutions for Android and embedded Linux, and a richer suite of tools and services. The company also made a simultaneous announcement that is has the support of key processor vendors, including ARM, Freescale, Marvell, MIPS, RMI, and Texas Instruments.

We're already very aware of what Linux has to offer, and it's significant in terms of applications and platforms. But Android is just starting to scratch the surface of where it should exist in the embedded space. Is it simply a handset OS? Or does it extend to set-top boxes? Or can it become all-purpose OS, more along the lines of Linux?


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