ccurrent@cortex.neuro.bcm.tmc.edu (Stan Barber, Moderator) (06/25/91)
[Here is a press release. If you'd rather not see these, let me know. -- sob]
C3Ada(TM) Language Suite Now Available for Real-Time Application Development
TINTON FALLS, NJ, June 18, 1991 - Concurrent Computer Corporation (Concurrent)
today announced its C3Ada Language System with the industry's first validated
Ada(R) compiler on Motorola's 68040 processor under ACVC 1.11. The company's
complete suite of software tools for developing and monitoring real-time Ada
applications improves productivity, shortens development time, and reduces
the life cycle costs of simulation and training systems development.
C3Ada Language System Enhances Application Development
Concurrent's C3Ada Language System's highly optimizing compiler produces
efficient run-time code. The compiler's performance provides application
developers with a production-quality Ada programming environment that decreases
development time and increases productivity.
Concurrent's C3Ada Language System gives software developers full access to
Concurrent's RTU(TM) (Real-Time UNIX(R)) operating system resulting in
deterministic response times which fulfill software developer's needs.
Concurrent's deterministic response times fulfill software developers' demands
for real-time data exchange and responses that are crucial to the execution
of real-time simulation applications.
Additionally, enhanced system calls enable highly individualized use of the
hardware, which provides multiple CPUs, special timers and clocks, high speed
system buses, and VME I/O buses. Developers also have access to a variety of
peripheral devices chosen or specially built for Direct Memory Access (DMA),
high burst rates, and overall system throughput and response, that are vital
to real-time applicaitons.
New Tools Complement Debugging Process
The C3Ada Language System's symbolic debugger provides a full set of debugging
functions for use during software development while Concurrent's Symbolic
Real-Time Monitor (SRTM) tool allows real-time application testing. These
complementary tools offer developers real-time monitoring and debugging for
testing applicaitons under real-life conditions.
Concurrent's SRTM is the first monitoring tool that does not alter the behavior
of the program being tested, or interfere with performance characterizations
and tuning during the final stages of development. Without halting the
execution of the program to change a variable, the SRTM monitors application
testing in real-time, giving developers the ability to quickly debug in
real-time.
Additionally, a window displays the data during monitoring. Captured data
values and other information appearing in the window can be recorded to files
for future analysis. The system's on-line help facility provides interactive
access to the information in the user's manual.
Customers Validate Improved Productivity
Concurrent has been a market leader in supplying real-time computers to the
simulation and training community for more than twenty years. With its C3Ada
Language System and Symbolic Real-Time Monitor tool, Concurrent continues
to enhance and speed the development of simulation applications.
The Defense Systems Division of Loral Corporation chose Concurrent't Series
7000 68040-based Real-Time UNIX computer systems for the real-time computer
portion of the Special Operations Aircrew Training System (SOF ATS) awarded
to Loral by the U.S. Air Force.
Loral based its decision on Concurrent's RTU operating system and C3Ada
Language System as well as the system's price/performace ratio.
"The SOF ATS program signifies another important milestone for Concurrent
in putting cost effective real-time computing to work in some of the industry's
most advanced simulation applications," said Ron DeLuca, Concurrent's director
of federal marketing. "The mission rehersal requirements of the SOF ATS program
will require a high level of computing performance, reliability, and support;
areas where Concurrent has a demonstrated track record in a wide range of
simulation applications."
Krupp Atlas Electronik (KAE) also awarded a multi-million dollar contract to
Concurrent for the Series 7000 systems for use in the Training Simulator
for the Leopard Shooting Tank. Like Loral, Krupp based its purchasing
decision on Concurrent's RTU operating system and C3Ada Language System.
Additionally, Concurrent's C3Ada Language System meets the German Federal
Office of the Military's (DOD) high-level language requirements.
Pricing and Requirements
Concurrent's C3Ada Compiler package is available for US$21,700. The Development
Tools package is priced at US$3,255 and the Debugging package at US$7,595. The
C3Ada Language System and symbolic debugger are available immediately. SRTM
will be available in the calendar third quarter.
The C3Ada Language System is compatible with all Concurrent platforms including
the Series 8000 based on the MIPS R3000 processor running RTU; Series 3200
based on Concurrent's own processor running its OS/32 operating system; and
Series 5000/6000/7000 based on Motorola 69020, 68030, and 68040 processors.
Concurrent Computer Corporation, headquartered in Tinton Falls, New Jersey,
is the leading supplier of high-performance, real-time computer systems
worldwide. The company's products, marketed through the commercial, federal,
and real-time technical business lines, provide real-time solutions to the
financial, communications, public sector, technical, aerospace, and simulation
markets. Its common stock trades on NASDAQ under the symbol CCURC.
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Contact: Leslie Smith/Linda Lewis
Concurrent Computer Corporation
(908) 758-7572
Malinda Banash/Michele Frost
The Weber Group, Inc.
(617) 661-7900
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Ada is a registered trademark of the U.S. Government.
C3Ada and RTU are trademarks of Concurrent Computer Corporation.
UNIX is a registered trademark of USL (UNIX Systems Laboratories, Inc.).
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