BMW Licenses Technology to Simplify Embedded Control Development
7 July 1998
BMW Licenses Integrated Systems, Inc. Technology to Simplify Embedded Control Development
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--July 6, 1998--New Software Enables Auto Manufacturers to Reduce Embedded
Development Cycles and Time to Market
Integrated Systems, Inc. (ISI) , the leading supplier of embedded solutions and tools today announced that German auto manufacturer, BMW, is licensing ISI's integrated development framework to address design cycle issues associated with embedded vehicle controls such as engine monitoring and hydraulics.
ISI, through the combination of pLUG&SIM(TM) and MATRIXx(TM) products, offers the end-user benefits of a co-simulation framework, a project and configuration management module and a production code generator. Through this combination, ISI is providing BMW with a complete development and testing environment to help increase device functionality while reducing development time.
ISI is leveraging its close relationship with BMW to ensure that its embedded development environment is the most comprehensive automotive-specific embedded design solution on the market.
Developed in accordance with industry guidelines provided by BMW, ISI's new technology provides a complete design, development and testing platform to help simplify the process of creating embedded control systems.
"ISI is one of the leading providers of embedded solutions for developers of processor-based automotive controls such as engine monitoring and anti-lock braking. This revolutionary technology promises to provide the automotive industry with a non-proprietary design suite to facilitate co-simulation, modeling, production code generation and configuration management," stated Dr. Michael Eckrich, BMW Research and Development.
"We plan to standardize on ISI's design suite as part of a company-wide framework for the design and development of embedded electronic control units," added Dr. Oliver Rumpf, BMW Research and Development.
ISI also leveraged BMW's industry expertise to ensure that this solution can be utilized by other worldwide auto manufacturers to eliminate similar design issues.
As automobiles become more complicated and require increased functionality such as reduced emissions via advanced engine monitoring, hydraulics and anti-lock braking technologies, ISI's integrated development and design suite will enable other manufacturers to easily design and implement applications on specialized processors.
"As an early adopter of this technology, BMW provided ISI with critical industry insights and perspectives and challenged us to create a robust and comprehensive development solution," stated Scot Morrison, senior director of design automation solutions at Integrated Systems, Inc.
"To help ensure that the technology continues to resolve the most complex of industry issues, BMW and ISI plan to continue working together, enhancing future versions of the product to create a comprehensive non-proprietary feature set increasing design efficiency across the auto industry."
ISI'S BMW Solution Includes: