Hitachi offers Entier RDBMS for Mentor's consumer electronics platform
(Technology News, 29 Jan 2007 )
The embedded business group of Hitachi America Ltd, a subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd, announced that its Entier relational database management system (RDBMS), an application-optimized platform with local search capabilities, will support the Nucleus PLUS real-time operating system (RTOS) from Mentor Graphics Corp.
Steven King, vice president, sales and marketing, Hitachi America embedded business group, said, “The Nucleus PLUS real-time operating system is a natural fit for the Entier data management system, as they both share the goal of easing development time and costs while boosting the functionality available to consumers. The wide array of hardware platforms supported by the Nucleus RTOS makes Entier’s application-optimized data management technology accessible to more developers than ever before, effectively offering more functionality, in less code.”
Glen Johnson, product marketing manager, embedded systems division, Mentor Graphics, stated: “We are always looking to support new technologies that ease development of consumer devices. Entier provides the ability to not only store and manage thousands of data files but also offers cutting-edge search capabilities that enable developers to incorporate unique features in their devices, such as location-based search.”