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NEC Electronics and VaST Ink Distribution Deal
Jan 21, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) --
VaST, a provider of electronics virtualization, and NEC Electronics America, a subsidiary of NEC Electronics and a supplier of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), announced an agreement for NEC Electronics America to distribute VaST virtualization technology with advanced automotive MCU products.
The agreement is a leap forward in an effort that VaST undertook almost two years ago to fundamentally change how electronic systems are developed in the automotive industry. Beginning in May 2007, VaST instituted a series of partnerships to deliver system and processor models to several electronics suppliers and original equipment manufacturers. The earlier announced availability of NEC Electronics' V850-based MCU models was an important first step.
This agreement goes beyond NEC Electronics' MCU model availability and includes sales and distribution of VaST electronics virtualization tools by NEC Electronics America to its customers. This agreement equips NEC Electronics America with virtualization tools that allow end customers to develop software for NEC Electronics microcontroller-based systems in a more productive and cost-effective manner than conventional methods.
"With the automotive industry struggling in the current economic climate, this effort between NEC Electronics America and VaST provides an alternative by reducing the significant cost of hardware prototyping and increasing the efficiency of software development," said Jim Trent, vice president, Multipurpose Microcontroller and Automotive Group, NEC Electronics America.
"Industry-wide, electronics virtualization would significantly reduce development costs by hundreds of millions of dollars. This collaboration will bring VaST virtualization tools and NEC Electronics microcontrollers to a larger set of customers and thereby lower the industry cost structure for conducting leading-edge automotive system design," said Alain Labat, chief executive officer of VaST Systems.
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