Green Hills and Allegro Software launch Commercial-Grade Media Server Reference Solution

“With over 50% of the home networks to be media-enabled by 2009, the need for a powerful, integrated reference platform for this cost-sensitive market is clear,” said Nikolay Guenov of Freescale’s Networking Systems Division. “Developers of next-generation media server products can expect that the combined hardware/software solution from Green Hills and Allegro will be engineered to deliver reliable, DLNA-compliant media server capabilities while reducing the time it takes to bring these new designs to market.”

“In the competitive home media server market it is key to address time-to-market,” commented Robert Van Andel, president of Allegro Software Development Corporation. “By providing widely deployed, field-proven DLNA/UPnP-compliant software for our joint reference solution, our customers will be able to achieve significant reductions in the time it takes to receive DLNA certification for their end products, resulting in faster product availability compared to using other DLNA/UPnP solutions.”

The Green Hills Software / Allegro Software Media Server Reference Solution consists of the following components:

MULTI integrated development environment and TimeMachine tool suite – providing the industry leading tool set for embedded software developers

• Green Hills C/C++compilers for Power Architecture – generating the fastest and smallest code in the industry
• INTEGRITY royalty-free real-time operating system – providing industry leading performance and the ultimate in security and reliability
• Complete Board Support Package for the Freescale MPC8349E-mITX reference platform
• Integrated middleware support for TCP/IP v4/v6, networking security (IPSec/IKE, SSL, SSH) and advanced file system support for wear leveling flash, ATA and SATA devices
• Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) / Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)
• Green Hills Probe – providing reliable and efficient debugging using the microprocessor’s JTAG port

“The Green Hills Platform for Secure Networking forms the foundation of this solution and provides the ultimate in security and reliability,” states Dan Mender, director of business development, Green Hills Software. “By compartmentalizing and protecting the various components that make up this integrated software solution, developers can customize and deliver reliable, cost-effective media server products in record time and provide a seamless environment for sharing digital media.”