Telelogic Announces First UML and SysML-Based Model Driven Development Environment for Automotive Systems Engineering and Software Development

Telelogic Announces First UML and SysML-Based Model Driven Development
Environment for Automotive Systems Engineering and Software Development

New Flexible Solution Helps Engineers Meet Automotive Design, Performance and
Standards Requirements while Integrating Existing Tools

MALMÖ, Sweden and Irvine, California - October 10, 2007 - Telelogic (Nordic
Exchange/MidCap/TLOG) today announced Rhapsody® For Automotive™ , the first UML®
and SysML™-based solution of its kind specifically designed and customized to
address the needs of automotive systems engineers and software developers of
automotive electronics. This flexible solution easily adapts to the fast changes
and diverse needs of engineers designing Telematics, Infotainment, Powertrain,
Chasis, Comfort and Body Electronic Control Units (ECUs).

Based on Telelogic's leading Model Driven Development™ (MDD™) environment,
Rhapsody For Automotive offers automotive engineers advanced architectural
design capabilities through UML and SysML to better address the increasing
complexity of today's automotive electronic systems and software. With Rhapsody
For Automotive, organizations developing systems and software for the automotive
industry can enjoy the benefits of MDD with a solution that supports automotive
industry standards, such as AUTOSAR, MISRA C and OSEK. In addition, Rhapsody For
Automotive supports the various standard automotive communication buses while
allowing engineers to continue to leverage the benefits found in their existing
algorithmic modeling tools, such as The MathWorks Simulink® and Telelogic
Statemate®. 

“As in other highly competitive embedded systems markets, VDC continues to see
automotive product manufacturers challenged in bringing increasingly complex
designs with new features and rapidly increasing software content to market in a
manner that will not jeopardize product reliability. This industry also faces
constrained software development and bill of materials budgets,” says Matt
Volckmann, senior analyst with VDC's embedded software practice. “Telelogic has
been closely involved with AUTOSAR, has added a number of new tool features
specific to the automotive industry, and its Rhapsody product allows for
versatile integration of other application development and lifecycle management
products, including the widely used Simulink tool suite. As a result, the
company's Rhapsody for Automotive offering is uniquely positioned to meet the
needs of automotive customers looking for advanced UML/SysML-based model-driven
development environments.”

Customized to address the automotive industry's specific design and
implementation challenges, Rhapsody For Automotive builds upon Telelogic's
history of supporting the automotive development lifecycle by offering a
solution that:

•	Supports leading industry standards - Rhapsody For Automotive is the only  
SysML/UML based Model Driven Development environment that supports the following
standards: 
o	AUTOSAR - Rhapsody For Automotive supports the AUTOSAR standard via a profile
that allows automotive systems engineers to capture an AUTOSAR Systems Model
using a profile based on UML/SysML, while importing and exporting AUTOSAR XML
for data exchange with other solutions in the process (Telelogic is a Premium
member of AUTOSAR);
o	CAN, MOST, LIN and FlexRay - Rhapsody For Automotive provides engineers with
the ability to model using abstract messages that are later mapped to the actual
bus messages;
o	MISRA C - Rhapsody For Automotive enables systems and software engineers to
generate compliant code by using the MISRA C modeling profile;  
o	OSEK - Rhapsody For Automotive further allows automotive systems engineers and
software developers to generate code that targets an OSEK compliant operating
system.  

•	Complements existing solutions - Rhapsody For Automotive is the only UML/SysML
based MDD environment that allows engineers to integrate computational
algorithms captured in The MathWorks Simulink, as well as functional behaviors
captured in Telelogic Statemate and protocols such as Bluetooth captured in
Telelogic SDL Suite™. This integration enables engineers - from an architectural
standpoint - to use the best tool for each part of the design and maintain IP
capture in these solutions from previous designs. 
•	Seamlessly integrates with requirements management and configuration
management solutions - Rhapsody For Automotive lets engineers use Requirements
Management solutions such as Telelogic DOORS® and Siemens® UGS Teamcenter™,
while allowing them to elaborate these requirements in a model using Use Case
Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams and Requirement Diagrams.  Additionally, Rhapsody
For Automotive offers integration capabilities with Telelogic Synergy or any
SCCI compliant Configuration Management product.  

•	Reduces development complexity - by defining physical, functional and software
architectures in a graphical manner, Rhapsody For Automotive simplifies the
design and test process while accelerating code reuse.

•	Enhances communication - Rhapsody For Automotive uses standard graphics that
significantly enhance communication among development teams, as well as with
suppliers, who play a key role in the automotive development process.

•	Reduces development time - Rhapsody For Automotive uses automation, including
test execution and results, as well as generation of documentation and code, to
help improve process efficiencies and shorten development cycles often faced by
today's automotive developers.

“Today's cars and trucks, which are becoming more like ‘local area networks on
wheels,' are complex systems comprised of intricate and innovative software
architectures,” said Greg Sikes, Executive Vice President, Modeling Solutions at
Telelogic. “To address the automotive industry's unique requirements, it is
crucial for developers and engineers to have access to capabilities that help
them align design goals with specified requirements in a timely and efficient
manner. Rhapsody For Automotive has been specifically designed to meet the needs
of automotive software developers and systems engineers, enabling them to take a
Model Driven Development approach that has been demonstrated to reduce
engineering costs and time-to-market.” 

Rhapsody For Automotive will be available October 10, 2007.

About Telelogic Rhapsody
Rhapsody is the industry's leading UML 2.1 and OMG SysML 1.0-based Model Driven
Development environment for real-time systems and software engineering. With
advanced capabilities to extend UML 2.1, Rhapsody allows both function-oriented
and object-oriented design techniques to co-exist in one environment. Rhapsody
has won numerous awards including the Best in Show award at the Embedded Systems
Conferences in San Francisco and Boston from VDC; the SD Times 100 for the third
year in a row by taking top honors in the Modeling category; and the Model
Driven Development Focus of the Embedded Development Arena award. Rhapsody is
endorsed by Embedded Market Forecasters as the tool of choice for C developers,
and has received the Embedded Award for Software at Embedded World 2007 for the
Rhapsody AUTOSAR Pack. 

About Telelogic
Telelogic is the leading global provider of software solutions for Enterprise
Lifecycle Management (ELM). Award-winning Telelogic software helps customers
design, develop, and deliver the world's most advanced and innovative products,
systems, and software more efficiently by aligning and optimizing development
lifecycles and business processes with business objectives and customer needs.
Telelogic helps customers improve quality and predictability while reducing
time-to-market and overall costs. Headquartered in Malmö, Sweden with U.S
headquarters in Irvine, California, Telelogic conducts business in more than 40
countries. More than one third of the Fortune Global 500 companies use Telelogic
software including market-leading aero/defense, automotive, financial services,
software/electronic and telecommunications companies and governments worldwide.
For more information, see www.telelogic.com. 

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