Esterel Technologies' KCG™ Code Generator Achieves Certification to SIL 3/4 under EN 50128 and SIL 3 under IEC 61508 Standards

Certification Validates Latest SCADE Suite™ Code Generation Technology for Critical Software Application Generation in Rail, Industrial, and Automotive Applications

Elancourt, France and Boston, Massachusetts — September 22, 2008

Esterel Technologies, an ISO 9001:2000 Certified Company, is proud to announce that the latest release of the proven KCG™ Code Generator has been certified by TÜV SÜD Automotive GmbH up to safety integrity level (SIL) 3/4 under EN 50128 and SIL 3 under IEC 61508. This certification provides further evidence that Esterel Technologies continues to be the leading provider of software development tools and services in safety-critical application development for rail, industrial, and automotive systems.

This latest certification validates the quality and dependability of Esterel Technologies' code generator, as it is applied to safety-critical software applications under EN and IEC standards. The KCG code generator is a component of the SCADE Suite™ model-based development environment that provides certified automatic code generation derived from SCADE Suite graphical models. These graphical models are developed by system and software engineers to describe the functionality and behavior of control applications in the safety-critical domain. SCADE Suite supports the complete safety-critical development lifecycle with links to requirements management and traceability tools, documentation generation, configuration management, and verification tools. KCG, optimized for safety-critical application development, provides adaptors to commercial real-time operating systems. With KCG, SCADE Suite completes the development and deployment tool chain for safety-critical embedded applications.

Developers of critical embedded applications can mitigate project risk and expedite time-to-deployment by combining model-based development with certified code generation technology. By raising the level of abstraction, model-based development with SCADE Suite gives developers the ability to quickly analyze and design solutions to their critical problems at the graphical level. SCADE Suite graphical models are easily understood and shared by all team members. Static model construction checks and verification ensure that the models have been constructed properly whereas the KCG Code Generator automatically assures that the model is translated into high quality, dependable, safety-critical applications. SCADE Suite and KCG, integrated in the development flow, improve product quality and developer productivity.

Esterel's SCADE® family of products and services, including SCADE Suite™ and SCADE Display™ are focused solely on the design, development, deployment, and verification of safety-critical embedded control and embedded graphics display applications, respectively. Esterel solutions expedite the time-to-certification in those domains where it is required, and shortens the time-to-deployment and verification in all domains.

Our investment in providing the highest quality products and services to our clients continues. KCG is a clear differentiating technology for both our SCADE® family of products and for our customers in the safety-critical domain, said Eric Bantegnie, President and CEO of Esterel Technologies. KCG provides our customers with tremendous productivity gains during the implementation phase while also mitigating project risk. KCG offers significant business benefits to our customers and this latest certification shows our continuing commitment to further advancements in code generation optimization for the safety-critical domain.

About Esterel SCADE

The Esterel SCADE® family of products offers an integrated design and development environment for mission and safety-critical embedded software applications. The core products in the family, SCADE Suite™ and SCADE Display™ offer graphical design entry, verification through simulation and formal methods, and certified code generation. These products also include integrated requirements management, configuration management, and automatic documentation generation, shortening the time-to-certification.

SCADE Suite is the market leading model-based development environment dedicated to mission and safety-critical embedded software:

DO-178B qualified up to level A for Military and Aerospace Industries
IEC 61508 certified at SIL 3 by TÜV for Heavy Equipment, Automotive and Energy
EN 50128 certified at SIL 3/4 by TÜV for Rail Transportation
IEC 60880 compliant for Nuclear Energy

SCADE Display is the leading edge embedded graphics design and development environment dedicated to mission and safety-critical display systems in aerospace and defense, industrial, energy, medical, and transportation applications. SCADE Display has been qualified under DO-178B qualified up to level A for Military and Aerospace Industries.

About Esterel Technologies - An ISO 9001:2000 Certified Company

Esterel Technologies is the worldwide leader of model-based design, verification and code generation tools for mission and safety-critical embedded systems.

Esterel Technologies is a privately held company with European headquarters in Elancourt, France, U.S. headquarters in Boston Massachusetts, with direct sales offices in Germany, the United Kingdom, and China. Esterel is supported by channel and service partners worldwide.

For additional information, visit the Esterel Technologies websites at www.esterel-technologies.com.

Press Contacts

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Gundel Hahn

Phone : +49 (0) 89 123 922 04

Email : Gundel.Hahn@esterel-technologies.com

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