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Dr. Bhaskar Bose, President
Derivation Systems, Inc.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Real-Time Programming Book Published

A Guide to 32-Bit Embedded Development

Carlsbad, California, March 31, 1999 - Derivation Systems, Inc., a leading developer of formal verification systems today announced the publication of "Real-Time Programming - A Guide to 32-Bit Embedded Development", co-authored by Derivation Systems' senior engineer Ingo Cyliax.

The 694 page book, published by Addision-Wesley (November 1998; ISBN 0-201-48540-0; Paper; $49.95) focuses on 32-bit real-time embedded programming topics, including debugging, timers, interrupts, multitasking, serial I/O, TCP/IP networking, and ROMing an application. The book is intended as a guide to and survey of many common topics and problems encountered by designers and builders of embedded systems. It describes design methodology for embedded systems and how to approach an embedded design from concept to implementation. It is a unique book on embedded systems in that it includes complete embedded applications that you can compile, link, download, and run, without having to build a hardware platform.

About the Author
Ingo Cyliax is a Senior Hardware Engineer at Derivation Systems, Inc. where he designs and implements embedded systems based products and prototypes. He also writes a column on real time PC applications for Circuit Cellar INK. Circuit Cellar INK is a monthly publication that focuses on embedded systems design and applications.

About Derivation Systems, Inc.
Headquartered in Carlsbad, California, Derivation Systems is a leading developer of formal verification design tools for the EDA industry and innovative embedded systems products. Founded on the principal that mathematical proof techniques can be used to build critical hardware systems with enhanced reliability, Derivation Systems, has developed its Formal SynthesisTM technology under NASA funded contracts.

Derivation Systems' International headquarters are located at 5963 La Place Court, Suite 208, Carlsbad, CA 92008, U.S.A. Tel.: 760-431-1400, Fax.: 760-431-1484.

Learn more about Derivation Systems on the Web at http://www.derivation.com .