Mentor Graphics unveiled its Android and Linux strategy, including the acquisition of Embedded Alley Solutions (San Jose, CA), an provider of Android and Linux development systems. Android and the Linux products will work with the Mentor Graphics Nucleus real-time operating system (RTOS), tools and middleware. Mentor’s Android, Linux, and Nucleus products and services provide tools, runtime components and expertise required for customers to get to production with products.

This ecosystem for Android- and Linux-based devices is supported by leading semiconductor partners, including ARM, Freescale, Marvell, MIPS, RMI, and Texas Instruments. Mentor also revealed support for the ARM Mali graphics processing unit family, Freescale Power Architecture processors and Marvell Sheeva MV78200 Dual-core Embedded Processors. Embedded Alley was the first to market commercial Android tools and services in May 2009, for the RMI Au1250 SoC and the MIPS architecture.