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Telelogic Modeling Community: Whitepapers - UML, C/C++, OO Programming

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Extending Ada to Assist Multiprocessor Embedded Development
The Ada language supports high level techniques for inter-processor communication and also supports low level implementation of data address manipulation. The language however requires the software developers to manage the low-level manipulations. This paper proposes a technique to incorporate the high level concepts with low level implementation for multiprocessor communications.
preview: http://www.acm.org  

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Extending Ada's Real-Time Systems Annex with the POSIX Scheduling Services
In this paper we propose extending the scheduling model of the Ada 95 Real-Time Systems Annex with the services specified in the Real-Time POSIX standard. These services include a round robin within priorities scheduling policy, a sporadic server scheduling policy, and execution time clocks and timers.
preview: http://www.ctr.unican.es  

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Virtualization: Use Cases
The SCOPE Alliance Virtualization Working Group aims to provide a set of hardware and software requirements that describe functional and non-functional aspects of virtualization features required by the NEPs. The initial focus of the Virtualization Working Group is on the core networking problem area, with emphasis on the control and data planes. The Virtualization Working Group might consider other telecommunications areas in the future....
preview: http://www.scope-alliance.org   date: 4/7/2008

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Ada matters!
The computing industry is rather peculiar: If a technology is not the latest and greatest, people think it has vanished entirely. You can, for example, often meet otherwise knowledgeable people who think that mainframes and COBOL have completely disappeared.
preview: http://www.mil-embedded.com   date: 5/9/2008

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Looking out 40 years, “safe” languages are just as important
Bob Morris has been around mission- and safety-critical software for a long time. After moving to longtime Ada specialist DDC-I a few years ago he has worked quickly to make sure the company is well positioned to provide “safe” languages for long-life military programs. While Ada remains King, new flavors of Java are sure to satisfy the market for many years to come. Edited excerpts follow.
preview: http://www.vmecritical.com   date: 4/25/2008

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Merging legacy software into contemporary system design
As defense industry software developers transition from Ada to Java and upgrade their hardware, they must do so in a way that protects existing application software. Mixed language development tools that support real-time and safety-critical Java as well as stalwarts such as Ada and C provide a seamless upgrade path that enhances productivity while preserving legacy code.
preview: http://www.mil-embedded.com   date: 4/2/2008