Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq:RHAT), the leader in developing, deploying and managing open source solutions, today announced that it has joined EEMBC, the Embedded Microprocessor Benchmarking Consortium, a non-profit, 45-strong organization of semiconductor and compiler suppliers. Through its membership in this consortium, Red Hat will have access to the EEMBC(R) benchmark code, which will allow it to optimize code generation for its partners.
"Red Hat recognizes the need for standardized, widely accepted embedded microprocessor benchmarks," said Kim Knuttila, vice president, engineering services for Red Hat. "Our membership in EEMBC allows us to work together with our semiconductor partners on producing highly optimized compiler technology for embedded developers. The real-world nature of the EEMBC benchmarks means that any compiler optimizations we make to improve benchmarking performance will directly improve the performance of real applications."
EEMBC helps customers bring products to market more quickly through benchmarking and establishment of industry standards. The EEMBC benchmark suites target key embedded system applications, including automotive/industrial, consumer, networking, office equipment and telecommunications. Several EEMBC members, such as Altera, Fujitsu, Hitachi, IBM, Intel, Mitsubishi, Motorola and Toshiba, have incorporated Red Hat's GNUPro compiler technology.
"Red Hat's membership with EEMBC is important news because their GNUPro compiler technology is used by so many embedded system designers," said Markus Levy, EEMBC president. "Red Hat's technical expertise in embedded design and development will be highly beneficial to the consortium as we begin development of our Version 2.0 benchmark suites."
About EEMBC
Providing the embedded fair and certified benchmarks for real-world applications, EEMBC now includes 45 of the world's leading and most influential semiconductor, intellectual property and compiler companies. EEMBC members are committed to helping customers get the right product easier and faster through fair benchmarking and establishment of industry standards. Benchmarking fairness is provided through the EEMBC Certification Labs with offices in Texas and California. Benchmarking results are posted on the EEMBC Web site at http://www.eembc.org
About Red Hat, Inc.
Red Hat is the leader in developing, deploying and managing solutions built on the benefits of an open source platform. These solutions include an open source product platform for devices to mainframes, a complete end-to-end set of Professional Services, and the Red Hat Network as the Internet-based backbone for deployment and management of the products and services. Red Hat's open source platform includes the award-winning Red Hat Linux operating system platform, the Interchange e-Commerce platform, Stronghold Secure Web Server, Credit Card Verification software, High Availability Server, GNU-based developer toolkit for embedded development and embedded run-time Linux, eCOS and RedBoot solutions.
Red Hat backs up its open source offerings with end-to-end services that include: Red Hat Professional Consulting focused on multi-platform infrastructure and engineering services; Red Hat Engineering services for software development and porting of the operating system and for embedded platforms and devices; Red Hat Enterprise support services for installation services and Web and telephone support and Red Hat Learning services for Linux certification (RHCE) and courses for Apache, Embedded systems, Advanced Developer and e-Commerce. Red Hat Network provides Red Hat's unique managed services capability to deploy and manage open source products, services, support and management information on-line in real-time to more cost effectively and reliably maintain open source-based solutions.
Red Hat is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, N.C. and has offices worldwide. For investor inquiries, contact Gabriel Szulik at Red Hat, 919-547-0012.
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