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Mentor Graphics Corporation announced the availability of its customizable edge-to-cloud IoT solution that enables companies to get its product to market quicker while helping to reduce risk, cost, and development cycles. The Mentor IoT solution comprises a unique customizable IoT gateway System Design Kit (SysDK), a cloud backend, and runtime solutions on which to build an array of IoT edge devices. It enables IoT requirements with support from 8-bit microcontrollers to 64-bit microprocessors, and deployments of 100,000+ gateways each supporting dozens of edge devices.
Customizable Gateway Reference Design
Mentor Graphics provides a hardware and software gateway platform that can be used as-is or customized in both hardware and software to meet specific gateway requirements, including compatibility with legacy and new IoT deployments. The Gateway SysDK reference hardware utilizes the ARM Cortex-A9 based i.MX 6 series applications processor from Freescale Semiconductor. The base reference software includes a Linux BSP with support for the reference board. To support secure convergence, the Mentor Gateway SysDK can be customized to include secure gateway partitions using ARM TrustZone, which enables secure applications, such as certificate management and secure remote firmware upgrades. The integration of cloud middleware supports the functionality provided from the cloud backend. By leveraging the Gateway SysDK, customers can move from concept to production in less time.
Connected and Secure from Edge to Enterprise
The Mentor Graphics end-to-end IoT solution includes support for a comprehensive set of physical connections complemented by a breadth of IoT and cloud protocols for wired and wireless edge device aggregation, and more secure communication between the cloud backend, gateway, and edge devices. End-to-end security is provided for data communications, access control, software execution, and intrusion detection. Security integration with enterprise IT infrastructure is provided by Icon Labs' Floodgate for McAfee ePO.
Customizable Cloud Support
The Mentor cloud solution enables companies to remotely provision, monitor, collect data for analysis, and manage gateway and device deployment more securely through a web interface or a mobile application. Mentor provides a cloud backend that can be licensed or provided as a service. Designed for performance and scalability for large global deployments, the cloud backend can integrate multiple cloud service providers, and enables management of server life-cycles using automation templates including customizable dashboards.
IoT Edge Device Support
With a broad portfolio of commercial runtime, tools, services, and support, Mentor Graphics enables the development of IoT edge devices that span application segments. Found in over 3 billion devices, the scalable Mentor Embedded Nucleus real-time operating system (RTOS) enables a range of IoT edge devices down to more resource-constrained and battery-powered devices. The Linux Foundation's Yocto Project-based Mentor Embedded Linux technology enables IoT edge devices, which require a rich application environment and access to open source IP and developers. Runtime solutions also include graphics support, a multicore framework, and support for Android and bare metal environments.
Consulting Services
To help customers achieve their business goals, Mentor Graphics has a team of experts available to consult with customers in the design of customized cloud and IoT gateway hardware and software architectures spanning prototype, evaluation, and production phases. Expertise includes hardware design, optimized software architectures, multi-media applications, security, and safety certified systems.
Availability
To provide customers flexibility in meeting business needs, the technology can be licensed commercially as an end-to-end solution or in parts to address and complete a customer's existing solution. Additionally, Mentor Graphics can deploy and manage the solution as a service to customers. Both options are available today.
Keywords: Internet Of Things (IoT), Edge-to-Cloud Security, Intrusion Detection, Security Integration, Enterprise IT Infrastructure, ARC Advisory Group.