Software Components Group, the Integrated Systems Inc division that signed a technology licensing agreement with Chorus Systemes SA back in September, is this week bringing out Aria, a product based on the Chorus Mix microkernel. It was developed for the embedded real-time distributed systems market targeting control engineering, communications and automation first. Software Components has customised and implemented source code for the microkernel. It will distribute Aria as binary implementations. Initial products, compatible with Unix System V.3.2, will operate on 68030 single-board computers. Beta testing starts this quarter and shipments follow in the second with a single-copy development kit priced at around $9,000. Integrated Systems will market directly in the US with Chorus responsible for the European end.
