PRESS RELEASE: Introducing Magellan 2.0 Contact: Jean J. Dubray IFE Technologies. 138, bd de Pontoise 95 370 Montigny Les Cormeilles France January 18, 1994 IFE Technologies announced the availability of Magellan, v2.0, for NeXTSTEP (both Intel and Motorola hardware). Magellan is a leading NextStep application in real-time industrial process control. It is designed to control material processes involving temperature, pressure, digital controls and safety interlocks. Magellan is 100% production oriented : Process calibration database, enables day to day reproducibility and customer driven flexibility. Magellan can control up to 4 reactors running individual recipes. It also offers batch capabilities for integrated production systems. Its unique object-oriented architexture based on NeXT appkit enables you to implement expert behavior in days instead of month. For instance, complex regulation loops can be implemented based on process engineer knowlege that will tune recipe parameters in a real-time fashion according to external or internal parameter measurements. Real-time can operate down to 0.1 s resolution. Information are sent and recieved from controllers with serial lines and ethernet network. Applications range from semi-conductor, thin film, to ceramic production or research. Magellan single-user license purchase price is $9,990 Development kit can be purchased for $4,990. Educational price is $5,990 for both licence and development tool-kit. For detailed information Magellan, send electronic mail to or contact IFE Technologies. at 138, bd de Pontoise, 95 370 Montigny Les Cormeilles. France. Facsimile can be sent to (+33 1) 47 08 32 39 and voice calls are accepted at (+33 1) 47 08 92 50. The company performs materials science systems engineering and mission critical development. ______________________________________________________________________ Magellan is a trademark of IFE Technologies. NeXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT Computer Inc. ______________________________________________________________________