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News Release from: ARM | Subject: RealView Development Suite 3.0
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 05 April 2006
Development suite produces
faster-running code
ARM has used the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose to release the latest version of its RealView Development Suite.
ARM has used the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose to release the latest version of its RealView Development Suite With this release, ARM has created an integrated, end-to-end toolchain for true hardware/software co-development, optimised for the SoC features most requested by embedded systems developers
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"For the RealView Development Suite 3.0, we focused on three key benefits for system developers: providing an end-to-end tool flow; enabling integration with key ARM technologies as well as Eclipse and Linux; and optimising system performance and compilation of Linux applications", said David Rusling, ARM Fellow and Director of Technology, Development Systems, ARM.
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"With the RealView Development Suite 3.0, our customers can achieve significant code sise reduction for Linux applications", said Jim Ready, CEO, MontaVista Software: "For the OEM, this saves money by allowing a smaller memory footprint, which reduces build cost".
"For the consumer, this offers longer battery life for mobile products".
"Nokia is pleased to offer Symbian OS OEM developers beneficial integration with Real View Development Suite 3.0 compilation tools in the Nokia Carbide.c++ Developer, Professional and OEM Edition tools", said D'Arcy Salzmann, Head of Product Management, Developer Tools, Nokia.
"OEMs creating new Symbian OS mobile phones will be able to improve system performance and decrease the size of their ROM budgets with the higher-performance code produced by the latest compilation tools".
A primary goal of the RealView Development Suite 3.0 is to speed time to market for embedded systems developers as well as hardware developers, through hardware/software codevelopment.
For this reason, the new tool is fully interoperable with the electronic system level (ESL) simulation models generated by the RealView Create family of ESL tools.
"Taking advantage of ESL tools for architectural exploration and system simulation is one of the highest-value activities that systems designers can undertake", said Daya Nadamuni, Vice President, Gartner Dataquest.
"It facilitates an optimised design, with functions appropriately apportioned between hardware and software, and allows true pre-silicon software development".
ARM has integrated support for a number of ARM and third-party technologies into the new version of the RealView Development Suite.
In addition to supporting all ARM processors including the ARM11 MPCore multiprocessor, the RealView Development Suite is now the first development toolchain to provide support for the ARM Cortex-M3 and Cortex-A8 processors, as well as for future Cortex family processors.
ARM has also integrated an intrinsics compiler for its Neon 64/128bit hybrid SIMD technology developed by ARM to accelerate the performance of multimedia and signal processing applications; support for its advanced CoreSight debug and trace technology which provides software developers with much more visibility to debug complex, multicore devices while saving pins and silicon area; and support for its TrustZone hardware-based security technology.
The RealView Development Suite also enables optional integration with Eclipse.
The ARM RealView Development Suite 3.0 is available now.
ARM partners upgrading from RVDS 2.2 with valid support and maintenance contracts are entitled to a 30% discount.
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