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News Release from: Green Hills Software | Subject: Compilers for PowerPC MPC7447A
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 11 May 2004
Compilers create top PowerPC benchmarks
Freescale Semiconductor has used Green Hills Software's Multi C/C++ compilers to achieve record-setting performance on benchmarks recently certified by EEMBC Certification Laboratories.
Freescale Semiconductor has used Green Hills Software's Multi C/C++ compilers to achieve record-setting performance on benchmarks recently certified by EEMBC Certification Laboratories With the publication of these results, the Green Hills C/C++ compilers gain the distinction of producing the highest out-of-box scores in every EEMBC category
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 21 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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At the heart of Freescale's chart-topping scores is a new generation of compiler technology found in the Multi IDE for the PowerPC including: full support of Freescale's AltiVec single-instruction/multiple-data (SIMD) vector processing technology; effective scheduling of the PowerPC pipeline; and several advanced register allocation techniques.
"More EEMBC semiconductor members have chosen the Green Hills compiler to generate their EEMBC benchmark scores than any other compiler in the industry", said Markus Levy, EEMBC President.
"Furthermore, the EEMBC Certification Laboratories confirmed that Freescale's processors and the Green Hills compilers generated the scores according to EEMBC's regulations, giving extra credence to the processor's and compiler's capabilities".
The Green Hills C/C++ optimising compilers for the Freescale PowerPC MPC7447A processor families are immediately available. Request a free brochure from Green Hills Software ...
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