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News Release from: Kozio | Subject: KDiagnostics
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 30 June 2005
Diagnostics software helps in PowerPC
evaluation
AMCC's newly introduced PowerPC 440EP evaluation kit includes Kozio's kDiagnostics software.
AMCC's newly introduced PowerPC 440EP evaluation kit includes Kozio's kDiagnostics software kDiagnostics is a suite of advanced processor and board diagnostics used to perform in-depth testing of processors and evaluation boards
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 Apr 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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AMCC's newly introduced PowerPC 450EP evaluation kit will include Kozio's kDiagnostics test software.
The software will be ROM resident on the Yosemite evaluation board custom designed by Embedded Planet for AMCC's new 440EP kit.
To reduce time to market, customers can license kDiagnostics.
"Our goal is to provide our customers with the best tools available in the market", said Charlie Ashton, Director of PowerPC Software at AMCC.
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"With Kozio's leading diagnostic software our customers can more efficiently test the 440EP processor and board to speed their overall development times".
AMCC's 440EP kit provides users with a comprehensive set of resources, including a custom-designed evaluation board, industry-standard software development tools, sample applications, system-level benchmarks and hardware design files.
Kozio's kDiagnostics, included in the kit, will perform a comprehensive evaluation of the 440EP processor and board, allowing users to leverage the base hardware/software in order to develop new products.
"We build our knowledge base by working with the latest processor reference designs from AMCC and other processor companies", notes Kozio President Joseph Skazinski.
"This expertise is then built into our finely architected library system, allowing the completed solution to be delivered in a matter of days or hours".
"Working with AMCC has been great, and we look forward to continued collaboration".
Based on the PowerPC 440 superscalar core, AMCC's 440EP is targeted at networking and communications applications.
The PowerPC 440EP offers increased processor speed, memory performance and integrated dual fast Ethernets.
Ideal for line card, system control and multi-radio devices, the PowerPC 440EP operates at a clock frequency of up to 553MHz.
For developers of AMCC 440EP-based products and a wide range of other processor families from leading manufacturers, Kozio provides a completely integrated diagnostics solution, including drivers for peripherals, as well as turnkey test suites for Ethernet, I2C, USB, HSS and other features provided through the core processor architecture.
Kozio also leverages its extensive hardware expertise to provide professional services, supporting boot loader and OS integration to custom platforms.
A similar evaluation kit will be available for AMCC's PowerPC 440GR processor early next quarter.
The 440GR will include the same set of resources found in the 440EP, including Kozio kDiagnostics, plus a Yellowstone evaluation board designed for AMCC by Embedded Planet.
Kozio delivers a complete diagnostics and functional test solution for hardware board bring-up, manufacturing test and production-ready power-on self-test through its products: kDiagnostics for system-level diagnostics of embedded designs; kMfgTest for automated embedded manufacturing and functional test; and kPOST for off-the-shelf power-on self-test (POST).
All products are delivered as prebuilt binaries fully ported to custom hardware.
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