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News Release from: MIPS Technologies | Subject: MIPS32 24K core family
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 24 March 2004
Support for top-performing cores
Green Hills Software's comprehensive set of software development tools for MIPS-based applications now supports the new MIPS32 24K core family.
Green Hills Software's comprehensive set of software development tools for MIPS-based applications supports the new MIPS32 24K core family, the embedded industry's highest performance 32bit synthesisable processor cores By using Green Hills Software's fully integrated, end-to-end Multi integrated development environment (IDE), MIPS Technologies licensees, SoC developers and end users of 24K core-based systems can increase programmer productivity, reduce development cost and speed time to market
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 18 Aug 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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MIPS Technologies has released enhanced versions of the cores in the its MIPS32 24K core family, which have the highest performance in the embedded industry.
The comprehensive tool set, which is optimised for the MIPS32 and MIPS64 architectures, integrates the Green Hills Multi IDE with simulators from MIPS Technologies, a high-performance hardware debug probe, and operating systems support across a wide range of applications.
"MIPS Technologies' 24K cores are the most powerful synthesisable cores available for 32bit embedded applications such as digital TVs and set-top boxes, and developers using these processors can be assured of quick time-to-profit by taking advantage of the best development environment for MIPS processors", said Rob Redfield, Director of Partner Programmes at Green Hills Software.
"Customers who want to take advantage of the exceptional performance of the 24K core family can do so with speed, ease and efficiency, thanks to the support of leading tools providers such as Green Hills Software", said Jack Browne, Vice President of Worldwide Sales at MIPS Technologies.
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"Green Hills' best-in-class tool chain, which supports dozens of MIPS-based processors and cores, offers an excellent solution for embedded software development".
Multi, together with Green Hills Software's family of optimising C, C++, EC++ and Ada95 compilers, automates all aspects of embedded software development.
Featuring a feature-rich source level debugger, performance profiler, and run-time error checker, Multi also includes the CodeBalance speed/size profile-driven optimiser, real-time EventAnalyzer, version control system, graphical program builder, and multiple-language syntax coloured window-oriented editor.
Multi also provides an instruction-set simulator that allows programmers to develop their code without the need for target hardware.
In addition to the 24K core family, Green Hills' software development tools support the MIPS32 4KT, 4KET and 4KST, the MIPS64 5KT core families, and the MIPS64 20KcT and 25KfT cores.
They also support MIPS-based processors developed by MIPS Technologies licensees such as AMD, Broadcom, IDT, Intrinsity, LSI Logic, NEC, PMC-Sierra, QuickLogic and Toshiba.
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