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ARM Tackles Design Challenges for Complex, Application-Rich Consumer Devices With Latest Realview Development Tools
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, England, October 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
- RealView Development Suite 4.0 Professional Enables Developers to
Realize the Full Potential of Their ARM Processor-Based Devices, Including
the Cortex-A9 MPCore Multicore Processor
ARM ((LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMH)) today announced the RealView(R)
Development Suite 4.0 Professional tool suite at the fifth annual ARM(R)
Developers' Conference in Santa Clara, Calif. A host of new benefits combine
in the RealView Development Suite 4.0 Professional, including new compilation
techniques to achieve up to 10 percent processor performance improvement and
enhanced system profiling for more precise analysis of software execution and
system performance. Developed with complex, application-rich systems in mind
- particularly mobile devices such as mobile internet devices and smartphones
- RealView Development Suite 4.0 Professional enables developers to push the
limits of functionality and get the very best out of the ARM architecture,
including the latest ARM Cortex(TM)-M3, Cortex-R4, CortexA8 and Cortex-A9
processors and the Cortex-A9 MPCore(TM) multicore processor.
"Stunningly complex devices such as today's fully-featured smartphones
have generated a demand for similar gadgets and applications that offer a new
level of connectivity and user experience. In order to create these
next-generation devices, powerful software tools are essential," said Rich
Wawrzyniak, senior analyst, Semico Research Corporation. "By continuing to
introduce new features to its tool suite, ARM is ensuring that developers get
the very best out of its architecture and are able to develop rich
applications that will enhance the end-user experience."
Among the key benefits included in RealView Development Suite 4.0
Professional are link-time code generation and profiler-driven compilation.
Link-time code generation significantly reduces code size, and designers gain
the option to either increase system functionality with no additional memory
requirement, or lower overall system cost. Profiler-driven compilation
enables code to be optimized based on actual use, which significantly
improves software performance and responsiveness of applications on ARM
processors.
The tool suite also features a new version of the ARM Profiler. Besides
supporting long-duration profiling of fully optimized production code, the
new ARM Profiler now also supports Real-Time Streaming Instruction Trace.
This allows capture and storage of continuous instruction trace for up to 10
days, which would provide detailed information on what software the device is
executing and how this affects the performance and behavior of the system.
"As today's consumer electronics, particularly smartphones and mobile
internet devices (MIDs) become increasingly sophisticated, powerful software
tools will be essential to enabling the development of new systems," said
Mark Onions, director of marketing, System Design Division, ARM. "ARM has
worked closely with its Partners to ensure that our software tools help
designers address issues like performance, power and cost, while helping to
streamline the creation of tomorrow's feature-rich designs."
Other key features and benefits of RealView Development Suite 4.0
Professional include:
- Two additional ultra-fast Real-Time System Models (RTSMs)
supporting Cortex-R4 and Cortex-A9 processors running at an equivalent
of 250MHz
- Support for the ARM Cortex-A9 processor with NEONTM vectorizing
compiler
- The ARM Workbench IDE based on the open-source Eclipse Integrated
Development Environment (IDE)
- Enhanced support allowing developers to take advantage of the
Cortex-M3 processor bit-banding memory
- Support for controlling compiler optimizations that simplify the
validation process for critical systems
- Support for Texas Instruments OMAP 3 devices; Marvell Feroceon
Dragonite v5TE and v6T2 cores; and Faraday Technology Corporation
FA526, FA626 and FA626TE cores
- Enhanced support for ARM CoreSight(TM) advanced debug and trace
features
The RealView Development Suite 4.0 Professional tools suite is utilized
by industry-leading companies, including Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:
DLB), Parasoft and QSounds Labs:
"The new RealView Development Suite helps us deliver the best Dolby
solutions for the ARM processor-based devices," said Martin Dietz, vice
president, EMEA and Business Strategy, Dolby Laboratories. "With these tools,
our customers can more easily port technologies like Dolby(R) Mobile and
aacPlus to devices, while significantly reducing time-to-market. More
features in less time equals a better experience for consumers."
"RVDS 4.0 Professional is a very important step in ARM's continued
evolution of their Eclipse-based RVDS development environment. By providing
their state of the art tools under the open Eclipse platform, ARM greatly
facilitates the tool platform integration instrumental in enabling a seamless
development process with greater productivity necessary to meet the growing
demand for complex mobile devices," said Sergei Sokolov, general manager of
Parasoft Embedded, a member of ARM Connected Community(TM) which provides
Eclipse-based code analysis and application quality solutions focused on
automated defect prevention.
"The flexible and open environment of the ARM RealView Development Suite
Professional tools have facilitated our efforts to provide efficient and
optimized audio technologies for the mobile market," said Brian Schmidt, CTO
of QSound Labs, Inc. "The new features in the RealView Development Suite 4.0
Professional will help us to further optimize our code for NEON technology."
Availability
The ARM RealView Development Suite 4.0 Professional is available for
licensing today in both standard and professional versions. For more
information about the tools, please visit:
http://www.arm.com/products/DevTools/RealViewSoftwareDevelopment.html .
About ARM
ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital
products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to
imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM's comprehensive
product offering includes 32-bit RISC microprocessors, graphics processors,
enabling software, cell libraries, embedded memories, high-speed connectivity
products, peripherals and development tools. Combined with comprehensive
design services, training, support and maintenance, and the company's broad
Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast,
reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. More information
on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.
ARM and RealView are registered trademarks of ARM Limited. Cortex and
NEON are trademarks of ARM Limited. All other brands or product names are the
property of their respective holders. "ARM" is used to represent ARM Holdings
plc; its operating company ARM Limited; and the regional subsidiaries: ARM,
Inc.; ARM KK; ARM Korea Ltd.; ARM Taiwan Limited; ARM France SAS; ARM
Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.; ARM Belgium N.V.; AXYS Design Automation
Inc.; ARM Germany GmbH; ARM Embedded Technologies Pvt. Ltd.; and ARM Norway,
AS.
Dolby is a registered trademark of Dolby Laboratories.
SOURCE ARM Ltd
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