Applied Microsystems and Metrowerks Announce Strategic Alliance to Provide Embedded Development Tool.AUSTIN, TEXAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 1998--(ME:MWK MWK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Malawi Kwacha. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. .) (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :MWK.) (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MTWKF) Metrowerks Inc. and Applied Microsystems Corp., Redmond, Wash. (NASDAQ: APMC APMC Application (Server) for Mail and Calendaring APMC Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference APMC Advanced Program Management Course APMC Amicale Philatélique et Marcophile Colmarienne APMC Afloat Personnel Management Center ) today announced a new major strategic alliance whereby: - Applied will incorporate Metrowerks' advanced software debugger technology into their industry-leading embedded hardware-enhanced debug To correct a problem in hardware or software. Debugging software means locating the errors in the source code (the program logic). Debugging hardware means finding errors in the circuit design (logical circuits) or in the physical interconnections of the circuits. and software test products. - Metrowerks and Applied will work together to ensure their tools are compatible with each others as well as supporting industry standard debug formats for compatibility with tools from other vendors. By combining Applied's industry-leading hardware-enhanced debug and software test solutions and Metrowerks' award-winning software debugger, embedded system Any electronic system that uses a CPU chip, but that is not a general-purpose workstation, desktop or laptop computer. Such systems generally use microprocessors, or they may use custom-designed chips or both. programmers will be able to easily download and debug applications on their target devices. Embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. programmers can expect to see dramatic increases in productivity because of the tremendous speed of Applied's hardware- enhanced tools and the ease of use obtained by working within the CodeWarrior IDE. The first implementation of this alliance will be targeted at the PowerPC family of microprocessors and will be expanded later this year to include other microprocessor architectures. "This is an exciting opportunity for both companies. With this announcement, Applied is better able to satisfy its customers by adding a full complement of software tools to our hardware-enhanced solution set. Additionally, this puts us in the unique position of being the only embedded development vendor to provide this breadth: an IDE, compiler and debugger, together with our hardware-enhanced tools including SuperTAP, PowerTAP, CodeTAP and CodeTEST" said Larry Ritter rit·ter n. pl. ritter A knight. [German, from Middle High German riter, from Middle Dutch ridder, from r , vice president, Applied Microsystems. "It also takes us into the new applications and markets that Metrowerks has been so successful in penetrating." "Integrating Applied's comprehensive line of hardware-enhanced test solutions with Metrowerks CodeWarrior IDE and debugger provides both our companies with complete development solutions out of the box." said Jean Belanger, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Metrowerks. Availability The integration of the two technologies will be available for PowerPC embedded targets calendar Q2/98. CodeWarrior for PowerPC Embedded Systems Release 3 will be available from Applied Microsystems for $899. A system package including the Applied CodeTAP for the Motorola PowerPC 8xx family of processors is $6,495. A system package including the Applied PowerTAP for the Motorola PowerPC 60x family of microprocessors is $6,495. Support for other major embedded processors will be rolled out on an on- going basis. About Applied Microsystems One of the world's leading hardware-enhanced embedded software Instructions that permanently reside in a ROM or flash memory chip. Embedded software may be immediately available to the CPU or, for faster execution, may be transferred to RAM first and then executed. design, debug and test solutions, Applied Microsystems helps engineers develop products faster, more reliably and at a lower cost-per-engineer. Applied's tools include: innovative coverification tools; in-circuit emulators, from low-cost models designed especially for software engineers, to powerful full-scale models for both software and hardware development; and category- defining embedded software verification tools. About Metrowerks Founded in 1985, Metrowerks develops, markets and supports CodeWarrior software development solutions for a number of operating systems targeting the most popular microprocessors. Intended for use for embedded systems or desktop computers, the cross-platform compilers support C, C++, Java, and Pascal, and allow programmers to build applications from one unique Integrated Development Environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment (IDE). Metrowerks' CodeWarrior products are used by more than 100,000 registered users in 75 countries. Metrowerks, the Metrowerks logo and CodeWarrior are registered trademarks of Metrowerks, Inc. Motorola is a registered trademark of Motorola, Inc. PowerPC is a trademark of International Business Machines Corp. and is used by Motorola under license from IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Corp. Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and other countries. Statements in this press release are forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including successful and timely development of the product and customer acceptance of the product. CONTACT: Metrowerks Inc. Gordy Davies, 512/ 873-4797 gdavies@metrowerks.com http://www.metrowerks.com |
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