Applied Microsystems announces pocket-sized, SuperTAP emulator; Leading the industry in developing portable, affordable tools, AMC's SuperTAP Am186ER offers all the features of bulky emulators at half the cost.REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Oct. 14, 1996--Condensing the power of a big-box emulator into a pocket-sized tool, Applied Microsystems today announced a new SuperTAP (Target Access Probe) for AMD's new Am186ER. Priced at $9,995, SuperTAP Am186ER is less than half the cost of competitive "box" emulators with no loss in features. "The SuperTAP architecture is the most significant product Applied has ever developed. Our goal is to lead the industry in providing advanced emulators that are portable and powerful, yet easy to use," said Bob Deinhammer, president 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 Applied Microsystems. "The Am186ER is part of our growing SuperTAP family that we'll expand to include the most popular 16- and 32-bit processors." "Applied's extensive complementary tool selection provides each engineer on the development team a world- class development solution" said Mark Morneault, Fusion manager at AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. . "Furthermore, Applied backs their tools with an extensive applications department, interoperability lab, validation lab, and a worldwide field applications support team. All these services provide our customers the support they demand." Incorporating Applied's patented, broad-based technology, SuperTAP is designed to provide critical real-time performance and ease of use. SuperTAP is a self- contained package that can be used right out of the box. The user simply connects SuperTAP to the target and it's ready to use. No hardware configuration is needed, no change of probe tips or internal boards; 3- and 5-volt adapters are unnecessary. SuperTAP's Dual Processor Architecture -------------------------------------- SuperTAP offers the advantages of dual processor architecture. Without a second processor (in addition to the emulation processor), a tool may be intrusive to the target. SuperTAP incorporates a second processor to handle communications, control operations and perform target monitoring. SuperTAP's dual processor design guarantees real- time operation. When the user sends a command to SuperTAP, the target processor will not stop emulation to interpret information or execute other commends. This differs from competitive "on-the-fly" systems where the emulator is quickly stopped and started again. Non-Stop Emulation ------------------ Applied's unique Non-Stop Emulation and SuperTAP's non-intrusive capability provide the user efficient debugging (programming) debugging - The process of attempting to determine the cause of the symptoms of malfunctions in a program or other system. These symptoms may be detected during testing or use by real users. capability. Non-Stop Emulation allows users to upload, trigger and display trace, as well as modify event triggers without stopping the target processor. Both Non-Stop Emulation and non-intrusive capabilities facilitate real-time execution -- until now not fully available in a small form-factor emulator. Applied's customer surveys reveal that trace capability is one of the most important features of an emulator. Uploading a trace buffer and viewing the trace without stopping the user's target is a critical requirement. Just as important is the ability to establish and modify a trace condition while the target continues to run. This allows users to perform "what if" analyses, enabling efficient debugging for even the most elusive bugs. All these capabilities are enabled by Non-Stop Emulation. About SuperTAP Am186ER ---------------------- SuperTAP provides unsurpassed real-time performance for the Am186ER processor architecture. Its features are optimized for the whole design team -- hardware, software and firmware A category of memory chips that hold their content without electrical power. Firmware includes flash, ROM, PROM, EPROM and EEPROM technologies. When holding program instructions, firmware can be thought of as "hard software." See flash memory, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM and FOTA. engineers. SuperTAP includes 40 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. bus speed support that automatically adapts to either 3- or 5-volt targets, or runs internally if no target hardware is available. SuperTAP comes standard with Non-Stop Emulation for critical code, a 64K real-time trace sub-system, real-time event triggering and breakpoint The location in a program used to temporarily halt the program for testing and debugging. Lines of code in a source program are marked for breakpoints. When those instructions are about to be executed, the program stops, allowing the programmer to examine the status of the program system, high-resolution zero- waitstate overlay memory, fast code downloads and trace uploads, and a complete communications package, including portable RS-232 serial (115K baud baud (bôd, bōd), measure of the rate at which signals are transmitted over a telecommunications link. It is equivalent to the number of elements or pulses transmitted in one second, e.g. ), high-speed RS422 and Ethernet LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. support for PC or Sun hosts. SuperTAP's optimized software debugging interface is integrated with the leading compilers and real-time operating systems (operating system) Real-Time Operating System - (RTOS) Any operating system where interrupts are guaranteed to be handled within a certain specified maximum time, thereby making it suitable for control of hardware in embedded systems and other time-critical applications. . It is available for DOS, Win3.1, WinNT and Sun OS. Price and Availability ---------------------- SuperTAP Am186ER is available today with delivery in six weeks after receipt of order. System prices start at U.S. $9,995 for a complete configuration. Prices include up to 40 MHz support, 64K trace, 1MB overlay memory, adapter, serial and high-speed communications, debugger Software that helps a programmer debug a program by stopping at certain breakpoints and displaying various programming elements. The programmer can step through source code statements one at a time while the corresponding machine instructions are being executed. , and linker/locator package. The leader in hardware-assisted 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 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 test solutions, Applied Microsystems helps engineers develop products faster, more reliably and at a lower cost-per-engineer. Applied's tools include: in-circuit emulators See ICE. , from low-cost models designed especially for software engineers, to powerful full-scale models for both software and hardware development, innovative co- verification tools, and category-defining embedded software verification tools. The company can be reached at P.O. Box 97002, Redmond, Wash. 97073-9702. Telephone: 206/882-2000. Email info@amc.com. Browse: http://www.amc.com. CONTACT: Applied Microsystems Glenn Berkwitt, 206/882-5217 gberkwitt@amc.com or McClenahan Bruer Burrows Burrows is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1957, and formally came into existence in the provincial election of 1958. The riding is located in the northern part of Winnipeg. Corp. Debra Seifert, 503/643-9035 debra@mcbb.com |
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