Archimedes Software to support Philips Semicondutors' XA family of microcontrollers; Archimedes to provide C compiler and tool set for the XA.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 1995--Archimedes Software today announced that they are developing a C compiler Noun 1. C compiler - a compiler for programs written in C compiling program, compiler - (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program as part of a tool set that will fully support Philips Semiconductors' new 16-bit XA microcontroller architecture. The Archimedes ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. standard C compiler optimized for the XA architecture forms the core of an XA IDE (Integrated Development Environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment ) tool set. The XA IDE debugger will provide comprehensive C and assembly debugging and interface directly with the built-in XA simulator, and real-time in-circuit emulators. Additionally, the Archimedes XA IDE includes a macro-assembler, library manager, linker/locator and on-line documentation. All Archimedes tools are designed exclusively from the ground up for Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. . Philips' XA microcontroller provides an easy 16-bit upgrade path for design engineers who require much higher performance than they can get from the 80C51. With performance that is three times faster than the 16-bit 80C196 Philips' XA was designed to satisfy the increasing performance needs of designers for many years. Yet the price of the XA is low, and it offers the best price/performance of any 16-bit microcontroller available. The XA architecture and instruction set were designed to support compiled languages with great efficiency, and code written in C will compile efficiently with the Archimedes tool set and run on the microcontroller with little or no performance loss. With the trend by designers toward using high-level languages to reduce time-to-market, this is good news, because the need to optimize code after it is compiled to run on the XA is greatly reduced or, in many cases, eliminated. Philips Semiconductors is the leading manufacturer of the 80C51 microcontroller architecture. Having taken over market share leadership of this market segment in 1993, Philips offers more OTP (1) (One Time Programmable) Refers to programming content or logic into chips such as EPROMs and EEPROMs, which cannot be reversed. See antifuse. (2) (One Time P derivatives than any microcontroller manufacturer and offers the most 80C51 derivatives. Philips Semiconductors is among the world's top semiconductor manufacturers. The company employs over 20,000 people worldwide. Key markets are in the computing, wireless communication, multimedia, automotive and consumer sectors. CONTACT: Philips Semiconductors Peter Brown, 408/991-3626 Oak Ridge Oak Ridge, city (1990 pop. 27,310), Anderson and Roane counties, E Tenn., on Black Oak Ridge and the Clinch River; founded by the U.S. government 1942, inc. as an independent city 1959. Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Inc. Kathy Keenan or Jean Stawarz, 408/253-5042 |
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