ChipWrights and Metrowerks Collaborate on Development Software for ChipWrights' New DSP Technology.Business/Technology Editors NEWTON, Mass. and AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 2002 Companies Work Together to Create Custom Toolset Based on Popular CodeWarrior(TM) Technology ChipWrights, Inc., a leader in digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). (DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive ) technology for mobile imaging applications and Metrowerks, a leading development tools vendor, today announced that ChipWrights has licensed Metrowerks' CodeWarrior(TM) compiler and 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. technology and popular Integrated Development Environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment (IDE (1) (Integrated Development Environment) A set of programs run from a single user interface. For example, programming languages often include a text editor, compiler and debugger, which are all activated and function from a common menu. ). The licensing agreement is part of a partnership between ChipWrights and Metrowerks to provide a software development kit, based on CodeWarrior technology, that will facilitate rapid code development for ChipWrights' new CWvx architecture. This new SIMD/vector-based DSP/RISC architecture represents a fully programmable platform for unprecedented design flexibility in digital imaging applications (see today's related announcement from ChipWrights.). The licensing of Metrowerks' compiler technology was especially beneficial due to its inherent support for vectorization - well suited to ChipWrights' fresh approach to DSP technology for imaging applications. ChipWrights has built specific plug-ins for the CodeWarrior debugger and compiler that support the CWvx architecture within the CodeWarrior IDE. "ChipWrights' license of our CodeWarrior technology allows them to create a compiler and debugger optimized for their architecture," said Berardino E. Baratta, Chief Technology Officer, Metrowerks. "This agreement is an excellent example of what we are able to offer customers by licensing our CodeWarrior technologies: the ability to build a custom toolset that meets their own specific development needs, helping them reach market faster and more efficiently." "A new processor architecture benefits greatly from reliable, easy-to-use, familiar development tools," said John Redford, Chief Technology Officer, ChipWrights. "Metrowerks CodeWarrior brand is widely known and used in the industry to create platforms and applications for a range of 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. . Developers will appreciate working in an environment that they know and respect." About ChipWrights Headquartered in Newton, MA, ChipWrights is a fabless semiconductor company A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or "fab. specializing in the design, development and marketing of a new class of fully programmable digital signal processing (DSP) devices. ChipWrights is developing a fully programmable, low cost, low power, and very high performance DSP/RISC microcontroller A single chip that contains the processor (the CPU), non-volatile memory for the program (ROM or flash), volatile memory for input and output (RAM), a clock and an I/O control unit. for fast-growing digital imaging markets. Specific application areas include real-time image capture/presentation and image transmission/network media infrastructure. ChipWrights will also provide a complete software development tool suite and hardware reference designs. Additional company information can be found at www.chipwrights.com. About Metrowerks Metrowerks creates CodeWarrior software and hardware products and services for developers, with a particular focus on the following industries: consumer electronics; transportation; wireless; and networking and communications. The CodeWarrior product line includes hardware and software development tools and middleware Software that functions as a conversion or translation layer. It is also a consolidator and integrator. Custom-programmed middleware solutions have been developed for decades to enable one application to communicate with another that either runs on a different platform or comes from a that enable customers to accelerate their time to market. The company also offers services, including training and custom software development. Founded in 1985, Metrowerks is today an independently operating subsidiary An operating subsidiary is a business term frequently used within the United States railroad industry. In the case of a railroad, it refers to a company that is a subsidiary but operates with its own identity and rolling stock. of Motorola Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MOT). Metrowerks corporate headquarters are in Austin, Texas; Metrowerks Europe is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland; and Metrowerks Japan is headquartered in Tokyo. For more information, please visit http://www.metrowerks.com/. The Metrowerks OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and Licensing Program The Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Licensing Program from Metrowerks makes it possible for companies to license CodeWarrior technologies including the open-architecture, Integrated Development Environment (IDE); debuggers; compilers; and code analysis tools. All of these technologies have been customized by Metrowerks for use with such highly successful platforms as Palm OS(R), Java(TM) technologies, Windows(R), PlayStation(R)2 from Sony, GameCube(TM) and Advance GameBoy(TM) from Nintendo, Mac(R) OS, and numerous embedded systems architectures. Vendors seeking more information on the Metrowerks OEM Licensing Program may contact Metrowerks by telephone at 800-377-5416, ext. 4716 or +1-512-997-4716, or by email at oem@metrowerks.com. The Metrowerks OEM Licensing Program website can be found at http://www.metrowerks.com/oem. Metrowerks, the Metrowerks logo and CodeWarrior are registered trademarks of Metrowerks Corp. All other company and product names may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies/holders, and are hereby recognized. |
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