Crossware Joins Motorola Design Alliance Program.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2004 Crossware (www.crossware.com), a leading 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. tools developer, has been selected as a member of Motorola's prestigious Design Alliance Program, a worldwide network of qualified third-party developers working with Motorola's embedded solutions. Crossware was selected for the program due to its highly acclaimed ColdFire(R) Development Suite. By forming alliances with industry-leading specialists, such as Crossware, Motorola aims to provide its customers with quick and easy access to tried and tested tools that help to accelerate the time-to-market process. Crossware's ColdFire Development Suite supports Motorola's expanding range of MCF528X microcontrollers as well as the other series 2, 3 and 4 ColdFire cores, allowing developers to create, build and 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. their ColdFire programs both with and without hardware. The totally integrated, user-friendly environment accelerates the development process and significantly reduces new product time-to-market. "We are delighted to have been accepted as a member of this prestigious program," said Alan Harry, Crossware's founder 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. . "As well as gaining a presence on Motorola's web site, we will have early access to numerous resources including training, datasheets, development tools, and technical support - all of which should enable us to improve the performance of our own development tools." Crossware is a leading developer of programmer-friendly C cross compilers and other development tools for 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. based on the 8051, ColdFire, 68000, CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. 32 and other chip families. Host environments include Windows 9x Refers to Windows 95, 98 and ME. (operating system) Windows 9X - A shorthand meaning Windows 95 or Windows 98. , Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The company, founded by Alan Harry in 1984, is headquartered in the UK at Litlington on the outskirts of Cambridge. Crossware's products are used throughout the world by professional developers, educational establishments and hobbyists. For more information about the ColdFire Development Suite or any product from Crossware, please contact Alan Harry, Crossware, Old Post House, Silver Street, Litlington, Royston, Herts, SG8 0QE, UK, tel: + 44 (0) 1763 853500 or fax + 44 (0) 1763 853330, alan@crossware.com. |
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