Cygnus Ports GNU Pro To ARM Architecture.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 1996--Cygnus Support today announced their plans to develop new technology for the GNU gnu (n  ) or wildebeest (wĭl`dəbēst'), large African antelope, genus Connochaetes. Pro software development suite to support the family of microprocessors and cores from Advanced RISC Machines Limited (ARM). GNU Pro consists of the GNU C/C C/C Center to Center C/C Combustion Chamber C/C Command/Control C/C Crew Chief C/C cabin cruiser (US DoD) C/C chief complaint (medical) C/C Channel-to-Channel C/C Communication and Collaboration ++ compilers, remote, windowing For Northcoast Where we call someone over and then roll our window up on them. Bassline preference. For Example: "Hey, Andi." *insert window being rolled up* "HAHAHA. source-level debugger (programming, tool) source-level debugger - A debugger that shows the programmer the line or expression in the source code that resulted in a particular machine code instruction of a running program loaded in memory. with GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. , macro-assembler, linker, binary file utilities, and a comprehensive support service unparalleled in the embedded development industry. Digital's StrongARM product line manager, Kevin Fielding, commented, "The GNU tools are well understood and are being widely used by our customer base. With Cygnus' recognized support, the ARM GNU port offers embedded system designers another excellent development toolchain." "We are pleased to announce the establishment of a strategic relationship with ARM to bring the strengths of GNU technology to bear for the ARM Microprocessor Family," said Sayan Chakraborty, Cygnus Support's director of software development strategy. "This relationship allows Cygnus to address the growing market demand for GNU and ARM from high-volume, time-to-market sensitive development organizations. We look forward to working with the ARM semiconductor partners to refine and enhance the GNU Pro products and services; tailoring them to meet the current and future needs of their customers." Staying true to previous development efforts, the Cygnus port of GNU tools to the ARM processors will originate from the same, single source tree as the more than 100 platforms currently distributed by Cygnus. This will offer developers the maximum in flexibility when choosing the optimal development platform as well as providing a smooth migration path for products making the transition to the ARM architecture. Cygnus will offer embedded developers GNU Pro for ARM hosted on SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill (SunOS and Solaris 2.x) as well as Windows/NT. Contact Cygnus Support for availability of additional hosts and ARM targets. Availability and Pricing Beta release for ARM architecture will be available in July 1996, with general distribution in October 1996. Beta release for the ARM with the architectural extension (Thumb) will be available in November, 1996 with general distribution in January, 1997. Please contact Cygnus Support for pricing details. The Thumb extension provides 32-bit RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. performance at 16-bit system costs through the efficient use of a second, compressed set of instructions only 16-bits wide, which reduces memory use by a third and simplifies circuit board complexity. Cygnus Support Cygnus Support is the leading supplier of enabling software technologies, tools and services for businesses with time-critical and advanced technology needs. Cygnus combines open technology and its expertise in software development, security and the Internet in delivering a wide range of business-driven strategies, solutions and technologies for its clients. Founded in 1989, Cygnus is headquartered in Mountain View, CA with offices in Boston, Tokyo and Cambridge, UK. The company can be reached at 1937 Landings Drive, Mountain View, CA, 94043. Tel: 415-903-1400 or 1-800-CYGNUS-1. Fax: 415-903-0122. e-mail: info@cygnus.com. Web http://www.cygnus.com. Advanced RISC Machines Ltd. (ARM) ARM designs, licenses and markets high-performance, low-cost, low-power consumption 32-bit RISC processors, peripherals and development tools for embedded control, consumer multi-media, 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 and portable applications. ARM also provides consulting and training. ARM licenses its technology to semiconductor partner companies, who focus on manufacturing, applications and marketing. The versatility of ARM's cores, together with the unparalleled breadth of the partnership's expertise ensures that ARM-based solutions are available to meet almost every customer's processor needs. The ARM semiconductor partners are: Alcatel Mietec, Asahi Kasei Microsystems, Atmel ES2, Cirrus Logic, Digital Semiconductor, GEC GEC Gaseous Electronics Conference GEC Gigabit EtherChannel GEC Geriatric Education Center (US government; HRSA) GEC General Electric Co. GEC Google Earth Community (online community) Plessey Semiconductors, LG Semicon, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Oki, Samsung, Sharp, Symbios Logic, Texas Instruments, VLSI Technology and Yamaha. Together they make ARM the world volume embedded RISC standard. The ARM7TDMI is an ARM7 32-bit RISC processor core with the Thumb extension to reduce system cost, Embedded ICE in ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. 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 a enhanced multiplier. Thumb offers 32-bit RISC performance at 16-bit system cost through a "compression" of the ARM instruction set which results in excellent code density and thus saves expensive memory. On execution, 16-bit Thumb instructions are "decompressed" transparently on the fly into full 32-bit ARM instructions. Designers can select between ARM and Thumb modes during execution for optimum price/performance balancing. To learn more about ARM, please see our Web Site at: www.arm.com. ARM, Thumb, EmbeddedICE and the ARM Powered Logo are trademarks of Advanced RISC Machines Ltd. CONTACT: Cygnus Support Terri Thatcher Thatch·er , Margaret Hilda. Baroness. Born 1925. British Conservative politician who served as prime minister (1979-1990). Her administration was marked by anti-inflationary measures, a brief war in the Falkland Islands (1982), and the passage of a , 415/903-1400 terri@cygnus.com or Cain Communications Mark Alden, 408/291-2580 AldenMark@aol.com |
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