Mentor Graphics Enhanced XRAY Debugger Available Immediately For The Tensilica Xtensa Microprocessor.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 2002 Comprehensive Multi-Core Debugging  The of this article or section may be compromised by "peacock terms".You can help Wikipedia by removing peacock terms. Environment Now Available For All Xtensa(R) Processor Configurations Tensilica(R) Inc., the configurable and extensible microprocessor pioneer, today announced the immediate availability of the Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics, Inc (NASDAQ: MENT) is a US-based multinational corporation dealing in electronic design automation (EDA) for electrical engineering and electronics, as of 2004, ranked third in the EDA industry it helped create. (R) XRAY(R) Debugger for Tensilica's Xtensa IV processor core. The tool provides a comprehensive 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. environment for the thousands of unique processor configurations that are possible using Tensilica's powerful Xtensa processor architecture. Using the XRAY Debugger, designers can simultaneously verify and debug the application and system software running on one or more Xtensa cores in their embedded system-on-chip (SOC) designs, as well as other industry-standard cores supported by the XRAY debugger environment. "The configurability and extensibility of Tensilica's architecture is enabling customers to integrate multiple, unique Xtensa cores on an SOC as an alternative to complex and costly custom logic," said Larry Przywara, director of strategic alliances at Tensilica. "The integration of Mentor's XRAY Debugger into the Xtensa development environment provides a common interface for all stages of the embedded development process, from simulation to on-chip debug, all built on XRAY technology. Designers benefit from this industry standard tool through improved productivity, reduced development risk and faster time-to-market." "Multiple processor debug has been a hallmark feature of the XRAY debugger," said Robert Day Robert Day (1836-1914) was an Irish antiquarian and photographer. Biography Day was involved in his family's extensive saddlery business together with a sports shop well known to Cork anglers. , director of marketing, 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. Division of Mentor Graphics. "Utilizing Tensilica's Xtensa architecture, designers gain the advantage of quickly integrating application optimized processors in their single and multi processor SOCs and now have the full support of XRAY." XRAY Debugger Integration and Features Mentor's XRAY debugger tool is tightly coupled See tight coupling. with Tensilica's Xtensa development environment, providing a consistent feature-set and user interface for instruction set simulation, hardware/software co-verification and on-chip debugging. It supports all possible configurations and extensions of the Xtensa processor without modification. Key features include the ability to simultaneously connect multiple Xtensa processors through a single instance of the debugger; control of the target using hardware, software, complex macro-based and synchronized multi-core breakpoints; and a C-like macro language (1) A special-purpose command language used to automate sequences within an application such as a spreadsheet or word processor. Macro languages often include programming controls (IF THEN, GOTO, WHILE, etc.), but rarely have the capabilities of a full-blown programming language. , with an integrated macro editor, to customize debugging sessions. XRAY supports both the Xtensa XCC XCC XML Commerce Connector (Commerce One, Inc.) XCC Expansion Cross-Connect (Module; Eastern Research) XCC Cross Country Competition XCC X.25 Control Center XCC X25 Control Center and GCC GCC: see Gulf Cooperation Council. (compiler, programming) GCC - The GNU Compiler Collection, which currently contains front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, and Ada, as well as libraries for these languages (libstdc++, libgcj, etc). compilers. XRAY Debugger in the SOC Design Flow One of the key productivity advantages of the XRAY Debugger for Xtensa Processors is the consistent software development interface across all phases of SOC development. Application development can proceed before hardware is available by using the XRAY debugger with an Instruction Set Simulator An Instruction Set Simulator (ISS) is a simulation model, usually, but by no means always, coded in a high-level language, which mimics the behavior of a mainframe or microprocessor by "reading" instructions and maintaining internal variables which represent the processor's . Through the Mentor Graphics Seamless(R) Co-Verification Environment (CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) A list of information security exposures and vulnerabilities sponsored by US-CERT and maintained by the MITRE Corporation. )(TM), the XRAY debugger module for Seamless can be used to develop software and hardware in parallel, allowing users to verify system-level software, such as startup code and device drivers, against a gate-level simulation of the target hardware. And when hardware is available, connection can be made to the targets via a JTAG (Joint Test Action Group) An IEEE standard for boundary scan technology. See scan technology. JTAG - Joint Test Action Group interface with the XRAY Debugger providing complete control over the processor, with zero target intrusion, ensuring rapid project completion and shortened time to market. Pricing and Availability The XRAY Debugger for Xtensa processors is available for both Sun(R) Solaris and Microsoft(R) Windows NT/2000 platforms and can be licensed immediately from Tensilica. Pricing starts at $6,000 for a single seat. XRAY will be delivered through Tensilica's web-based Xtensa Processor Generator. About Xtensa Xtensa is Tensilica's proven configurable and extensible microprocessor architecture that provides a powerful, integrated hardware and software development environment with thousands of configuration options and enables customers to add an unlimited range of user-defined instructions. As a result, designers can carefully tune the processor for specific functionality. With an easy-to-use graphical interface See GUI. , designers can take advantage of Tensilica's processor generator to create customized MPU See microprocessor. solutions with specialized functions and instructions. Because these instructions are recognized as "native" by a complete set of software development tools, developers can simultaneously tune both application software and processor hardware to meet specific speed, power and feature goals. About Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT) is a world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions, products, consulting services and award-winning support for the world's most successful electronics and semiconductor companies. Established in 1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of about $600 million and approximately 3,500 people worldwide. Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon Wilsonville is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. The population was 13,991 at the 2000 census, and as of 2005 was estimated to be 16,510.[1] Geography Wilsonville is located at (45.306805, -122. 97070-7777; Silicon Valley headquarters are located at 1001 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. 95131-2314. World Wide Web site: www.mentor.com. The Mentor Graphics Embedded Systems Division is a leading supplier of 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. development tools, Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOSs) and services to more than 50,000 users worldwide. The company's software development tools include optimizing Microtec(R) C and C++ Compilers and the XRAY Debugger. Mentor also provides the robust Nucleus Real-Time Operating System and code/lab Embedded Development Suite. Mentor Graphics provides the industry's most technically advanced solution for RTOS-aware software debugging for the major processor families and cores used in embedded systems. About Tensilica Tensilica was founded in July 1997 to address the fast-growing market for configurable processors and software development tools for high volume, embedded systems. Using the company's proprietary Xtensa Processor Generator, system-on-chip (SOC) designers can develop a processor subsystem hardware design and a complete software development tool environment tailored to their specific requirements in hours. Tensilica's solutions provide a proven, easy-to-use, methodology that enables designers to achieve optimum application performance in minimum design time. The Company has over 140 engineers engaged in research, development, and customer support from its offices in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. ; Burlington, Massachusetts; Princeton, NJ; Austin, Texas; Raleigh, NC; Oxford, U.K.; Stockholm, Sweden; Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.; and Yokohama, Japan. Tensilica is headquartered in Santa Clara, California (95054) at 3255-6 Scott Boulevard, and can be reached at 408/986-8000 or via www.tensilica.com on the World Wide Web. Editors Notes: -- "Tensilica" and "Xtensa" are registered trademarks belonging to Tensilica Inc. -- Mentor Graphics and XRAY are registered trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners. -- Tensilica's announced licensees are Avision, Berkeley Wireless Research Center, Broadcom, Cisco Systems, Conexant Systems, FUJIFILM Microdevices, Fujitsu Ltd., Hughes Network Systems, IC4IC, Ikanos Communications, JNI Corporation, Marvell (Galileo Technology), Mindspeed Technologies, National Semiconductor, NEC Networks, NEC Solutions, Nippon Telephone and Telegraph (NTT), Olympus Optical Co., ONEX Communications, OptiX Networks, Osaka & Kyoto Universities, TranSwitch Corporation, Victor Company of Japan (JVC) and ZiLOG. |
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