Metrowerks CodeWarrior to Support Sophia Systems In-Circuit Emulator for Motorola PowerPC 860/821.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 1997--Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MTWKF; TSE/ME:MWK MWK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Malawi Kwacha. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ) announced this week at 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. Conference West in San Jose that the company has expanded the CodeWarrior tools family with compiler support for leading Japanese In-Circuit Emulator See ICE. (ICE) manufacturer Sophia Systems' MultiSTAC MPC (1) (Mobile PC) A handheld or laptop computer. See handheld computer, laptop computer and Ultra-Mobile PC. (2) (MultiPath Channel) See multipath. 860/821 ICE device. CodeWarrior compiler users can now access the advanced features of Sophia's MultiSTAC MPC860/821 ICE and Debugger tools with full compatibility. All CodeWarrior Embedded development tools support the Embedded industry ELF/DWARF format standards. CodeWarrior support for Sophia Systems MultiSTAC MPC860/821 ICE is a direct result of Metrowerks' strategy to offer CodeWarrior embedded development tools for the RTOS/Windows CE market, proprietary OS market, and the embedded Java See PersonalJava. technology market. "Adding ICE support is a very important step in providing a full CodeWarrior tool chain to satisfy the demanding needs of embedded systems developers," said John Cheuck, president of Metrowerks Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan. "We are very happy to work with Sophia Systems to provide our mutual customers with more powerful, easy-to-use and integrated tools for 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." About Sophia Systems Sophia Systems, founded in 1975, designs, manufactures, sells and supports high-performance emulation systems for microprocessors and microcontrollers supplied by the worlds leading chip vendors. Sophia products, known for design excellence and reliability, are available worldwide. In the Americas and Europe contact: Sophia Systems and Technology 711-B Charcot Avenue San Jose, CA 95131 USA Tel: 408/943-9300 Fax: 408/943-9303 E-mail: sales@sophia.com http://www.sophia.com In Japan and Asia contact: Sophia Systems Co., Ltd. Shinjuku NS Bldg. 8F 2-4-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-Ku Tokyo 163-08, Japan Tel: 03-3348-7000 Fax: 03-3348-4370 E-mail: market@sophia-systems.co.jp http://www.sophia-systems.co.jp About Metrowerks Japan Metrowerks Co., Limited was established in Tokyo, Japan in August 1996. It leads the company's efforts in the Asian region with a critical and strategic focus on the Japanese desktop computer, consumer electronics and embedded systems markets. About Metrowerks Embedded Systems Products CodeWarrior solutions for the embedded systems market start with the CodeWarrior Integrated Development Environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment , or "IDE," a unified environment available for both desktop and embedded application An application that permanently resides in an industrial or consumer device. Providing some type of control function and/or user interface, the software is typically stored in a non-volatile memory such as ROM or flash memory. development. The CodeWarrior IDE contains a complete set of tools including class browsers, debuggers, editors, and a state-of-the-art project manager which obsoletes "make" files. CodeWarrior embedded tools all feature the CodeWarrior two-machine source-level debugger which plugs seamlessly into the CodeWarrior IDE and communicates with the new MetroTRK (Target Resident Kernel). MetroTRK, developed by Metrowerks and available in source to Metrowerks' licensees, is a software 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. monitor for use with CodeWarrior source-level debuggers. MetroTRK is suitable for use as a board-level software debugger, or, in its extended form, as an application-level debugger. CodeWarrior highly optimizing compilers, linkers and assemblers are available for the 68K, PowerPC, x86 and MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. families of microprocessors for C, C++, and Java. Metrowerks has already announced that in 1998, it will add support for the 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. VR/V8xx, ARM, and Hitachi SuperH families of microprocessors. CodeWarrior all-in-one programming tools are the foundation for Metrowerks' entry into the three major embedded markets: the proprietary OS market; the RTOS/Windows CE market; and the embedded Java technology market. With over 100 software engineers, Metrowerks invests 35% of the company's revenues in CodeWarrior research and development. Metrowerks has the resources to create state-of-the-art embedded tools. With the CodeWarrior IDE already used by over 100,000 registered desktop users in 75 countries, Metrowerks' CodeWarrior IDE development costs can be amortized over a very large number of users. This competitive advantage enables Metrowerks to sell CodeWarrior embedded tools at the ground-breaking price of under $1,000 per seat. -0- Note to Editors: Metrowerks, the Metrowerks logo and CodeWarrior are registered trademarks, and MetroTRK is a trademark of Metrowerks Inc. All other company and product names may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies/holders, and are hereby recognized. Statements in this press release are forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including successful and timely development of the product and customer acceptance of the product. CONTACT: Metrowerks Inc. Gordy Davies, 512/873-4797 gdavies@metrowerks.com or Metrowerks Co., Limited (Japan) Hitomi Nakamura, +81-3-3780-6091 hitomi@metrowerks.com |
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