Wind River First to Market with Hardware Assisted Tool Suite for Intel XScale Microarchitecture.Business Editors/Technology Writers ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 25, 2000 Early Run Control Support, Hardware Reference Designs Give Internet Access, Networking Developers Single Source for Full Lifecycle Solutions Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND), a leading provider of software and services for smart devices in the Internet age, today announced that its hardware assisted 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. tool suite will be the first to support the new Intel(R) XScale(TM) microarchitecture (See related Intel announcement, Intel Announces New Microarchitecture For Wireless And Internet Infrastructure Applications, Aug. 23, 2000.) Wind River has been working closely with Intel, prior to the release of the XScale microarchitecture, to define the processor's on-chip debug (OCD OCD obsessive-compulsive disorder. OCD abbr. obsessive-compulsive disorder Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) ) interface. As a result, run control emulators, on-chip debuggers, and reference designs will be available for developers just weeks after XScale processors ship. These tools will allow developers in markets targeted by the XScale microarchitecture, including Internet access See how to access the Internet. device and Internet infrastructure equipment, to get hardware up and running as fast as possible during the crucial, early phases of development. Wind River's hardware assisted tools are designed to help embedded system Any electronic system that uses a CPU chip, but that is not a general-purpose workstation, desktop or laptop computer. Such systems generally use microprocessors, or they may use custom-designed chips or both. developers bring up new hardware and debug applications during product development, and then to facilitate production and test of completed products. Providing best-of-class tool support for the Intel XScale processor family complements Wind River's platform support for this architecture, giving developers a single source for comprehensive hardware and software solutions. "Having reliable, high quality development tools that complement a particular processor can influence a developer's chip selection, which is obviously something that is very important to us," said Wendy Vittori, general manager of Intel's I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output Products Division. "Wind River's tool solution for I/O processors with an Intel XScale microarchitecture core will help customers reduce the time it takes to get products to market." "By working closely with Intel to develop the architecture's OCD interface, Wind River will be able to provide comprehensive debug capabilities used in the hardware bring-up, diagnostics, and device driver phase of development," said Peter Dawson, vice president and general manager of Wind River's Hardware Software Integration business unit. "This allows customers to move rapidly to the application development phase using Wind River's Tornado(R) development environment or other operating system-independent solutions. And because the tools come from Wind River, the only company to provide technology for every stage of 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, developers have access to a variety of other Wind River and compatible WindLink(TM) partner technologies as well, reducing development time and effort even further." Wind River's XScale debug solution includes hardware assisted, on-chip debug (OCD) tools: visionPROBE II and visionICE II; 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 ++ software debuggers: visionCLICK for Windows and visionXD for Unix; a firmware developers kit: visionWARE; and single board computers with schematics and board support packages. Features include: -- High Performance Download - With one of the fastest download speeds in the industry, Wind River hardware assisted tools provide enhanced productivity for software developers, for quicker time to market. -- Fully-Integrated, Complete Solution - A fully-integrated tool suite addresses the entire development cycle from board bring-up to debug and production, and test. Having a complete solution from one company gives developers a higher level of efficiency as compared to having to painstakingly integrate tools from multiple vendors. -- Comprehensive Feature Set - Features include RTOS awareness, built-in hardware diagnostics, flash memory programming, internal register configuration, and statistical performance analysis. The suite is fully integrated with Wind River's Tornado environment such that Tornado can be used before the board support package (BSP BSP Bromsulphalein, a dye used in the study of liver function. See also sulfobromophthalein clearance test. ) is developed or as a download / debug channel if no Ethernet or serial port is available on the target system. In addition, the tool suite is independent of operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. selection to allow integration with proprietary and third party operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. via an RTOS (1) (RealTime Operating System) An operating system designed for use in a real time computer system. See real time system, embedded system, process control and OS-9. API. Building on Intel StrongARM(R) technology, the XScale microarchitecture combines very low power with high performance, making it well suited for portable and handheld devices where battery life is essential to reliable operation. The platform is also well equipped for Internet infrastructure products such as network and I/O processors, where performance is essential to processing large amounts of data quickly. Availability Wind River will first support the Intel XScale 80200 processor with its hardware assisted development tools. The visionPROBE II cable emulation system, bundled with the visionCLICK software debugger, will be available for this architecture in mid October. Hardware reference designs for XScale processors will be made available shortly thereafter in late October; visionICE II, the visionWARE firmware developer's kit and board support packages will follow in Q4, 2000. About Wind River Wind River, www.windriver.com, is a worldwide leader in 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. . Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and advanced connectivity for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. , digital imaging, digital consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is how smart things think. Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California Alameda is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is located on a small island of the same name next to Oakland, California in the San Francisco Bay. An additional part of the city is Bay Farm Island, which is adjacent to the Oakland International Airport. , with operations in sixteen countries worldwide. Wind River Systems, the Wind River Systems logo, Tornado, VxWorks, and WindLink are registered trademarks or trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. Other names are registered trademarks or trademarks of the respective companies or organizations. Intel is a registered trademark and Intel XScale is a trademark of Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking . |
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