News Release from: ARC International
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 13 July 2004
Processor cores gain RTOS support
ARC International has collaborated with Express Logic to provide ThreadX RTOS support for the ARC 600 and ARC 700 configurable processor cores, as well as the ARCtangent cores.
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ARC International has collaborated with Express Logic to provide ThreadX RTOS support for the ARC 600 and ARC 700 configurable processor cores, as well as the ARCtangent cores. Developers can now use ThreadX to run embedded applications on a wider range of ARC's configurable cores. Express Logic's ThreadX RTOS provides an easy-to-use and highly advanced multitasking solution for embedded developers.
Combined with ARC's configurable cores, Express Logic's picokernel architecture delivers high-performance and extremely small memory requirements scaling down to 4Kbyte for reduced memory costs.
ThreadX provides ARC 600 and ARC 700 application developers with significant technical innovations including fast software timers and a unique mechanism to help reduce context switching called pre-emption threshold.
Also available for the ARC 600 and 700 processors is the full suite of Express Logic offerings including the NetX TCP/IP network stack, FileX file management system, and PegX graphics subsystem.
"Express Logic's ThreadX RTOS support makes it easier for engineers to develop deeply embedded applications that benefit from the flexibility and configurability offered by our cores", said David Fritz, ARC's Vice President of Business Development.
"Additionally, the ThreadX RTOS is supported by our MetaDeveloper tools and will also be supported by Green Hills tools when they become available to our customers early in Q3, 2004, providing our customers with maximum software and tool support".
"ARC cores are extremely popular in the fast growing markets of network communications, digital media products and consumer electronics, and we want to support that important customer base with ThreadX", said William E Lamie, Express Logic's President.
"We extend our penetration of that market by offering ThreadX users another development platform".
"Thanks to our already good-standing relationship with ARC, the ARC 600 and ARC 700 platforms offered a natural choice".
The ARC 600 CPU/DSP is a configurable, extendible and easy to use RISC processor core that enables customers to implement a low power, low cost solution while meeting their performance requirements.
At the heart of the ARC 600 is a 32bit five-stage RISC architecture.
By combining RISC and DSP functions within a single core, the ARC 600 can replace a dual processor system and dramatically reduce area and power.
The ARC 700 CPU/DSP is a seven-stage 32bit scalar RISC architecture that is ideally suited for high-datarate applications.
While capable of high clock rates, the ARC 700 has been carefully crafted to not make large tradeoffs in area for performance.
As a result, the ARC 700 is one of the smallest processors in its performance class.
ThreadX for the ARC 600 processor core is available today, at prices starting at $12,500 for a single-product royalty-free licence.
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