Toolset offers an edge in ARM race to market

A new Tasking VX-toolset for ARM provides support for a wide range of ARM processors, such as ARM7, ARM9 and ARM9E based cores and standard microcontrollers.

Altium has released a new Tasking VX-toolset for ARM which provides support for a wide range of ARM processors, such as ARM7, ARM9 and ARM9E based cores and standard microcontrollers.

The Tasking VX-toolset for ARM delivers unique and powerful benefits to both ARM developers and Altium customers in that it is enhanced with Altium's sophisticated, next-generation Viper C compiler technology, enabling them to take full advantage of the highly-popular ARM architecture.

With its Viper compiler technology, the Tasking VX-toolset for ARM excels in the performance of highly optimised code with the smallest footprint and fastest execution possible.

The Viper framework also enables Altium's engineers to develop sophisticated and mature compilers in shorter timeframes.

Developers benefit by gaining access to a technically advanced compiler that includes comprehensive and highly-optimised support for all features of the ARM architecture.

Viper-based compilers enable developers to deliver high-quality applications to market faster.

Initial benchmarking of the Tasking VX-toolset for ARM indicates that the Viper-based ARM compiler provides extremely competitive performance to leading stand-alone professional compiler solutions at an affordable price.

This gives customers easy access to the highest quality ARM code generation capabilities as part of their embedded development environment.

"The Tasking VX-toolset for ARM represents an important addition to Altium's extensive and proven range of embedded development products", says Harm-Andre Verhoef, Product Manager, Altium.

"Furthermore, the toolset's competitiveness, ease of use, affordability and compliance with industry standards allows developers to take full advantage of the ARM architecture, with a level of execution speed and code density needed for today's and tomorrow's automotive, industrial and telematics applications".

"With the release of this toolset, Altium continues to demonstrate its industry leadership in providing easy access to powerful Viper-based compilers for embedded developers".

The Tasking VX-toolset for ARM also features up-to-date functionalities such as MISRA C code checking, profiling through code instrumentation and run-time error checking capabilities enabling programmers to develop extremely robust code.

The C compiler and debugger are also included in Altium Designer, which is available for separate purchase.

Altium Designer is the industry's first single, unified application that incorporates all the technologies and capabilities necessary for complete electronic product development.

Altium Designer integrates board- and FPGA-level system design, embedded software development for FPGA-based and discrete processors, and PCB layout, editing and manufacturing within a single design environment.

The Tasking VX-toolset for ARM release v1.1r1 is a complete, integrated embedded software development toolset consisting of the Tasking EDE, C compiler, assembler, linker/locator and CrossView Pro simulator debugger and is available immediately.

The C++/EC++ compiler and CrossView Pro OCDS debugger will be available in the course of 2006.

The product is available for PC/Windows and Sun/Solaris platforms.

Prices start at Eur 1995 for the C compiler and simulator debugger package for PC/Windows.

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