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ARM
Launches DS-5 Professional Edition & ARM Compiler
v5.0
ARM has released v5.0 of the ARM
Compiler, and confirmed the availability of the ARM DS-5
Professional Edition, which
replaces the ARM RVDS toolkit as the reference software
development toolchain for ARM processor-based ASICs and ASSP
devices.
The ARM DS-5 Professional Edition
builds on the success of the ARM Compiler, integrating it in a
complete suite of Eclipse-based software development tools,
including the DS-5 Debugger and Streamline Performance
Analyzer. Together, these components deliver an integrated,
powerful, and intuitive Eclipse-based development environment
covering a full range of activities from platform bring-up and
bare metal development, to the creation of compelling RTOS,
Linux,
and Android-based applications.
The ARM Compiler has been continuously
developed to deliver the best combination of code size and
performance for ARM and Thumb technology-generated code since
the release of the first ARM processor. As part of the DS-5
Professional Edition, the new ARM Compiler v5.0 will continue
to enable devices with smaller memory footprint, higher
responsiveness, and minimum power consumption.
The ARM Compiler v5.0 introduces
support and specific optimizations for the latest ARM
processors including the Cortex-A15 MPCore, the Cortex-R5 and
the Cortex-R7 processors. ARM Compiler optimizations are
developed in parallel with new instructions and processor
pipelines. Furthermore, the enhanced GCC compatibility in the
ARM Compiler v5.0 will enable it to handle existing build
environments for open-source projects without any
modifications.
ARM has adopted DS-5 Professional Edition
as the toolchain for developing software on new ARM processors
and technologies. DS-5 enables code generation, debug and
performance analysis of Cortex-A9 MPCore processors, including
enhanced support for the NEON SIMD engine. DS-5 also uses the
Performance Monitoring Unit on recent ARM processors for
system-level profiling, and displays non-intrusive trace data
from the ARM Embedded Trace Macrocell (ETM) and Program Trace
Macrocell (PTM) to enable the debug and analysis of
time-related bugs. DS-5 Professional Edition extends this
functionality with debug support for Cortex-A15 MPCore
processors and the recently announced CoreSight SoC-400 debug
and trace technology. DS-5 also provides pre-configured debug
settings for popular multicore devices such as the NVIDIA
Tegra250, Samsung Exynos 4210, STMicroelectronics SPEAr600 and
SPEAr1300, and Texas Instruments OMAP4. The ARM DSTREAM debug
and trace unit provides a high-performance target connection
and a 4GB trace buffer, which enables long-term software debug
and profiling using instruction trace.
"ARM is committed to providing our
Partners with the tools required to easily and rapidly develop
optimized software," said John Cornish, EVP and GM, System
Design Division, ARM. "DS-5 Professional Edition takes the
baton from RVDS to become the reference software development
tool-chain for the ARM
architecture".
"We are excited to see ARM bring its
powerful compiler and hardware-assisted debug capabilities
into an easy to use Eclipse-based package," said Marcus
Hjortsberg, VP Marketing, Enea. "Together, DS-5 and our Enea
Optima tool suite will provide an excellent end-to-end
software development solution for our common customers". DS-5 Professional Edition is available
for
download today from
www.arm.com/ds5 with a 30-day fully
featured evaluation license. RVDS continues to be available
for sale and an upgrade path to DS-5 is available for existing
RVDS customers. DS-5 Professional Edition will begin shipping
during May 2011
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