Imagination shatters price barriers to SoC embedded software development
April 24 2017 - 12:10PM
Imagination Technologies (IMG.L) announces availability of a
powerful development environment for its MIPS M-class and I-class
CPU IP cores that includes a state-of-the-art Graphical User
Interface (GUI) and an Eclipse Integrated Development Environment
(IDE) together with the low cost Bus Blaster JTAG probes – all at
an unprecedented price point for professional grade tools.
SoC designers need high-quality development environments to
accommodate the vast amount of software required for ever-more
complex designs. Chip vendors are also under increasing pressure to
provide complete development solutions to their customers – often
hundreds of users – to create software optimized for that specific
silicon. A low-cost development environment is a must.
Steve Evans, VP of business operations for MIPS at Imagination,
says: “We’re seeing a lot of demand for low-cost tools especially
for IoT applications where our customers are facing a combination
of constrained budgets, aggressive timelines, and large software
teams requiring quality tools. The Codescape and Eclipse enabled
Bus Blaster probes provide an ideal solution. Since the software
toolchain and debugger interfaces are developed and deployed by
Imagination, customers can be confident that the tools will help
them deliver high-quality products on time and on budget.”
What’s included? MIPS licensees and their OEM
customers now have access to a fully supported, powerful
state-of-the-art toolchain and development tools for approximately
$45 per development seat, an unheard of price point for this class
of tools. The tools include:
- The Codescape Debugger and Codescape for Eclipse
IDE: these rigorously tested tools are freely available
and can be used with the ultra-low cost Bus Blaster JTAG probes.
They provide the ‘front-end’ user debug interfaces to quickly be
productive in editing, compiling, and debugging MIPS-based software
applications.
- Bus Blaster JTAG debug probe: this economical,
high-speed debug adapter supports all of the powerful features that
MIPS licensees expect. Bus Blaster probes will be widely available
from various worldwide distributors at an economical price to meet
users’ needs from DIY to academia, to large corporate project
teams.
- Codescape MIPS Essentials SDK: the optimized
kit includes a complete GCC toolchain and provides the program
compiling, building, and library tools and utilities; everything
necessary to develop code for customers’ MIPS-based designs.
Imagination University Program gets a boost The
Imagination University Programme (IUP) – including the popular
MIPSfpga course and Connected MCU Lab – will make widespread use of
the new tools. MIPSfpga provides a unique learning platform with a
complete, modern MIPS RTL design that is ideal for learning the
fundamentals of IoT System-on-Chip (SoC) development. The new MIPS
tools, in particular the Eclipse IDE and Codescape Debugger,
complement the MIPSfpga program materials. The Eclipse enabled Bus
Blaster will allow for a seamless integration between code
generation and in-target testing and debug.
AvailabilityThe tools will be available on May
3rd. Visit http://community.imgtec.com/developers/mips/tools for
more information and to access the tools.
About MIPS Processors The MIPS family of CPU IP
is a comprehensive portfolio of low-power, high-efficiency
32/64-bit processor architectures and cores, ranging from the
ultimate high-performance cores for high-end applications
processors down to extremely small cores for deeply embedded
microcontrollers. With a strong position in home entertainment,
embedded, and networking products, MIPS CPUs power billions of
products around the globe, and are supported by a broad ecosystem
of commercial and open source software, operating systems and
tools.
About Imagination Technologies Imagination is a
global technology leader whose products touch the lives of billions
of people across the globe. The company’s broad range of silicon IP
(intellectual property) includes the key processing blocks needed
to create the SoCs (Systems on Chips) that power all mobile,
consumer and embedded electronics. Its unique multimedia, processor
and connectivity technologies enable its customers to get to market
quickly with complete and highly differentiated SoC platforms.
Imagination’s licensees include many of the world’s leading
semiconductor manufacturers, network operators and OEMs/ODMs who
are creating some of the world’s most iconic products. See:
www.imgtec.com.
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