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Green Hills Software Announces Support for
AMCC PowerPC 460EX and 460GT
Comprehensive Software Development Suite for Power Architecture 32-bit
Embedded Processors
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS CONFERENCE, SAN JOSE, CA —April 15, 2008 — Green
Hills Software, Inc., the technology leader in device software optimization
(DSO) and real-time operating systems (RTOS),
today announced the availability of its software development solution
targeting Applied Micro Circuit Corporation’s (AMCC) [NASDAQ:AMCC]
PowerPC 460EX and 460GT embedded processors. Components of the Green
Hills Software development toolkit include: optimizing
C/C++ compilers for Power Architecture™, MULTI® integrated
development environment (IDE), virtual prototyping platform, DoubleCheck™ static
analyzer, and high-speed hardware
debug probes.
"Green Hills Software’s industry leading software development
solutions are ideally suited to the high performance applications for
which the AMCC PowerPC 460EX and 460GT were designed," said Charlie
Ashton, director of enablement at AMCC. “Using Green Hills Software’s
professional tools and services, AMCC customers are able to maximize
performance and reliability while minimizing time-to-market and product
unit cost."
”With the PowerPC 460EX and 460GT, AMCC continues to improve the
performance and integration of its popular Power Architecture processors
while meeting the stringent power requirements for next-generation industrial
control, imaging, and networking equipment,” commented David Kleidermacher,
chief technology officer, Green Hills Software.
The Green Hills solution for the PowerPC 460EX and 460GT consists of
the following components:
- MULTI integrated development environment – providing
the leading DSO tool set for embedded software developers
- Green Hills Power Architecture compilers – generating
the fastest and smallest code in the industry for Power Architecture
(formerly known as PowerPC)
- Green Hills Probe – providing reliable and efficient
debugging using the PowerPC 460EX and 460GT JTAG port
- DoubleCheck integrated static analyzer – increasing
software reliability and reducing time-to-market by eradicating more
defects early in the development process
- Green Hills High Speed PowerPC Virtual Prototyping Platform – providing
a powerful, flexible, and extensible simulation environment for advanced
software development
About the PowerPC 460EX and 460GT
With speeds of up to 1.2GHz, support for floating-point operations, USB
2.0, PCI-Express, SATA, Gigabit Ethernet, security, NAND Flash interfaces
and low power dissipation, the PowerPC 460EX and PowerPC 460GT embedded
processors are ideally suited to a wide range of high-performance applications,
including imaging, industrial control and networking.
Availability
The Green Hills Software solution for the PowerPC 460EX and 460GT processors
will be available in Q2 2008 to qualified customers.
About Green Hills Software
Founded in 1982, Green Hills Software, Inc. is the technology leader
in device software optimization (DSO) and real-time operating systems
(RTOS) for 32- and 64-bit embedded systems. Our royalty-free INTEGRITY® and velOSity™ real-time
operating systems, µ-velOSity™ microkernel,
compilers, MULTI® and AdaMULTI™ integrated
development environments, DoubleCheck™ integrated static analyzer
and TimeMachine™ tool
suite offer a complete development solution that addresses both deeply
embedded and high-reliability applications. Green Hills Software is
headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA, with European headquarters in the
United Kingdom. Visit Green Hills Software on the web at www.ghs.com.
About AMCC
AMCC provides leadership semiconductor solutions to process, transport,
and store digital information for the world's wired and wireless networks.
As a leading supplier of Power Architecture™ based processors
and with world-class expertise in SONET, Ethernet protocol processing,
PHY technology, Storage processors and RAID controllers, our products
are the foundation of the IP Communications Revolution. AMCC's 3ware® SAS
and SATA RAID product families deliver cost-effective, high-performance,
high-capacity storage for enterprises and consumers worldwide for applications
from the desktop to the data center. For further information regarding
AMCC, please visit our website at http://www.amcc.com.
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North American Sales Contact:
Green Hills Software, Inc.
30 West Sola Street,
Santa Barbara, CA 93101,
Tel: 805-965-6044
Fax: 805-965-6343
Website: www.ghs.com
Email: sales@ghs.com
Media Contacts:
Green Hills Software, Inc.
Barbel French
Tel: 805-965-6044
Email: bfrench@ghs.com
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International Sales Contact:
Green Hills Software Ltd
Fleming Business Centre
Leigh Road
Eastleigh
Hampshire SO50 9PD
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 (0)2380 649660
Fax: +44 (0)2380 649661
Email: mktg-europe@ghs.com
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