Wind River Debuts Multicore On-Chip Debugging Support for Intel IOP342 Processors

Solution Helps Unlock the Power of New Intel Processors by Providing Advanced Hardware/Software Multicore Development Debugging

Wind River, the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO), today announced the immediate availability of a new multicore on-chip debugging solution for the Intel IOP342 processor. Wind River Workbench On-Chip Debugging tools now enable customers to shorten debug-compile-edit cycles by leveraging a high-performance JTAG solution that not only debugs hardware, but also complex interactions between one or more different operating systems running across multiple cores. Wind River is tailoring its industry-leading multicore on-chip debugging capabilities so that customers can bring-up new hardware quickly and leverage the full power of device software applications on Intel's IOP342 processors.

The Workbench On-Chip Debugging solution provides an advanced graphical JTAG development environment that allows organizations to standardize on a common framework of tools for hardware bring-up, kernel debugging, and software development (OS, middleware, applications) as well as test and manufacturing. The technology enables rapid diagnosis of complex 32-bit and 64-bit multi-processor systems, whether the processors reside on a single, chip, a single board, or are linked in an overall system.

Specific benefits include:

- Project-based JTAG development that supports remote development, collaboration between hardware and software developers, reducing errors and improving overall development time.
- Standards-based technology (Eclipse) that enables customers to easily and quickly integrate other Eclipse-based applications. This integration allows customers to take advantage of the rich Eclipse ecosystem.
- Advanced debugging tools for the hardware developer, including, flash programming register details, command line interface (CLI), and low-level hardware diagnostics that eliminate the need for separate diagnostic tools. Immediate availability of bit-level register details, eliminating the need to sort through separate semiconductor documentation, as well as improving debugging reliability and shortening development time.

Support for Intel IOP342 processors is available today as a prototype used with Workbench On-Chip Debugging 2.5. Full volume shipments will begin in Spring 2007.

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Wind River is the global leader in device software optimization (DSO). Wind River enables companies to develop and run device software faster, better, at lower cost and more reliably. Wind River platforms are pre-integrated, fully standardized enterprise-wide development solutions. They reduce effort, cost and risk and optimize quality and reliability at all phases of the device software development process from concept to deployed product.

Founded in 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide.

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