Applied Microsystems Completes Motorola PowerQUICC Emulator Support With SuperTAP and CodeTAP for MPC862 and MPC857T

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2001--Applied Microsystems Corp. (Nasdaq:APMC - news), maker of the popular "TAP" series of microprocessor emulators, announces today SuperTAP® and CodeTAP® support for the MPC862 family and MPC857T -- members of the Motorola's leading PowerQUICC(TM) family of integrated communications processors.

Applied now offers full debug, test and emulator support for the entire MPC8XX PowerQUICC family.

"Networking equipment developers working with Motorola's PowerQUICC family of integrated communications processors require robust tools that handle the challenges associated with designing next generation systems," stated Keith Cheney, general manager of Motorola's Networking and Communications Systems Division. "With their comprehensive suite of debug, test and emulation tools, Applied's solutions locate and eliminate bugs quickly and effectively -- working to speed time-to-market and cut development costs. We're delighted to include Applied Microsystems in our growing list of Smart Networks Alliance members, and to have their ongoing commitment to the PowerQUICC family."

CodeTAP is a low cost emulator for firmware and real time operating system (RTOS) engineers working on commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware or commercial single-board computers. CodeTAP has a cost-conscious feature set that delivers visibility into internal processor resources, and is ideal for developers working on board bring up, driver and RTOS board support package development and software unit testing.

SuperTAP is Applied's top-of-the-line high performance in-circuit emulator with full overlay, bus trace, event detection and disassembler capabilities required for application, firmware and hardware development. Even if silicon is not available, SuperTAP developers can begin software development by using its 8Mbyte overlay memory system which temporarily replaces the silicon on the board so the engineer gets a head start on debug and test of hardware and software product designs. SuperTAP's built-in bus tracing capability and sophisticated event detection system provides the engineer an effective way to locate the most obscure bugs plus see the context of the code causing them. SuperTAP's register-inferencing trace disassembler produces detailed instruction execution data, including memory and register state. Equipped with SuperTAP, engineers can tackle the most deeply nested or intermittent design bugs.

Both SuperTAP and CodeTAP allow the user to see all integrated peripheral registers of the MPC8XX processors, displaying them via a user-friendly interface together with a bit-level description. Both products come with the latest release of MWX-ICE 4.4 -- the industry's most robust C/C++ symbolic debugger. MWX-ICE 4.4 which now includes Windows® 2000 support, expands flash programming capability so engineers can now take their software image and program their on-chip Flash without stopping work or leaving their desk. The comprehensive compiler coverage that comes with both SuperTAP and CodeTAP together with MWX-ICE means engineers do not have to change their compiler to use these tools -- an important time and cost advantage.

Announcing the new support for Motorola's PowerQUICC integrated communications processor family, General Manager of Applied's Emulation Tools Group Jeff Payne stated, "Applied is committed to delivering the best emulator and debugger support available to engineers working with Motorola's PowerQUICC family -- including those developing systems with any MPC8XX processor -- including the MPC862 family and MPC857T."

Pricing and Availability

CodeTAP and SuperTAP support for the MPC862 family and MPC857T is available today. CodeTAP and MWX-ICE is $4,450 US dollars on the PC platform. SuperTAP and MWX-ICE for the PC platform is $17,495.

About Applied Microsystems

Applied Microsystems expedites the development, test and deployment of business- and safety-critical real time embedded systems. Helping fellow engineers for over 20 years, Applied is today a leading provider of innovative technologies, such as application and low-level embedded software test, debug, and verification tools.

Using our tools, engineers test, debug, and verify embedded software found in optical or wireless voice and data communications networks, airborne, medical, and automotive systems, and industrial automation, console games, and consumer electronics. Applied's solutions deliver the visibility, reliability, and credibility required in today's complex business-critical embedded system. Applied's most popular tools include NetROM®, PowerTAP®, CodeTAP®, SuperTAP® and CodeTEST®.

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