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Mentor Graphics EDGE Tool Suite Supports Freescale ColdFire Microprocessors and Microcontrollers
WILSONVILLE, Ore.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—July 25, 2006—
Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT) today
announced that its Eclipse-powered EDGE(TM) integrated development
environment (IDE) and debugger now support the ColdFire(R) family of
microprocessors and microcontrollers from Freescale Semiconductor.
This gives developers designing with ColdFire an advanced, embedded
tool suite for developing, compiling, debugging, and deploying
embedded applications, quickly and cost-efficiently.
"We are happy the EDGE tools now support the ColdFire family and
excited that ColdFire developers will now be able to take advantage of
this great development environment. By leveraging Eclipse, Mentor has
created a powerful platform for building and debugging designs based
on ColdFire. This is a nice step forward in the tools options for our
customers," said Jeff Bock, Consumer & Industrial Marketing Manager
for Freescale's Microcontroller Division.
The EDGE Tool Suite, based on the Eclipse platform, provides a set
of plug-ins to Eclipse. The EDGE software includes an IDE, compiler,
debugger and system profiler, all of which work together to allow
developers to create products from concept to deployment. The EDGE
software gives embedded developers tighter tool integration, total
control over the quality and stability of their applications, full
control of release cycles, shorter learning curves and a common
platform with desktop tools.
"The increase in customer demand for designs based on ColdFire
products is a trend Mentor has watched closely. We have taken a major
step forward in addressing these customers with the release of the
EDGE Tool Suite for ColdFire. EDGE provides ColdFire developers a
flexible and powerful platform for development of real-world,
deployable applications. There is a lot of movement around ColdFire
microprocessors and microcontrollers, and we are excited to be
addressing the needs of these developers," said Glen Johnson, product
marketing manager, Embedded Systems Division, Mentor Graphics.
The EDGE software, which includes tutorials and demos, contains a
graphical user interface (GUI) that permits users to interact with the
GUI while the EDGE software is busy running background tasks such as
building the user application. This is particularly useful when
debugging large applications with multiple cores, as engineers
typically focus on different parts of their application, concurrently.
Adhering to the Eclipse platform debug paradigm, and hence
offering ultimate openness, the EDGE Debugger provides developers with
a number of debugging environments. For example, using host-based
debugging, software developers can experiment by running an
application on the host machine before the final hardware is available
or even decided upon. This allows the software developer to start
coding earlier in the development cycle.
The EDGE Debugger also provides basic execution and memory
control, plus advanced debugging features such as run-mode debug and
kernel awareness when using a real-time operating system (RTOS). It
also provides real-time trace, profiling, performance analysis, and
code coverage for doing sophisticated code analysis. Additionally, the
EDGE Debugger offers embedded developers true multi-core debugging,
allowing them to fully debug their complete embedded system, whether
small or complex.
Pricing and Availability
Licenses for the EDGE Tool Suite begin at U.S. $3,000 per seat for
the IDE and debugger package. For more information, please contact
Mentor Graphics embedded systems division at 800-468-6853 or
embedded_info@mentor.com.
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT) is a world leader in
electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products,
consulting services and award-winning support for the world's most
successful electronics and semiconductor companies. Established in
1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of over
$725 million and employs approximately 4,050 people worldwide.
Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road,
Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777. World Wide Web site:
http://www.mentor.com/.
Mentor Graphics is a registered trademark and EDGE is a trademark
of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are
the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.
Contact:
Mentor Graphics Corporation, Wilsonville
Jennifer Tanveer, 251-208-3400, ext. 3415
Email Contact
Sonia Harrison, 503-685-1165
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