Mentor Graphics Announces Embedded Linux Platform Support for Freescale Semiconductor’s Most Advanced QorIQ Family of Multi...
21 6월 2011 - 1:15PM
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Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ:MENT) today announced its
support for Freescale Semiconductor’s Advanced Multi-Processing
(AMP) Series of QorIQ® multicore processors by providing its
comprehensive Mentor® Embedded Linux platform, open source tools
and services, to deliver a unified workflow for Freescale
customers. The QorIQ AMP Series provides 28-nanometer process
technology, an efficient 64-bit core and highly advanced
acceleration engines for optimal performance and power efficiency
in processing for networking, industrial and aerospace/military
markets.
Freescale customers who are developing Linux-based applications
using the AMP Series processors are expected to realize
productivity and device performance gains when using the Mentor
Embedded Linux platform. Freescale and Mentor Graphics have
developed a unified workflow methodology for embedded Linux-based
development, enabling customers to create innovative, customized
applications with greater productivity and reduced risk.
This fully integrated, vendor-independent solution helps project
teams move from prototyping on reference hardware to
custom-designed hardware running on commercial Linux and advanced
development tools, in a seamless methodology. Coupled with a
Freescale reference board, the Mentor Embedded Linux platform
provides a smooth transition to help Freescale customers develop
customized applications with more reliability, while accelerating
design development time.
“Mentor Graphics is the established preferred Freescale partner
who has provided embedded Linux solutions to our mutual customers,
to ease the challenges of open source development,” said Brett
Butler, vice president and general manager of Freescale’s
Networking Processor Division. “The Mentor Embedded Linux platform
for our next-generation AMP Series of QorIQ processors will
streamline the development of embedded multicore applications with
greater efficiency and reliability, leading to the opportunity for
highly innovative and compelling end products.”
The AMP Series includes 28nm geometries and a new,
multi-threaded 64-bit Power Architecture® e6500 core with AltiVec®
technology, providing high-bandwidth data processing and
algorithmic-intensive computation for high-performance. Additional
features in the AMP Series include enhanced acceleration and
co-processing technologies and advanced power management features,
such as variable-mode power. The first announced product in the AMP
series is the QorIQ AMP T4240 device which integrates hardware
accelerators with 12 dual-threaded cores for high-end data plane
applications. Availability of AMP series products is planned for Q1
2012.
“Mentor’s collaboration with Freescale for embedded Linux
development has created a unified engineering methodology that
helps our mutual customers develop better technologies with greater
productivity and confidence,” stated Glenn Perry, general manager
of Mentor Graphics Embedded Software Division. “Freescale’s
next-generation AMP Series of QorIQ processors, combined with
Mentor Embedded software and tools for Linux development, will
advance the development of innovative, high-performance,
power-efficient multicore products.”
A key highlight of the Mentor/Freescale alliance is the
continuity of workflow offered to the prospective embedded Linux
developer. In the past, silicon evaluation was typically performed
using the semiconductor-supplied Linux distribution, often without
commercial tools or support. As momentum built in a project's
lifecycle, developers commonly transitioned to commercial Linux
support, often at the cost of time and optimizations with the shift
to new and perhaps less familiar tools and build methodologies. By
sharing a common build methodology and core optimizations,
Freescale and Mentor address this challenge with the Mentor
Embedded Linux platform. The platform provides a common build
methodology and allows the development team to move to a supported,
full-featured commercial distribution with minimal impact to the
overall project.
Support and maintenance are crucial to customers, so the Mentor
Embedded Linux product includes comprehensive and unlimited support
for development tools and core open source technologies. This
includes access to the latest, stable and compatible open source
technology, with updates on new cores, component versions, and
defect resolutions twice per year. Mentor professional services are
provided to help Freescale customers address unique product
platform needs beyond standard support questions and reference
configuration.
The Mentor Graphics Embedded Software Division comprises the
Mentor Embedded family of products and services, including embedded
software intellectual property (IP), tools, and professional
consultant services to help embedded developers and silicon
partners optimize their products for design and cost efficiency.
The Mentor Embedded team continues to lead the industry with
involvement in the open source community and in innovations such as
Android beyond mobile handsets, 2D and 3D UI development, open
source tools, and multi-OS on multicore architectures. More
information on Mentor Embedded products and services can be found
at www.mentor.com/embedded.
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 about $915 million. Corporate headquarters are located at
8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777. World Wide
Web site: http://www.mentor.com/.
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