SANTA BARBARA, CA — December 19, 2006 — Green Hills Software, Inc., the technology leader in device software optimization (DSO) and real-time operating systems (RTOS), today announced that its complete product suite, including the MULTI integrated development environment, INTEGRITY, velOSity, and ì-velOSity royalty-free real-time operating systems, TimeMachine tool suite, Green Hills compilers, and Green Hills probe is now available for the ARM® Cortexâ„¢ family of processors. The addition of support for Cortex processors reaffirms Green Hills as a leading 3rd-party supplier of device software optimization solutions across the wide array of ARM technology offerings.
The Green Hills solution for the Cortex processor family consists of the following components:
"The ARM Cortex processor family with its ARMv7 ISA provides an impressive performance to footprint ratio,†said David Kleidermacher, chief technology officer at Green Hills Software. “The combination of these processors with the Green Hills ARM/Thumb®-2 compilers, MULTI IDE, and INTEGRITY family of RTOSes, that are already ported and running on Cortex family processors, provides a compelling solution for developers and OEMs."
“With broad support for our processor families, Green Hills Software has long been an important component of the ARM ecosystem. We are delighted that Green Hills continues this long tradition by providing a complete solution of tools and operating systems for ARM Cortex processors,†commented John Cornish, VP product marketing, processors, ARM.
About the ARM Cortex Family
The ARM Cortex processor family comprises three series, which all implement the Thumb-2 instruction set to address the increasing performance and cost demands of various markets:
- ARM Cortex-A Series, applications processors for complex OS and user applications.
Supports the ARM, Thumb and Thumb-2 instruction sets
- ARM Cortex-R Series, embedded processors for real-time systems.
Supports the ARM, Thumb, and Thumb-2 instruction sets
- ARM Cortex-M Series, deeply embedded processors optimized for cost-sensitive applications.
Supports the Thumb & Thumb-2 instruction sets only.