WILSONVILLE, Ore., Oct. 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentor
Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced the
availability of the Mentor® Embedded Linux® runtime software and
development tools with expanded processor support for the AMD
Embedded R-Series family of processors. The second-generation AMD
Embedded R-Series devices include AMD Radeon™ R7 Graphics
(previously codenamed: "Merlin
Falcon"), and AMD Embedded R-Series APU (previously
codenamed: "Bald Eagle") which both support heterogeneous system
architecture for advanced processing performance, power efficiency
and multimedia immersion. The Mentor Embedded Linux runtime and
development tools also support the AMD Embedded G-Series
processors.
Embedded developers can now perform evaluation, prototyping, and
development by downloading the freely available Mentor Embedded
Linux Lite and Sourcery™ CodeBench Lite tools to support the latest
AMD Embedded processors. Additionally, developers can
continue to seamlessly migrate to the new commercial versions of
the Mentor Embedded Linux environment with the Sourcery CodeBench
tool for production platforms. The combination of the AMD Embedded
and the Mentor Embedded Linux processors make for a powerful
hardware/software platform solution to create dynamic applications
targeting markets such as digital gaming, point-of-sale (POS), and
electronic signage/displays.
"The AMD Embedded R-Series SOC offers industry leading
performance for a variety of markets that need a high-performance,
low-power architecture with superior graphics and compute
capabilities," said Scott Aylor,
corporate vice president and general manager, AMD Embedded
Solutions. "With this announcement, AMD Embedded customers
now have even more choices available for their Linux development to
meet their design challenges, from the no-cost Mentor Embedded
Linux Lite to the robust commercially-supported Mentor Embedded
Linux."
Embedded Linux Platform and Development Tools
AMD Embedded customers can download updated Mentor Embedded
Linux and Sourcery CodeBench Lite tools to quickly build, from
source, a customized Linux-based platform based on technology from
the Yocto™ Project. Using the Mentor Embedded Sourcery CodeBench
and award-winning Sourcery™ Analyzer technology, embedded C/C+
developers can gain valuable insights into system behavior and
timing through a visual debugging framework that identifies
functional, timing, and performance bottlenecks.
Support for developing and debugging Qt® -based user interfaces
(UI) using Qt Creator has been added to the commercial
product. The latest commercial Mentor Embedded Linux platform
also includes an upgrade to the integrated, accelerated Qt 5.3.2
graphics framework. In addition to the Qt library modules,
developers can make use of unique system-level trace and analysis
visualization to easily optimize UI performance metrics, such as
frame rate, to deliver highly responsive graphics-intensive
applications.
Additional features and capabilities in the Mentor Embedded
Linux Commercial Platform for AMD G-Series and R-Series devices
include:
- Accelerated Qt 5.3.2 graphics
- Accelerated GStreamer 1.0 multimedia stack
- Sourcery CodeBench Eclipse-based IDE for application
development, debug, and analysis
- Graphical user interface development and debug using Qt
Creator
- Customization services
- Technical support
"Our ongoing technology partnership with AMD enables our mutual
customers to create new and exciting products, including high
performance user interfaces built on the latest AMD R-series and
G-series processors," said Scot
Morrison, general manager, platform business unit, Mentor
Graphics Embedded Systems Division. "Our partnership with AMD
Embedded encourages product innovation by minimizing the risks of
embedded Linux and UI development with greater user
productivity."
Product Availability
The Mentor Embedded Linux Lite Platform for AMD Embedded
customers is available for website download now at no charge to AMD
Embedded customers. Mentor Embedded Linux Commercial licenses are
available for purchase from our sales channel.
For free downloads and additional product information, visit:
https://www.mentor.com/embedded-software/partners/amd
About Mentor Embedded
The Mentor Graphics Embedded Systems Division enables embedded
development for a variety of applications including automotive,
industrial, smart energy, medical devices, and consumer
electronics. Embedded developers can create systems with the latest
processors and micro-controllers with commercially supported and
customizable Linux-based solutions including the industry-leading
Sourcery CodeBench and Mentor Embedded Linux products. For
real-time systems, developers can take advantage of the
small-foot-print and low-power-capable Nucleus RTOS product. For
more information, visit www.mentor.com/embedded
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation 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 electronic, semiconductor and systems companies.
Established in 1981, the company reported revenues in the last
fiscal year in excess of $1.24
billion. Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W.
Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon
97070-7777. World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/.
(Mentor Graphics, Mentor and Nucleus are registered trademarks
and Sourcery is a trademark of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All
other company or product names are the registered trademarks or
trademarks of their respective owner.)
The registered trademark Linux® is used pursuant to a sublicense
from LMI, the exclusive licensee of Linus Torvalds, owner of the
mark on a world-wide basis.
Qt is a registered trade mark of Digia Plc and/or its
subsidiaries.
For more information:
Larry Toda
(503) 685-1664
Larry_Toda@mentor.com
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