SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- ARM
TechCon—Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) and ARM (LON: ARM;
NASDAQ: ARMH) today announced a long-term agreement to expand their
strategic partnership for best-in-class embedded software
development tools for SoC FPGAs. In 2012, Altera and ARM announced
the creation of the ARM® Development Studio 5 (DS-5™) Altera®
Edition, which pioneered the invention of FPGA-Adaptive Debugging
for SoC FPGAs. Through the expanded agreement announced today, the
ARM DS-5 Altera Edition toolkit is being enlarged to include the
following additional tools:
- ARM Compiler 5 and ARM Compiler 6,
providing the only build tool chains specifically designed to
optimize software for the Cortex®-A9 and Cortex-A53 processors in
Altera's SoC portfolio
- Debug support for ARM Cortex-A53 quad-core
processor in Stratix® 10 SoC, including FPGA-Adaptive Debug capabilities for
removing the debug barrier between the multi-core subsystem and
FPGA fabric
The companies also agreed to a long-term OEM agreement for DS-5
Altera Edition to provide support for all future ARM-based Altera
SoC devices, ensuring a consistent, industry-leading software
development platform across Altera's portfolio of SoC FPGAs.
"DS-5, in combination with ARM processors and ARM CoreSight™
debug technology, delivers advanced solutions for software
development on SoC FPGAs," said Hobson
Bullman, general manager, Development Solutions Group, ARM.
"This agreement with Altera enables their customers to access the
newest tools, minimizing their development cost, risk and
time-to-market for future ARM-based devices."
Chris Balough, senior director,
SoC Product Marketing, Altera said, "Altera customers have
responded overwhelmingly to the critical productivity advantage we
introduced with DS-5 Altera Edition and FPGA-Adaptive Debug
support, and we have shipped thousands of licenses. Our extended
OEM agreement with ARM enables us to provide an even richer toolkit
while maintaining the same low price. Developing with SoC FPGAs has
just become even more compelling for our customers."
ARM DS-5 Altera Edition Yields Unprecedented Developer
Productivity
ARM Development Studio 5 is ARM's flagship
tools solution for embedded software development. ARM DS-5
Altera Edition is a complete tools solution exclusively for
Altera SoCs, sold and distributed by Altera, and optimized to
remove the debugging barrier between the integrated multi-core CPU
subsystem and the FPGA fabric. The new DS-5 Altera Edition provides
a substantial productivity gain for product development based on
Altera SoC FPGAs. Key features include the following:
- Debug and trace support for 32-bit dual-core Cortex-A9 CPUs in
Cyclone® V, Arria® V and Arria 10 SoCs and 64-bit quad-core
Cortex-A53 in Stratix 10 SoCs
- ARM Compiler 5 (ARMv7) and ARM Compiler 6 (ARMv8) tool
chains
- FPGA-Adaptive Debug support for SoC FPGAs, including software
register views of IP programmed into the FPGA and cross-triggering
between CPU and FPGA logic domains for hardware/software
co-debugging
- Advanced trace, including time-correlated events in FPGA fabric
with software events and processor instruction trace
- DS-5 Streamline™ performance analyzer for identification and
correction of system-level bottlenecks
Altera SoC Design Resources
Building a product with a
strong architecture is key to ensuring system design meets
performance requirements now and in the future. Altera provides
many SoC design resources to help designers make the right
choices.
- Altera.com: Choosing the Right SoC Architecture for Your Application
http://www.altera.com/socarch
- ARM TechCon Session - Thursday, Oct 2, 2:30
p.m. – Location F: Wireless Digital
Pre-Distortion Optimization and Profiling in Altera SoC
Devices, by
Richard Maiden, Altera senior
manager for Wireless Systems Solutions Engineering
- Architecture Brief: Altera SoC FPGA-Adaptive Debug
http://www.altera.com/literature/ab/ab20_soc_fpga.pdf
Availability and Pricing
DS-5 Altera Edition is
exclusively available for Altera SoCs. One license is included in
every Altera SoC development kit at no extra cost. DS-5 Altera
Edition is also included in the Altera SoC Embedded Design Suite,
which is available for $995 or as a
free 30-day evaluation at
http://dl.altera.com/soceds/?edition=subscription. More information
about DS-5 Altera Edition can be found at www.altera.com/ds-5-ae.
The next release of DS-5 Altera Edition, which will add the ARM
Compiler 5, is planned for November
2014. Existing customers under valid maintenance can receive
the new release at no cost.
About Altera
Altera® programmable solutions enable
designers of electronic systems to rapidly and cost effectively
innovate, differentiate and win in their markets. Altera offers
FPGAs, SoCs, CPLDs, ASICs and complementary technologies, such as
power management, to provide high-value solutions to customers
worldwide. Visit www.altera.com
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Martenson
Altera Corporation
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