Enhanced Support in ARM RealView Development Suite 3.1 Professional
      Significantly Reduces Development Time and Ensures Optimal Tools
               Configuration for Express Logic RTOS Portfolio

    CAMBRIDGE, England, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARM (LSE:ARM)
(Nasdaq:ARMH) today announced at the Embedded Systems Conference, San Jose,
California, that working in collaboration with Express Logic, the ARM(R)
RealView(R) family of development tools will provide enhanced support for
the Express Logic ThreadX(R) RTOS portfolio. The enhanced support
automatically configures the RealView development tools for ThreadX RTOS
development enabling software developers to rapidly begin developing
high-performance real-time applications using supplied example code and
project templates for the Eclipse IDE. Enhanced debug support provides full
visibility and control of the RTOS threads and resources with the ability
to debug applications in stop and run mode.

    "Working together with ARM, we were able to deliver an outstanding
out-of-box experience for ThreadX development in RealView Development Suite
3.1 Professional," said John Carbone, vice president of marketing, Express
Logic. "By leveraging the Eclipse platform, developers can now build and
deploy complete ThreadX applications faster than ever before."

    Developers wishing to create an application using ThreadX will be able
to download a RealView Development Suite 3.1 Professional tool update from
the Express Logic website. This update will add ThreadX-specific project
templates and example code to the Eclipse IDE included in the RealView
Development Suite 3.1 Professional. The ThreadX project templates
automatically configure the compilation tools in the RealView Development
Suite 3.1 Professional to link with an optimized ThreadX library.
ThreadX-specific debug features provide the developer with full visibility
and control of RTOS resources within the application. Software evaluation
and development can begin prior to hardware availability using the included
ultra high-performance RealView Real-Time System Models of complete ARM
development boards that are targeted by the ThreadX RTOS.

    "The Eclipse IDE forms strong and extensible foundation for our
development tools easily enabling this kind of innovative collaboration
between the two companies," said Mark Onions, director of marketing, System
Design Division, ARM. "Our mutual customers benefit from a resulting
toolchain that is tailored specifically for ThreadX development."

    About RealView Development Suite 3.1 Professional

    The ARM RealView Development Suite 3.1 Professional is a complete,
end-to-end solution for software development supporting all ARM processors
and ARM CoreSight(TM) debug technology. This full-featured product enables
developers to begin software development, optimization and test ahead of
silicon availability, significantly reducing application time-to-market and
ensuring the highest degree of software quality.

    RealView Development Suite 3.1 Professional incorporates the
best-in-class RealView Compilation tools and market-leading RealView
Profiler enabling applications to easily achieve both high performance and
optimal code size. The product includes support for the latest
Cortex(TM)-A8 processor and includes the vectorizing compiler for the
NEON(TM) media processing engine, which can increase the performance of
multimedia applications in standard C code by more than 200 percent.

    Availability

    ARM RealView Development Suite 3.1 Professional enhanced support
features for the Express Logic ThreadX RTOS processors will be available in
Q2 2008, free-of-charge via electronic download from the Express Logic
website.

    About ARM

    ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital
products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to
imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM's comprehensive
product offering includes 16/32-bit RISC microprocessors, data engines,
graphics processors, digital libraries, embedded memories, peripherals,
software and development tools, as well as analog functions and high-speed
connectivity products. Combined with comprehensive design services,
training, support and maintenance, and the company's broad Partner
community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast,
reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. More information
on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.

    ARM and RealView are registered trademarks of ARM Limited. Cortex, NEON
and CoreSight are trademarks of ARM Limited. All other brands or product
names are the property of their respective holders. "ARM" is used to
represent ARM Holdings plc; its operating company ARM Limited; and the
regional subsidiaries: ARM, Inc.; ARM KK; ARM Korea Ltd.; ARM Taiwan
Limited; ARM France SAS; ARM Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.; ARM Belgium
N.V.; AXYS Design Automation Inc.; ARM Germany GmbH; ARM Embedded
Technologies Pvt. Ltd.; and ARM Norway, AS.

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