SUNNYVALE, Calif. and CAMBRIDGE, England, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Oki
Semiconductor, a leading technology partner for the new era of digital
communications and convergence, and ARM, [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)], the
industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC processor technology,
today announced at Embedded Systems Conference, San Francisco, the development
of the ARM(R) RealView(R) Developer Kit for Oki, designed specifically as a
complete, cost-effective solution for Oki's advantage microcontroller(TM)
family of general-purpose MCU products. The ARM RealView Developer Kit for
Oki, in combination with the ARM7(TM) core family-based ML674K and ML675K
series of microcontrollers, is aimed at designers seeking 32-bit CPU
performance at a price that is highly competitive with 8-bit and 16-bit
products.
The ARM RealView Developer Kit for Oki, configured for Oki's advantage
microcontroller family, is a comprehensive tools package for writing,
compiling, debugging and integrating systems based on Oki's ARM7 family-based
general purpose microcontroller products. The kit is based on components of
the ARM RealView development solution, with functionality tailored to the
specific requirements of Oki advantage microcontroller products. The RealView
Developer Kit reduces the barrier of entry to development tools for a large
segment of the market and is flexible enough to enable companies to easily and
cost-effectively switch from proprietary designs to ARM solutions.
"This announcement further strengthens Oki's strategy for enabling our
customers to make the transition from proprietary 8-bit and 16-bit CPU designs
to MCUs based on the industry's leading 32-bit RISC architecture," said
Mitchell Le, senior product marketing manager, Oki Semiconductor. "Our
affordable general-purpose advantage microcontrollers, based on the ARM7
family, combined with a specially priced and designed ARM RealView Developer
Kit, offers an extremely compelling solution to any designer seeking an
optimal combination of performance and price."
The ARM RealView development solution provides a complete solution for
creating applications for the ARM architecture and is comprised of RealView
Compilation Tools and a powerful GUI-based RealView Debugger. The
complementary ARM RealView ICE Micro Edition module provides JTAG run control
through a standard 8 MHz JTAG TAP at data rates of 100 KB/second. The
industry-leading optimization facilities of the RealView Compilation Tools
help the developer to reduce system memory cost, through smaller code size and
increased system performance without a dramatic increase in power consumption.
"Oki's introduction of the ARM7 core-based advantage microcontroller
products takes advantage of the migration from 16- to 32-bit microcontrollers.
Now, by offering this ARM RealView Developer Kit for Oki, they will be able to
provide their customers with even greater benefits," said Brian McAllister,
worldwide business development manager, Development Systems, ARM. "Designers
of Oki-based ARM Powered(R) systems will realize improvements in performance,
efficiency and time-to-market at a suitable price point as a result of using
our RealView development solution."
On February 10, 2003, Oki announced the ML674001, ML67Q4002 and ML67Q4003
as part of a strategy to make its ARM7 core-based family of microcontrollers
the new standard for low-cost MCU design, much like the 8051 set the standard
for the 8-bit architecture. The new ML674K series of MCU solutions, and Oki's
newly introduced ML675K series with even higher performance, provide better
alternatives to proprietary architecture in great part because of the higher
performance, wider industry support, more ready-to-use software applications
and a range of tools from third-party vendors.
Availability
The ARM RealView Developer Kit for Oki will be available in June 2003, for
Oki Semiconductor's ML674000, ML674001, ML67Q4002 , ML67Q4003, ML67001,
ML67Q5002 ML67Q5003 MCUs. Further discounted pricing is available for a
45-day evaluation period.
About Oki Semiconductor
Building on Oki's century-long commitment to communications technologies
and markets, Oki Semiconductor designs and markets a broad line of advanced
integrated circuits for telecommunications, automotive, computer and consumer
products. Oki's product lines include telecommunications, RF, speech
synthesis, ASIC, microcontroller, display drivers, and memory devices, offered
in a variety of creative packages. Founded in 1977 and headquartered in
Sunnyvale, Calif., Oki Semiconductor is a division of Oki America Inc., which
is a wholly owned subsidiary of Oki Electric Industry Co, Ltd. Oki has
ISO-9000 and QS9000-certified manufacturing facilities in Japan and Thailand.
Information on Oki Semiconductor and its products is available through its Web
site at: http://www.okisemi.com/us .
Oki Semiconductor ... the Right Partner for a Digital World(TM)
About ARM
ARM is the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC
microprocessor solutions. The company licenses its high-performance, low-
cost, power-efficient RISC processors, peripherals and system-on-chip (SoC)
designs to leading international electronics companies. ARM also provides
comprehensive support required in developing a complete system. ARM's
microprocessor cores are rapidly becoming a volume RISC standard in such
markets as portable communications, hand-held computing, multimedia digital
consumer and embedded solutions. More information on ARM is available at
http://www.arm.com /
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For further information, please contact: Michelle Spencer of ARM,
+44-1628-427780, michelle.spencer@arm.com; or Patrick Hall of Townsend Inc.,
+1-858-457-4888, ext. 112, phall@townsendinc.com, for ARM; or Alain
Dangerfield of Oki Semiconductor, +1-408-737-6347, alain.dangerfield@oki.com;
or Karen Davis of Neale-May & Partners, +1-650-328-5555, ext. 115,
kdavis@nealemay.com, for Oki Semiconductor.
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CONTACT:
Michelle Spencer of ARM, +44-1628-427780,
michelle.spencer@arm.com; or Patrick Hall of Townsend Inc.,
+1-858-457-4888, ext. 112, phall@townsendinc.com, for ARM; or
Alain Dangerfield of Oki Semiconductor, +1-408-737-6347,
alain.dangerfield@oki.com; or Karen Davis of Neale-May &
Partners, +1-650-328-5555, ext. 115, kdavis@nealemay.com, for Oki
Semiconductor
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