BOSTON, EMBEDDED SYSTEMS CONFERENCE, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Metrowerks, a
Motorola Company, has released the newest version of development tools
supporting PowerPC microprocessors. The product, CodeWarrior for PowerPC
Embedded Systems, Version 6.0, provides a complete development environment for
creating and testing software targeted for PowerPC microprocessors. New
features that increase a developer's productivity include an enhanced
debugging environment, a Flash program utility, and automatic regression
testing capability.
"The newest version of CodeWarrior for PowerPC allows our customers to
realize the full potential of the PowerPC processor, and demonstrates
Metrowerks' commitment to provide the highest level of support for this
processor family," stated John Smolucha, vice president of marketing,
Metrowerks. "The CodeWarrior Integrated Development Environment enables
developers to manage the complexity of the PowerPC architecture, freeing
developers to focus on specific project requirements."
With Version 6.0, Metrowerks has enhanced the command-line debugger and
has added support for the high-performance emulation probes from Agilent
Technologies, the E5900A and E5900B. Both the command-line debugger and the
emulation probe support bring significant performance gains to developers'
debugging environment. Support for the emulation probes provides Metrowerks
customers with a true, signal-to-source solution.
To significantly decrease the time a developer must spend on the debugging
process, CodeWarrior for PowerPC includes Tcl-scripting that allows the
developer to run test scripts from the command line. This capability allows
for automatic regression testing, helping developers write more stable code
and decreasing time required to complete the project. Also included in
Version 6.0 is full Flash program capability for a number of supported
commercial development boards. This utility saves time and gives developers
the ability to download to flash memory, reducing multiple downloads to
volatile RAM.
Continuing Metrowerks' commitment to provide customers with an open
architecture, CodeWarrior for PowerPC, Version 6 includes a kernel awareness
plug-in interface that allows developers to debug applications on many popular
commercial RTOSes, including ATI Nucleus, MQX Precise, and Lineo RTXC.
The PowerPC processor is designed to meet the requirements of a range of
industries, from high performance desktop to networking and communications to
automotive. CodeWarrior for PowerPC, Version 6 supports this broad range of
PowerPC processors with development tools that address the many industries and
their diverse requirements. Supported PowerPC processors include the Motorola
MPC8255, MPC8245, PPC7410, PPC745, PPC750, PPC755, and, beginning in 4Q2001,
the MGT5100 and 7450.
Pricing and Availability
CodeWarrior for PowerPC, Version 6.0, priced at US$4995 per license,
begins shipping on September 5, 2001 and is available direct from Metrowerks
and from Metrowerks authorized resellers. For more information, contact
Metrowerks by telephone at 800-377-5416 or by email at sales@metrowerks.com.
For pricing and availability outside the U.S. and Canada, please see the list
of Metrowerks International Sales Offices at http://www.metrowerks.com/buy or
send an email to intlsls@metrowerks.com.
About Metrowerks
Founded in 1985 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Metrowerks develops,
markets and supports CodeWarrior hardware and software development tools and
middleware for a number of operating systems and the most popular
microprocessors. CodeWarrior tools allow programmers to build applications
from one unique integrated development environment (IDE). Metrowerks is an
independently operating subsidiary of Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT). For more
information, please visit the Metrowerks web site at
http://www.metrowerks.com.
About Motorola
As the world's #1 producer of embedded processors, Motorola's
Semiconductor Products Sector offers multiple DigitalDNA(TM) technologies
which enable its customers to create "smart" products and new business
opportunities in the networking and computing, wireless communications,
transportation, and home networking markets. Motorola's worldwide
semiconductor sales were $7.9 billion (USD) in 2000.
http://www.motorola.com/semiconductors Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) is a
global leader in providing integrated communications and embedded electronic
solutions. Sales in 2000 were $37.6 billion. http://www.motorola.com
Brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their
respective holders. Metrowerks, the Metrowerks logo and CodeWarrior are
registered trademarks of Metrowerks Corp. MOTOROLA, the Stylized M Logo and
all other trademarks indicated as such herein are trademarks of Motorola, Inc.
(R) Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. Java is a registered trademarks of Sun
Microsystems in the United States and all other countries. PowerPC is a
trademark owned by International Business Machines, and is used under license.
SOURCE Metrowerks
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CONTACT:
Kathy Hill of Metrowerks, a Motorola Company,
+1-512-997-4787, khill@metrowerks.com
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