ST announces ARM software support for SPEAr mpus
STMicroelectronics has introduced software development tool support for its SPEAr300 and SPEAr600 range of mpus with the ARM Development Studio 5.
ST's SPEAr embedded microprocessors are designed to provide high levels of computing power and connectivity. Manufactured in low power hcmos process technologies, the devices combine one or two advanced ARM926EJ-S processors with memory interfaces and a large set of IP blocks designed to deliver connectivity, communication, security and audio/video functions for different applications.
ARM's development studio features an application and kernel space debugger with trace, system wide profiler/performance analyser, real time system simulator and compiler. According to ARM, the tool suite makes it easy to develop and optimise Linux based software stacks for ARM powered systems to shorten development and testing cycles.
Loris Valenti, group vp and general manager, Computer Systems Division, said: "This addition to the SPEAr software support tools demonstrates our commitment to enlarge the software ecosystem around the SPEAr embedded microprocessor range."
