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 RMI Announces Support for Wind River’s JTAG Development Tools for Multi-core Multi-threaded Processor Families Wind River On-Chip Debugging Expands Architecture Support to RMI’s XLR and XLS Processor Families for High Performance Applications CUPERTINO, CA — June 23, 2009 — RMI Corporation, a leading provider of high- performance processors for communication and media rich applications, today announced that Wind River is offering its standards-based Wind River On-Chip Debugging with extended support for RMI’s industry leading multi-core multi-threaded XLR® and XLS® Processor families. Wind River On-Chip Debugging is a comprehensive development tool solution that includes Wind River Workbench On-Chip Debugging, a collection of software tools based on the Eclipse framework; Wind River ICE 2, a high-performance, multicore-capable JTAG debug unit; and Wind River Probe, an entry level, portable JTAG debug unit. With the introduction of Wind River Workbench On-Chip Debugging 3.1.1, Wind River extends support to the RMI® XLR and XLS Processor® families targeting infrastructure and enterprise applications. This support provides RMI customers with increased effectiveness in designing and debugging, expanded multi-core support for up to 32 threads, and additional capabilities when evaluating industry leading processing architectures. The Wind River On-Chip Debugging solution is targeted for all phases of the development lifecycle, from board bring-up to device driver development, kernel stabilization, and system integration, and is extensible for customers to easily add support for additional device architectures and processors. "By supporting RMI’s multi-core and multi-threaded 64-bit MIPS-based XLR and XLS processors in Wind River’s class-leading development tools, RMI continues to grow its presence as a leader in the multi-core market,” said Mark Litvack, director, business development, RMI. “We are excited to extend our relationship with Wind River, whose On-Chip Debugging tools will enable RMI to bring its customers in the infrastructure and enterprise markets added value by helping them simplify their development process.” Wind River Workbench On-Chip Debugging 3.1.1 offers the most advanced multi-core support for the high-performance RMI XLR and XLS Processor families, debugging up to 8 cores and 4 threads per core simultaneously, as well as the ability to debug RMI’s thin executive, RMIOS. ”Wind River provides a comprehensive debugging solution designed to allow developers to be more effective in prototyping, diagnosing, analyzing, and testing complex embedded solutions,” said Emeka Nwafor, director of product management, Wind River. “We collaborated with RMI to extend Wind River Workbench On-Chip Debugging to support RMI XLR and XLS processors and enable our shared customers to implement innovative new products that have industry leading performance and functionality.” The XLR and XLS Processors are high-performance, highly integrated SoC processors utilizing a multi-core multi-threaded architecture based on a MIPS64® instruction set. The XLR Processor® consists of an innovative set of XLR cores enabling up to 32 threads, or virtual CPUs (vCPUsTM), in a single chip. The XLS Processor is a feature-rich general purpose processor with application specific autonomous hardware accelerators and multiple on-chip interconnect options providing an ideal combination of high level programmability, performance scalability, and intelligent packet management. The XLR and XLS Processors utilize enhanced MIPS64 compatible cores implementing fine- grained, 4-way multithreading combined with a multi-level hierarchy of caches, autonomous acceleration engines®, and point-to-point interconnects for data and message transfers. RMI delivers processing solutions running at frequencies with a range of 800MHz - 1.5 GHz and are optimized for maximum throughput and workload efficiency. Availability About RMI (now NetLogic Microsystems) About NetLogic Microsystems |
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