CriticalBlue, a pioneer in embedded multicore software analysis,
exploration and verification tools, and MIPS Technologies, Inc.
(Nasdaq:MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor
architectures and cores for digital consumer, home networking,
wireless, communications and business applications, announced today
enhanced and groundbreaking support for the MIPS32® architecture
within CriticalBlue's Prism product. Software developers will now
be able to analyze their existing software applications and quickly
assess the tangible benefits of migrating to MIPS32 multithreaded
and multicore devices.
This announcement continues the deepening of Prism capabilities
to enable leading multicore vendors such as MIPS Technologies to
provide an ecosystem to their customers which can clearly
demonstrate the differentiation of the MIPS32 architecture in the
context of the customers' own software applications. Prism is an
award winning Eclipse-based embedded multicore programming system
which allows software engineers to easily assess and realize the
full potential of multicore processors without significant changes
to their development flow. Prism analyzes the behavior of code
running on hardware development boards, virtual machines or
simulators. It allows engineers to take their existing sequential
code, and before making any changes, explore and analyze
opportunities for concurrency. Having identified the optimal
parallelization strategies in this way, developers will implement
parallel structures, and use Prism again to verify efficient and
thread-safe operations.
The new Prism capabilities for the MIPS32 architecture are being
developed in two phases. The first phase, available today, is an
Instruction level Platform Support Package (PSP) for the MIPS32
architecture. This supports the analysis of software applications
running under Linux on either hardware development boards or
virtual machines such as QEMU. End users are split in their
preference for development boards and simulators for development,
and therefore Prism supports both flows. MIPS developers will now
be able to trace their existing software applications on a single
core platform and then quickly analyze the potential benefits of
migrating to a multicore architecture, all in the familiar Eclipse
framework.
In the second phase, available at the end of April 2010, a Core
level PSP for the MIPS32 architecture will bring an additional
level of accuracy to software developers. Going beyond software
mapping to multicore hardware, with this release users will be able
to quantify the benefit of software migration to hardware
multithreading available in certain MIPS cores, such as the MIPS32
34K® and 1004K® families. Users will be able to analyze data cache
misses on a thread, function or source line level, resulting in an
ability to see the impact of such cache misses on the overall
concurrent schedule. All of this can be done on an existing
unmodified software application running on a single core model or
development board. The MIPS32 Core PSP is the first Core level PSP
to support hardware multithreading impact analysis.
A 30 day evaluation copy of the Instruction PSP for Prism for
all 32-bit MIPS cores can be downloaded immediately from the
CriticalBlue website. The Core PSP will also be available for
evaluation when released. Initial hardware development boards
supported by the Prism MIPS32 PSPs are the Ubiquiti RouterStation
Pro (MIPS32 24Kc™ core) and the Sigma Vantage 8654 (MIPS32 24KEf™
core). A Prism demonstration will be available in the MIPS
Technologies booth, number 2410, at the Embedded Systems Conference
and Multicore Expo on April 27-29, 2010 in San Jose,
California.
Supporting Quotes:
"MIPS Technologies has produced a very impressive array of
multicore and multithreaded cores and platforms," said David
Stewart, CEO, CriticalBlue. "Helping end users to navigate the
selection process by putting together an efficient parallelization
strategy and a compelling Return on Investment case is precisely
the reason that Prism exists. The innovative work we have done with
MIPS Technologies to enable them to showcase their unique
differentiators has been very satisfying."
"We are seeing incredible market traction for our multithreaded
and multicore products, and we are pleased to be working with
CriticalBlue to provide our customers with the ability to evaluate
their own software running on these platforms," said Art Swift,
vice president, marketing at MIPS Technologies. "CriticalBlue's
Prism solution is a unique and compelling addition to the MIPS
software development ecosystem; one that has the potential to
result in faster deployment of MIPS-Based products."
Key Points:
MIPS Technologies is based in Sunnyvale, Calif.
CriticalBlue is based in Edinburgh, U.K.
This relationship will help speed development of multicore
software applications and hence accelerate the time to market of
end products based on multicore platforms.
Integration with Prism allows MIPS Technologies' customers to
analyze their existing single threaded application code for use in
multithreaded and/or multicore platforms.
Prism technology is an Eclipse plug-in and is based on dynamic
tracing of the users' software execution.
CriticalBlue has developed an innovative capability to estimate
the benefit of MIPS32 hardware multithreading on existing software
applications.
Developers can work in a familiar Eclipse environment using both
MIPS and CriticalBlue development tools.
A MIPS32 Instruction level PSP for Prism is available today, and
a MIPS32 Core PSP will be available the end of April 2010.
About CriticalBlue
CriticalBlue is a pioneer of flexible, automated system design
solutions that meet the increasing performance, power, and cost
demands associated with the delivery of advanced electronic
products within today's demanding design schedules. The increasing
use of complex, multicore processor architectures has accelerated
demand for CriticalBlue's technology and expertise throughout all
electronic industry sectors. Headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland,
with offices in San Jose, California, and Tokyo, Japan, the company
has delivered multiple solutions for key aspects of embedded
software design, including Prism, a multicore embedded software
design environment, and Cascade, a software accelerator synthesis
technology. The company is funded by European, US Silicon Valley,
Japanese venture capitalists and corporate investors. To learn
more, please visit www.criticalblue.com.
About MIPS Technologies, Inc.
MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:MIPS) is a leading provider of
industry-standard processor architectures and cores that power some
of the world's most popular products for the home entertainment,
communications, networking and portable multimedia markets. These
include broadband devices from Linksys, DTVs and digital consumer
devices from Sony, DVD recordable devices from Pioneer, digital
set-top boxes from Motorola, network routers from Cisco, 32-bit
microcontrollers from Microchip Technology and laser printers from
Hewlett-Packard. Founded in 1998, MIPS Technologies is
headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices worldwide. For
more information, contact (408) 530-5000 or visit
www.mips.com.
MIPS, MIPS32, 24Kc, 24KEf, 34K, 1004K and MIPS-Based are
trademarks or registered trademarks in the United States and other
countries of MIPS Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks referred
to herein are the property of their respective owners
CONTACT: MIPS Technologies
Media Contact:
Jen Bernier-Santarini
+1 408 530-5178
jenb@mips.com
CriticalBlue
Media Contact:
David Stewart
+1 408 467-5091
david.stewart@criticalblue.com
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