Synopsys, Inc. Announces New DesignWare® ARC® EM Software Development Platform
January 24, 2019 at 02:05 pm
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Synopsys, Inc. announced the new DesignWare® ARC® EM Software Development Platform to accelerate software development and debug of ARC EM processor-based system-on-chips (SoC) for a wide range of ultra-low power embedded applications such as IoT, sensor fusion, and voice applications. The ARC EM Software Development Platform includes an FPGA-based hardware board with commonly used peripherals and downloadable platform packages. The Development Platform is supported by Synopsys' MetaWare Development Tool Kit, which includes a compiler, debugger, and libraries optimized for maximum performance with minimal code size. In addition, the embARC Open Software Platform gives developers online access to device drivers, examples, and a suite of free and open-source software that enables them to speed software development for their ARC-based embedded systems. The ARC EM Software Development platform supports all ARC EM processor families and EM-based subsystems. To facilitate development of ARC processor-based designs, the platform includes several debug and trace interfaces as well as a range of on-board peripherals including motion sensors, flash memory, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi used in IoT edge devices. The ARC EM Software Development Platform provides extensibility using Arduino UNO revision 3 compatible shields, Digilent Pmod modules, and mikroBUS add-on boards. For greater flexibility, a memory-mapped External Bus Interface (EBI) is also available to control any memory-mapped peripherals located on an external custom board over a generic pin header. The DesignWare ARC EM Software Development Platform is available now from Trenz.
Synopsys Inc. specializes in the development and marketing of software programs aimed mainly at manufacturers of semi-conductors, computers and electronic equipment. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- sale of software and hardware (82.4%): sale of software for the automation of integrated circuit design, pre-designed circuits for semiconductors, software and hardware for the validation of electronic systems, etc.;
- provision of services (17.6%): consulting, maintenance and technical assistance services in the areas of software security, quality and compliance.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (47.7%), China (15.2%), Korea (10.9%), Europe (10.2%) and other (16%).