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Green Hills Software Advances Multicore Debugging Leadership with Latest Probe Release

10th September 2009

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Green Hills Software has announced the latest firmware release of its leading hardware-assisted microprocessor debugging solution, the Green Hills Probe. In combination with Green Hills Software’s comprehensive MULTI software development environment, the Green Hills Probe enables software developers to gain the control and visibility required to perform board bring-up, device driver development, and other system debugging tasks in the least amount of time and with the lowest development cost.

This release of the Green Hills Probe provides support for symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) operating systems, such as Green Hills Software’s INTEGRITY® real-time operating system. Green Hills Probe enables a seamless and powerful SMP debugging experience by providing synchronized multi-core run-control, inter-core cache coherency features, and intelligent inter-core breakpoint management. Application and device driver developers will be able to find and fix bugs faster, resulting in faster time-to-market for end products.

The release adds support for the latest microprocessors including ARM Cortex A8-based processors - such as the Texas Instruments OMAP 3530 and Freescale i.MX515, the dual core Freescale MPC8641D, and a major overhaul of ColdFire support, including the MCF5222x, MCF225x, and MCF227x processors.

“We are pleased that Green Hills Software continues to advance its innovative multicore debugging and operating system solutions,” commented Ravi Swaminathan, director of software ecosystem alliances for Freescale. “The Green Hills Probe helps developers using advanced Freescale processors, such as the dual core MPC8641D, create more reliable products, faster.”

“The Green Hills Probe has become the must-have, tried-and-true, ultra-reliable, high performance debugging device for thousands of embedded developers,” commented David Kleidermacher, chief technology officer of Green Hills Software. “The advanced software architecture of the probe enabled us to rapidly innovate the firmware to manage the complex landscape of embedded processor revisions and capabilities.”