Posted by John McHaleSANTA BARBARA, Calif., 22 June 2010. Green Hills Software, Inc., announced multicore software development tools, operating systems, and virtualization support for Freescale Semiconductor's 64-bit e5500 technology and64-bit QorIQ P5010 and P5020 processors. Green Hills also announces support for Freescale's quad-core, 32-bit P3041 processor. "Next-generation embedded electronics are extremely sophisticated systems and require software solutions from independent, stable, innovative, and trusted suppliers," says Brett Butler, vice president and general manager of Freescale's Networking Processor Division. "Green Hills Software's outstanding real-time operating systems and software development tools enable embedded designers to realize the maximum potential of Freescale's expansive suite of multicore processors."Key additions to Green Hills Software's QorIQ solutions to support the P5020 and P5010 include:- INTEGRITY AMP and SMP real-time operating system operating (RTOS) in 64-bit mode;- INTEGRITY Secure Virtualization hosting 64-bit guest operating systems;- 64-bit-aware MULTI integrated development environment and Green Hills Probe; and - Green Hills Power Architecture compilers, which generate fast 64-bit code.Green Hills Software's software solutions and services for Freescale's P5 and P3 processors include the following components already announced for Freescale’s P4 products: INTEGRITY RTOS; INTEGRITY Secure Virtualization; MULTI integrated development environment (IDE); optimizing C/C++ compilers; TimeMachine debugging suite; SuperTrace Probe and Green Hills Probe; and legacy application porting and code optimization services."With the addition of the P3 and P5 level products, Freescale's QorIQ platform provides scalability from resource-constrained SoHo networking equipment to some of the most demanding 64-bit storage, networking, and aerospace applications," says Dan Mender, vice president of business development, Green Hills Software. Freescale QorIQ communications platforms are the next-generation of PowerQUICC communications processors. The Freescale QorIQ platforms consist of five platforms (P1, P2, P3, P4, and P5) that include single-, dual- and many cores. For more information about QorIQ platforms, visit www.freescale.com/multicore. For more information on Green Hills Software, visit www.ghs.com.
