— Embedded sys­tems deve­lo­pers gain new opti­ons for open-source deve­lo­p­ment through compre­hen­si­ve embedded Linux sup­port and tools on upco­ming AMD embedded pro­ces­sors with Men­tor Embedded Linux and Sourcery Code­Bench —

SAN JOSE, Calif. — EE Live! — April 01, 2014 — AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announ­ced a mul­ti-year agree­ment with Men­tor Gra­phics Cor­po­ra­ti­on (NASDAQ: MENT) to expand avai­la­bi­li­ty of open-source embedded Linux deve­lo­p­ment for hete­ro­ge­neous and mul­ti-core pro­ces­sors from AMD. Dedi­ca­ted to pro­vi­ding embedded deve­lo­pers with a more mana­geable and focu­sed open source frame­work, the agree­ment will pro­vi­de embedded deve­lo­pers with more sup­port­ed pro­ces­sor opti­ons, robust deve­lo­p­ment tools, and grea­ter speed in open plat­form development.

As a Yoc­to Pro­ject™ com­pa­ti­ble pro­duct, Men­tor® Embedded Linux will now bring stan­dar­di­zed fea­tures and tools, and ensu­re quick access to the latest Board Sup­port Packa­ges (BSPs) for AMD 64-bit x86 archi­tec­tu­re begin­ning with the upco­ming AMD Embedded G‑Series sys­tem-on-a-chip (SoC) (code­na­med: “Step­pe Eagle”) and AMD Embedded R‑Series APU/CPU (code­na­med: “Bald Eagle”). Embedded sys­tems deve­lo­pers will have com­pre­hen­si­ve access to the Men­tor Embedded Linux deve­lo­p­ment plat­form for cus­to­mi­zed embedded Linux deve­lo­p­ment and com­mer­cial sup­port, as well as a no-cost Men­tor Embedded Linux Lite deri­va­ti­ve pro­vi­ding all the essen­ti­als to eva­lua­te Linux on AMD embedded processors.

To address the gro­wing com­ple­xi­ty of embedded sys­tems, embedded deve­lo­pers will also have access to Sourcery™ Code­Bench for grea­ter insight into sys­tem exe­cu­ti­on, per­for­mance and debug­ging appli­ca­ti­ons in Linux-based embedded systems.

“Part­ne­ring with the lar­gest inde­pen­dent embedded Linux and tools ven­dor in the mar­ket today is an exci­ting step for­ward as we con­ti­nue to invest in the embedded mar­ket,” said Scott Aylor, cor­po­ra­te vice pre­si­dent and gene­ral mana­ger, AMD Embedded Solu­ti­ons. “We are pro­vi­ding the embedded deve­lo­p­ment com­mu­ni­ty an oppor­tu­ni­ty for choice, and this agree­ment with Men­tor Gra­phics brings the embedded com­mu­ni­ty an open-source plat­form to help tail­or and expand their development.”

“Men­tor Gra­phics is exci­ted to part­ner with AMD when you look at their visi­on and pro­duct port­fo­lio of inno­va­ti­ve tech­no­lo­gies for embedded solu­ti­ons,” said Scot Mor­ri­son, gene­ral mana­ger of embedded run­time solu­ti­ons, Men­tor Gra­phics Embedded Soft­ware Divi­si­on. “We look for­ward to deli­ve­ring the industry’s most robust open-source deve­lo­p­ment eco­sys­tem to mar­ket with the upco­ming AMD Embedded G- and R‑Series products.”

Key Fea­tures, Bene­fits and Support

As part of the agree­ment bet­ween AMD and Men­tor Gra­phics, embedded deve­lo­pers will have access to the fol­lo­wing cus­to­mi­zed embedded Linux deve­lo­p­ment products:

• Men­tor Embedded Linux Lite 
  • Free ena­blem­ent for eva­lua­ti­on and pro­to­ty­p­ing for the upco­ming AMD “Step­pe Eagle” and “Bald Eagle” products
  • Yoc­to Pro­ject compliant
  • Bina­ry images of root file sys­tem and kernel
  • Access to sources for all open source components
  • Seam­less migra­ti­on to com­mer­ci­al­ly sup­port­ed Men­tor Embedded Linux
• Men­tor Embedded Linux 
  • Com­mer­cial terms for pro­ject deve­lo­p­ment inclu­ding bug fixes, secu­ri­ty patches, and pro­duct updates
  • Eclip­se based Sourcery Code­Bench deve­lo­p­ment envi­ron­ment and data trace ana­ly­sis and visua­liza­ti­on capabilities
  • Cus­to­miza­bi­li­ty for uni­que pro­ject needs inclu­ding cus­tom BSP deve­lo­p­ment, back port­ing and long term support
• Sourcery Code­Bench Lite 
  • Com­ple­te GNU based C/C++ deve­lo­p­ment and debug tool chain for cus­tom Linux tar­get plat­form development
  • Win­dows and Linux host-based deve­lo­p­ment options

For more infor­ma­ti­on about the agree­ment, visit the Men­tor Gra­phics embedded Linux solu­ti­ons page for AMD, or stop by the AMD booth #716 or the Men­tor Gra­phics booth #1812 at the EE Live! expo from April 1 to April 3 at the San Jose McE­n­ery Con­ven­ti­on Center.

Sup­port­ing Resources 

• Learn more about the upco­ming “Step­pe Eagle” and “Bald Eagle” pro­duct families
• Beco­me a fan of AMD and Men­tor Gra­phics on Facebook
• Fol­low @AMDEmbedded and @MentorEmbedded on Twitter
• Join AMD and Men­tor Embedded on Goog­le Plus

 About AMD

AMD (NYSE: AMD) designs and inte­gra­tes tech­no­lo­gy that powers mil­li­ons of intel­li­gent devices, inclu­ding per­so­nal com­pu­ters, tablets, game con­so­les and cloud ser­vers that defi­ne the new era of sur­round com­pu­ting. AMD solu­ti­ons enable peo­p­le ever­y­whe­re to rea­li­ze the full poten­ti­al of their favo­ri­te devices and appli­ca­ti­ons to push the boun­da­ries of what is pos­si­ble. For more infor­ma­ti­on, visit www.amd.com.

About Men­tor Embedded

Men­tor Gra­phics Embedded Soft­ware Divi­si­on enables embedded deve­lo­p­ment for a varie­ty of appli­ca­ti­ons inclu­ding auto­mo­ti­ve, indus­tri­al, smart ener­gy, medi­cal devices, and con­su­mer elec­tro­nics. Embedded deve­lo­pers can crea­te sys­tems with the latest pro­ces­sors and micro-con­trol­lers with com­mer­ci­al­ly sup­port­ed and cus­to­mizable Linux-based solu­ti­ons inclu­ding the indus­try-lea­ding Sourcery Code­Bench and Men­tor Embedded Linux pro­ducts. For real-time con­trol, sys­tems deve­lo­pers can take advan­ta­ge of the small-foot­print and low-power-capa­ble Nucleus® RTOS. For more infor­ma­ti­on, visit www.mentor.com/embedded.

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