{"id":19707,"date":"2015-09-16T17:31:40","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T15:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=19707"},"modified":"2015-09-16T17:31:40","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T15:31:40","slug":"amd-expands-technology-partnership-with-mentor-graphics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/19707-amd-expands-technology-partnership-with-mentor-graphics\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD<\/span> Expands Technology Partnership With Mentor Graphics"},"content":{"rendered":"

AMD<\/span> and Men\u00adtor Demons\u00adtra\u00adte Com\u00admit\u00adment to the Embedded Mar\u00adket and Acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte Deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment for x86 and ARM<\/span> Environments<\/b><\/p>\n

SAN<\/span> FRANCISCO<\/span>, CA<\/span> \u2014 09\/16\/15 \u2013<\/strong> AMD<\/span><\/a> (NASDAQ<\/span>: AMD<\/span>) today announ\u00adced a new agree\u00adment with Men\u00adtor Gra\u00adphics Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon<\/a> (NASDAQ<\/span>: MENT<\/span>) to now pro\u00advi\u00adde cus\u00adto\u00admers access to Men\u00adtor Embedded Sourcery\u2122 Code\u00adBench Lite for AMD<\/span> Embedded ARM<\/span>\u00ae solu\u00adti\u00adons along\u00adside AMD<\/span> x86 Embedded solu\u00adti\u00adons. The agree\u00adment streng\u00adthens AMD<\/span>\u2019s tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy part\u00adner\u00adship with Men\u00adtor Gra\u00adphics, a lea\u00adding maker of embedded soft\u00adware and open source tools, and crea\u00adtes a con\u00adsis\u00adtent deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment eco\u00adsys\u00adtem across pro\u00adces\u00adsor architectures.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>We are pro\u00advi\u00adding the embedded deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty for choice, as the first com\u00adpa\u00adny to offer both ARM<\/span> and x86 pro\u00adces\u00adsor solu\u00adti\u00adons for low-power and high-per\u00adfor\u00admance embedded com\u00adpu\u00adte designs,\u201d said Scott Aylor, cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger, AMD<\/span> Embedded Solu\u00adti\u00adons. \u201cWe are exci\u00adted about our gro\u00adwing tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy part\u00adner\u00adship with Men\u00adtor Gra\u00adphics as this extends the scope of the eco\u00adsys\u00adtem we have bey\u00adond our tra\u00addi\u00adtio\u00adnal mar\u00adkets. This is a step for\u00adward in bols\u00adte\u00adring the embedded com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty with open-source tools to help tail\u00ador and expand their development.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2014, AMD<\/span> and Men\u00adtor Gra\u00adphics agreed to crea\u00adte an embedded soft\u00adware eco\u00adsys\u00adtem for deve\u00adlo\u00adpers. The Men\u00adtor Embedded Sourcery Code\u00adBench pro\u00adduct goes bey\u00adond just the com\u00adpi\u00adler to pro\u00advi\u00adde deve\u00adlo\u00adpers with powerful open source, embedded C\/C++ deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment tools to build, debug, ana\u00adly\u00adze and opti\u00admi\u00adze embedded soft\u00adware. The\u00adse tools enable deve\u00adlo\u00adpers to build soft\u00adware in com\u00adplex hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous archi\u00adtec\u00adtures based on upco\u00adming AMD<\/span> 64-bit ARM<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsors inclu\u00adding the forth\u00adco\u00adming AMD<\/span> sys\u00adtem-on-chip (SOC<\/span>) (code\u00adna\u00admed \u201cHier\u00adofal\u00adcon\u201d), in addi\u00adti\u00adon to x86 pro\u00adces\u00adsors inclu\u00adding the AMD<\/span> Embedded G\u2011Series SOC<\/span> (form\u00ader\u00adly code\u00adna\u00admed \u201cStep\u00adpe Eagle\u201d) and the 2nd<\/em> Gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon AMD<\/span> Embedded R\u2011Series APU<\/span> (form\u00ader\u00adly code\u00adna\u00admed \u201cBald Eagle\u201d).<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Men\u00adtor Gra\u00adphics is exci\u00adted to extend our tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy part\u00adner\u00adship with AMD<\/span> given their visi\u00adon and pro\u00adduct port\u00adfo\u00adlio of inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies for embedded solu\u00adti\u00adons,\u201d said Scot Mor\u00adri\u00adson, gene\u00adral mana\u00adger of embedded run\u00adtime solu\u00adti\u00adons, Men\u00adtor Gra\u00adphics Embedded Soft\u00adware Divi\u00adsi\u00adon. \u201cTog\u00ade\u00adther, we will enable deve\u00adlo\u00adpers to build robust and powerful appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons in indus\u00adtries such as digi\u00adtal gam\u00ading, indus\u00adtri\u00adal con\u00adtrol and auto\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon, retail point-of-sale, net\u00adwor\u00adking equip\u00adment and storage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Key Fea\u00adtures, Bene\u00adfits and Support
\n<\/em>As part of the agree\u00adment bet\u00adween AMD<\/span> and Men\u00adtor Gra\u00adphics, embedded deve\u00adlo\u00adpers will have access to the fol\u00adlo\u00adwing cus\u00adto\u00admi\u00adzed embedded Linux\u00ae developments:<\/p>\n