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Green Hills Software Announces Technology for New
Intel® Network Processors
Royalty-Free Solution is Optimized for Intel® IXP2325 and Intel® IXP2350
Network Processors
SANTA BARBARA—October 19, 2004 — Green Hills Software, Inc., the
market leader in embedded software development tools and royalty-free real-time
operating systems (RTOS), today announced support for the new Intel® IXP23XX
product line of network processors. The Green Hills Software royalty-free
INTEGRITY RTOS, velOSity microkernel and integrated
development tools will enable software developers to deploy their network
access and edge technologies in designs based on the Intel® IXP2325 and
the Intel® IXP2350 network processors, including DSLAMs, wireless infrastructure,
wireless LAN aggregation switches and VPN firewalls.
The MULTI integrated development environment (IDE), velOSity microkernel
and INTEGRITY RTOS are optimized for Intel XScale® technology. They yield
high performance and high reliability within a cost-effective business model
and deliver the following advantages:
- Royalty-free licensing eliminates per-unit cost.
- Full access to kernel, board support package and network communication
stack source code gives developers control and visibility over their
software application.
- Offers true real-time performance with fast interrupt response and
rapid context switching.
- Message-passing architecture promotes reliable, high-performance inter-processor
and inter-task communication.
- Guaranteed memory and CPU availability enables maximum reliability.
- The Intel XScale® microarchitecture’s memory protection unit
(MMU) provides full memory protection of user data, the kernel, device
drivers and user tasks.
- Integrated with Green Hills Software's MULTI IDE, optimizing compilers
and Green Hills Software JTAG hardware debug probes supply an easy-to-use,
single-source solution.
- Complete integrated networking solutions are available for IPv4/v6,
IPSec, Secure Web and Firewall and more.
"OEMs will value the scalable performance and processing headroom
in the Intel® IXP2325 and IXP2350 network processors for use in many
access and edge applications, from T1/E1 to 2 Gbps line rates,” said
Frank Schapfel, network processor product line marketing manager, Intel
Infrastructure Processor Division. "Many OEMs also need an optimized
software development solution, like the Green Hills Software offerings,
to help speed the development of their Intel IXP23XX network processor-based
designs."
INTEGRITY prevents errant or malicious code from corrupting user and kernel
objects. Other RTOS solutions do not offer this protection or security,
leaving systems vulnerable to failure from errant application code, viruses
and hackers. INTEGRITY enhances reliability and determinism by never disabling
interrupts during any system call while giving applications guaranteed
access to the CPU and memory for critical tasks.
The velOSity microkernel is small, fast and
royalty free, making it a perfect fit for resource-constrained network
applications while providing developers with a rich set of kernel services,
device drivers, BSPs and middleware along with full MULTI compiler and
IDE support.
The MULTI IDE features the 100 percent binary-compatible INTEGRITY simulator
(ISIM), which enables programmers to develop and test their core processor
code on a PC or workstation, and a real-time EventAnalyzer and ResourceAnalyzer,
which give users a view of system and user events in a graphical display.
The Green Hills Software Probe and Slingshot provide on-chip debugging
and user run-control of the Intel IXP2325 or Intel IXP2350 network processors.
Availability
Availability for the Intel® IXP23XX product line is planned for Q1
2005.
Green Hills Software is an Affiliate Member with the Intel® Communications
Alliance, a community of communications and embedded developers and solution
providers. For more information, please visit www.intel.com/go/ica.
About Green Hills Software
Founded in 1982, Green Hills Software, Inc. is the technology leader for
real-time operating systems and software development tools for 32- and
64-bit embedded systems. Our royalty-free INTEGRITY RTOS, velOSity microkernel,
compilers, MULTI and AdaMULTI Integrated Development Environments and TimeMachine
debugger offer a complete development solution that addresses both deeply
embedded and high-reliability applications. Green Hills Software is headquartered
in Santa Barbara, CA, with European headquarters in the United Kingdom.
Visit Green Hills Software on the web at www.ghs.com.
North American Sales Contact:
Green Hills Software, Inc.
30 West Sola Street,
Santa Barbara, CA 93101,
Tel: 805-965-6044
Fax: 805-965-6343
Website: www.ghs.com
Email: sales@ghs.com
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International Sales Contact:
Green Hills Software Ltd.
Fleming Business Centre
Leigh Road
Eastleigh
Hampshire SO50 9PD
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 (0)2380 649660
Fax: +44 (0)2380 649661
Email: mktg-europe@ghs.com
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Media Contacts:
Green Hills Software, Inc.
Lynn J. Robinson
(805) 965-6044
lynnr@ghs.com |
Patterson & Associates
Barbara Stewart
(480) 488-6909
barbara@patterson.com |
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