BADEN-BADEN, GERMANY — October 10, 2007 — Green Hills Software announced that its product suite, including the MULTI version 5.0 integrated development environment (IDE), TimeMachine tool suite, Green Hills compilers, and SuperTrace Probe, are now available for the Fujitsu FR60, FR70, and FR80 32-bit RISC microcontrollers. “Green Hills Software’s MULTI software development environment enables embedded systems developers to maximize product reliability and performance while minimizing manufacturing and development costs,” commented Mathias Bräuer, senior manager automotive marketing, Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe, Business Unit Automotive and Industrial.
“We are pleased to recommend this tool suite as the preferred software development solution for the Fujitsu FR60, FR70, and FR80 microcontrollers.” The Green Hills solution for the Fujitsu FR family microcontrollers consists of the following components:
- MULTI 5.0 integrated development environment and TimeMachine tool suite – providing the industry-leading DSO tool set for embedded software developers
- Green Hills FR compilers – generating the fastest and smallest code in the industry
- SuperTrace Probe for trace collection via the Fujitsu emulation environment“The Fujitsu FR Series microcontrollers provide superior performance, power, and integrated I/O capability for automotive, communications, computer peripheral, industrial, and consumer applications,” commented Tim Reed, general manager, advanced products, Green Hills Software.
“The combination of the MULTI IDE and Fujitsu processor technology enables embedded systems developers to migrate 8- and 16-bit designs to a more powerful 32-bit environment while adhering to a strict footprint and power envelope.”
About the Fujitsu FR Series Microcontrollers
The FR family is a line of 32-bit RISC controllers that use a proprietary Fujitsu architecture and have functions optimized for embedded system control applications.
The devices are widely used in applications such as automotive, industrial, PC peripherals and digital AV equipment.
The Fujitsu microcontrollers are optimized for high performance with a low-power footprint.
Availability
The Green Hills Software solution for the FR Series microcontrollers is available today.
About Green Hills Software
Founded in 1982, Green Hills Software, Inc. is the technology leader in device software optimization (DSO) and real-time operating systems (RTOS) for 32- and 64-bit embedded systems.
Our royalty-free INTEGRITY and velOSity real-time operating systems, µ-velOSity microkernel, compilers, MULTI and AdaMULTI integrated development environments and TimeMachine tool suite 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.
About Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe
Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) is a major supplier of semiconductor products.
The company provides advanced systems solutions to the automotive, digital TV, mobile telephony, networking and industrial markets.
Engineers from design centres dedicated to microcontrollers, graphics controllers, mixed-signal, wireless, multimedia ICs and ASIC products work closely with FME's marketing and sales teams throughout Europe to help satisfy customers' system development requirements.
This solutions approach is supported by a broad range of advanced semiconductor devices, IP and building blocks.