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06-22-2010, 03:59 PM
Mentor Graphics Corporation has announced a commercial Mentor Embedded Linux platform (http://www.mentor.com/products/embedded_software/professional-services/linux-getting-started)supporting Freescale Semiconductor, resulting from the recent strategic alliance signed between Freescale (http://www.freescale.com/) and Mentor for embedded Linux technology. The platform, built upon shared Freescale and Mentor technology, provides open source Linux software and tools, as well as maintenance and support. The unified workflow methodology would enable users to create customized applications for Freescale's QorIQ and PowerQUICC processors with greater productivity and reduced risk.
The Mentor Embedded Linux platform currently supports the QorIQ P4080 and P2020 multicore processors and PowerQUICC 8572 and 8377 communication processors, with planned support for Freescale's newly announced low-power QorIQ P3041processor and the new high-performance 64-bit e5500 platform, including the QorIQ P5020 dual-core and P5010 single core processors. The Mentor Embedded Linux platform will be compatible with Freescale's 32-bit and 64-bit processors.
The platform is fully integrated and vendor-independent so that teams can move seamlessly from prototyping on reference hardware to custom-designed hardware running on commercial Linux and advanced development tools.
The Mentor Embedded Linux platform for Freescale processors will ship in July 2010. For more information go to www.mentor.com/go/linux (www.mentor.com/go/linux).
The Mentor Embedded Linux platform currently supports the QorIQ P4080 and P2020 multicore processors and PowerQUICC 8572 and 8377 communication processors, with planned support for Freescale's newly announced low-power QorIQ P3041processor and the new high-performance 64-bit e5500 platform, including the QorIQ P5020 dual-core and P5010 single core processors. The Mentor Embedded Linux platform will be compatible with Freescale's 32-bit and 64-bit processors.
The platform is fully integrated and vendor-independent so that teams can move seamlessly from prototyping on reference hardware to custom-designed hardware running on commercial Linux and advanced development tools.
The Mentor Embedded Linux platform for Freescale processors will ship in July 2010. For more information go to www.mentor.com/go/linux (www.mentor.com/go/linux).