Cambridge, England and Tokyo — (press release excerpt) — ARM today announced the PrimeXsys Community Program at the ARM Forum in Japan. The initiative extends the ARM Partnership to developers supporting the PrimeXsys Platform and represents an addition to other ARM Partnership Programs, which include ATAP, the ARM technology access program and the ARM Foundry Program.

The ARM PrimeXsys Community Program will provide a range of support services tailored to the design community, making the PrimeXsys Platform an even safer and more compelling choice for developers, semiconductor vendors and OEMs looking for a validated pre-integrated set of IP solutions which run on a standard open platform. The Program requires the Partner to perform a port of their technology to the platform and submit the result for compatibility checking by ARM. A compatible product will be authorized to use the PrimeXsys logo to readily identify these 'PrimeXsys technology-ready' IP components.

Initially, OS, embedded applications software, platform level modeling, and external module support for ARM PrimeXsys Platforms will be available from the Community Partners.

The PrimeXsys Community Program has been designed to service the requirements of PrimeXsys Platform licensees and their OEM customers. Community Partners, the software and hardware IP providers that integrate their products with the PrimeXsys Platform or specialist tool/service providers, bring their specialist expertise to PrimeXsys technology-based SoC devices or OEM products. The Program already includes support across Operating Systems, real-time video technology and modules including Bluetooth, GPS and DiskOnChip support from a wide range of third parties including: Accelerated Technology, Alphamosaic Ltd., CoWare Inc., Ericsson Technology Licensing AB, HI Corporation, LynuxWorks Inc., M-Systems, OSE Systems AB, Trimble Navigation Ltd. and Verisity Ltd.

 
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