Cambridge, England — (press release excerpt) — ARM today announced that it has expanded its development tools portfolio with the introduction of the latest version of the ARM Developer Suite software, version 1.2. This latest version of the established ARM software solution includes tools to support the industry-leading ARM Jazelle technology for Java hardware acceleration, as well as support for the… latest ARM microprocessor cores and host support for Linux. This latest version of the ARM Developer Suite also includes host support for Red Hat Linux, allowing Linux users to utilize this software solution for the first time. The software also incorporates support for the ARM VFP9-S and the ARM VFP10 vector floating-point coprocessors.

The ARM Developer Suite software provides engineers with everything they need to rapidly develop applications for devices based on the ARM architecture. The software is a best-in-class suite of development tools for the ARM architecture that includes compilers, debuggers and development environments. For the first time, developers will have support for the ARM Jazelle technology-enhanced family of microprocessor cores including the ARM7EJ-S and ARM926EJ-S cores.

 
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