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First Silicon Solutions, a division of MIPS
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MIPS), today announced immediate
availability of the FS2 System Navigator(TM), a comprehensive suite of
EJTAG debug and trace tools for the MIPS32(R) 34K(TM) family of cores.
The 34K cores are the first to implement the multi-threading
capability of the MIPS(R) MT ASE, while leveraging the MIPS DSP ASE
and high performance 24KE(TM) microarchitecture for reduced overall
SoC die area, cost, and power consumption in high-performance,
cost-sensitive embedded applications.
Best-in-class Debug Solutions
The 34K cores include the powerful PDtrace(TM) (Program and Data
Trace) option for faster development and debug. MIPS Technologies'
PDtrace system, coupled with the FS2 System Navigator, provides
best-in-class debug capabilities for 34K-based designs by allowing
customers to capture real-time trace for multiple VPE designs and view
execution flow, load/store addresses and the associated data. With
PDtrace, users can choose either on-chip trace capture or stream the
trace data off-chip to the FS2 System Navigator. Off-chip trace
streaming saves on-chip memory resources and provides for much deeper
trace depths.
FS2 is already working with several early adopter licensees on
this new core architecture.
"Having debug and performance analysis tools in place for early
adopters of the 34K cores was critical to their success," said Jack
Browne, vice president of marketing at MIPS Technologies. "FS2 System
Navigator tools allow licensees to not only debug their design but
also optimize their code for the 34K cores' multi-threaded
architecture. Our early licensees are very engaged and happy with
FS2's solution."
"The 34K cores usher in many innovative debug features like
debugging multiple Virtual Processing Elements (VPEs) where the
debugger can halt and single step one VPE while allowing the other to
continue running," said Rick Leatherman, vice president and general
manager of FS2. "We've made code optimization a priority by providing
zero overhead PC sampling with Thread Context (TC) resolution for fast
hot spot analysis. To help ensure QoS for each hardware thread we've
added real-time trace capture that includes color coded TC IDs for
each trace cycle to easily distinguish which TC executed on each clock
cycle."
FS2 Debug is Fully Extensible
The FS2 System Navigator tools support the complete MIPS32 and
MIPS64(R) processor core families. They also provide support for
multi-core debugging and interface to the FS2 MED(TM) (Multi-core
Embedded Debug) system for more complex SoC designs. The FS2 debug
environment is extensible to heterogeneous multi-core debugging
applications, such as integrating systems analysis of multiple
MIPS-Based(TM) and DSP cores, or trace of OCP, AMBA or custom bus
interfaces.
GDB/Insight Provide Powerful Debug Capability
The FS2 System Navigator functions have been integrated with the
GDB/Insight debugger distributed by MIPS Technologies as part of the
GNU-based MIPS SDE toolchain. The seamless operation of FS2 tools with
the GDB/Insight debugger ensures a comprehensive software development
environment with sophisticated features, ease of use, and minimal cost
to the developer.
FS2 System Navigator software includes several features designed
to fully support PDtrace and the System Navigator probes. These
features allow the user to view the original GNU source code with
function names and line numbers mixed into the assembly code. When
viewing the trace display, the executed addresses are displayed along
with assembly instructions. In addition to tracing code flow, the
trace can also display load/store cycles, which are useful in seeing
code and data flow as the code executes, and what conditional code and
variable values caused the changes.
FS2 System Navigator is available with USB 2.0, 10/100 Ethernet
(optional) and IEEE Parallel PC interfaces. It connects to the target
system using the standard EJTAG 14-pin connector for on-chip trace or
a 38-pin Mictor connector for off-chip trace capture. The FS2 System
Navigator family provides a wide range of compact, feature-rich, debug
tools at affordable price points for all developers of MIPS-Based
systems.
Availability
FS2 System Navigator for MIPS-Based cores is available now.
Contact FS2 or visit http://www.fs2.com for information.
About First Silicon Solutions (FS2)
Founded in 1998, First Silicon Solutions (FS2) specializes in
developing silicon IP, and designing test and debug technologies based
on OCI(R) (On-Chip Instrumentation) for use in FPGA, SoC, SOPC, ASSP
and ASIC devices. FS2 is a division of MIPS Technologies, Inc.
FS2, OCI, MED and FS2 System Navigator are trademarks of First
Silicon Solutions. MIPS, MIPS32, MIPS64, 24KE and 34K are registered
trademarks of MIPS Technologies, Inc. First Silicon Solutions is a
division of MIPS Technologies, Inc.