First Silicon Solutions Introduces Eclipse-Based Navigator(TM) IDE for MIPS New SOC-it(R) Platform

  
    
  
  
    
      First Silicon Solutions (FS2), a division of MIPS Technologies, Inc. 
      (NASDAQ:MIPS), today announced the Eclipse-based Navigator™ 
      IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for MIPS-Based™ 
      software development. The FS2 Navigator IDE supports all MIPS32® 
      and MIPS64® processor 
      cores and is fully integrated with the MIPS® 
      GNU-based SDE toolkit, providing design engineers with a complete 
      development environment and a rich set of software utilities that is 
      easy to install and use.
    
    
      Since Eclipse is rapidly becoming an embedded industry standard for IDE 
      with vendors seamlessly integrating sophisticated editing, compilation, 
      debug and program management tools, FS2 has leveraged this power and 
      extensibility as a control environment and user interface for their 
      system level debug tools.
    
    
      The integration of the Eclipse framework for MIPS-Based software 
      development is another component of MIPS Technologies new SOC-it® 
      platform. Fully tested and validated under the MIPS-Verified™ 
      program, the SOC-it platform will be implemented with MIPS Technologies 
      and third party IP, leveraging a robust ecosystem that includes 
      system-level debug tools to help ensure full software support for SOC-it 
      platforms.
    
    
      Automated Installation Process
    
    
      Embedded software developers increasingly expect complete and easy to 
      use out-of-the-box tool solutions. FS2 Navigator IDE completely 
      automates the installation process for the MIPS SDE toolkit. The 
      Navigator IDE installs the necessary Windows components of the GNU tools 
      with all of the appropriate switches and options, installs the SDE GNU 
      compiler and utilities, and launches the Eclipse-based Navigator IDE.
    
    
      Support for System-level Debug Solutions
    
    
      The foundation of the FS2 tool environment is the JTAG-based System 
      Navigator™ Probe that provides the physical 
      link to the target system. This probe enables access to all of the debug 
      features available in all MIPS® cores, 
      including EJTAG, PDtrace™ and real-time PC 
      sampling. The Navigator IDE is the “cockpit” 
      that enables all of the views of these powerful silicon-based debug 
      features.
    
    
      FS2 Navigator IDE is Extensible
    
    
      A comprehensive debug environment has to be extensible. Since the 
      Navigator IDE is Eclipse-based, it supports Eclipse plug-ins which allow 
      debug capability to be added seamlessly to the Navigator IDE. Plug-ins 
      include features like RTOS awareness and system level debug features, 
      such as bus analyzers or multicore debug utilities. In addition to 
      adding support for system-level debug tools specific to the MIPS 
      Technologies environment, Eclipse plug-ins offer access to the growing 
      base of third-party software utilities, including source code editors, 
      browsers, syntax checking, and program management.
    
    
      Core-centric debug features like EJTAG and PDtrace are just part of the 
      FS2 portfolio of system-level debug solutions. FS2 debug IP also 
      supports bus analysis and multi-core debugging. The FS2 debug 
      environment is extensible to heterogeneous multi-core debugging 
      applications, such as integrating systems analysis of multiple 
      MIPS-Based and DSP cores, or trace of OCP, AMBA or custom bus 
      interfaces. The Navigator IDE ensures a comprehensive software 
      development environment with sophisticated features, ease of use, and 
      minimal ongoing cost to the MIPS system developer.
    
    
      Availability
    
    
      FS2 Navigator IDE for MIPS cores is available now. Contact FS2 or visit http://www.fs2.com 
      for information.
    
    
      About FS2
    
    
      First Silicon Solutions specializes in hardware verification and debug 
      technologies including on-chip instrumentation, custom silicon IP, 
      development tools and design services for programming, testing and debug 
      of embedded systems in FPGA, SoC, SOPC, ASSP and ASIC designs. FS2 
      provides full system solutions with IP blocks for processor, logic and 
      complex system-level designs, along with hardware and software tools for 
      improved debug and analysis at all stages in the development cycle - 
      from system design and verification to software development and 
      optimization. FS2 products enable silicon vendors and their customers to 
      take their designs from "first silicon" to production faster, with a 
      better understanding of the design performance and overall operation - 
      for faster time-to-market and higher quality products. FS2 is a division 
      of MIPS Technologies, Inc.
    
    
      About MIPS Technologies
    
    
      MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIPS) is a leading provider of 
      industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital 
      consumer, networking, personal entertainment, communications and 
      business applications. The company drives the broadest architectural 
      alliance that delivers 32- and 64-bit embedded RISC solutions to the 
      embedded market, and in combination with its licensees, offers the 
      widest range of robust, scalable processors in standard, custom, 
      semi-custom and application-specific products worldwide. MIPS 
      Technologies licenses its intellectual property (IP) to today’s 
      leading semiconductor companies, ASIC developers and system OEMs.
    
    
      Today, MIPS-Based designs are integrated into millions of products 
      around the world, including broadband devices from Linksys, digital 
      cameras from Canon, DTVs and entertainment systems from Sony, DVD 
      recordable devices from Pioneer, digital set-top boxes from Motorola, 
      network routers from Cisco, and laser printers from Hewlett-Packard. 
      Founded in 1998, MIPS Technologies is based in Mountain View, 
      California, with offices worldwide. For more information, please contact 
      650-567-5000 or visit http://www.mips.com.
    
    
      MIPS, MIPS-Based, MIPS32, MIPS64, MIPS-Verified, PDtrace, SOC-it, FS2, 
      First Silicon Solutions, Navigator and System Navigator are trademarks 
      or registered trademarks of MIPS Technologies, Inc. in the United States 
      and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their 
      respective owners.
    
  
First Silicon Solutions (FS2), a division of MIPS Technologies,
Inc. (NASDAQ:MIPS), today announced the Eclipse-based Navigator(TM)
IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for MIPS-Based(TM) software
development. The FS2 Navigator IDE supports all MIPS32(R) and
MIPS64(R) processor cores and is fully integrated with the MIPS(R)
GNU-based SDE toolkit, providing design engineers with a complete
development environment and a rich set of software utilities that is
easy to install and use.

   Since Eclipse is rapidly becoming an embedded industry standard
for IDE with vendors seamlessly integrating sophisticated editing,
compilation, debug and program management tools, FS2 has leveraged
this power and extensibility as a control environment and user
interface for their system level debug tools.

   The integration of the Eclipse framework for MIPS-Based software
development is another component of MIPS Technologies new SOC-it(R)
platform. Fully tested and validated under the MIPS-Verified(TM)
program, the SOC-it platform will be implemented with MIPS
Technologies and third party IP, leveraging a robust ecosystem that
includes system-level debug tools to help ensure full software support
for SOC-it platforms.

   Automated Installation Process

   Embedded software developers increasingly expect complete and easy
to use out-of-the-box tool solutions. FS2 Navigator IDE completely
automates the installation process for the MIPS SDE toolkit. The
Navigator IDE installs the necessary Windows components of the GNU
tools with all of the appropriate switches and options, installs the
SDE GNU compiler and utilities, and launches the Eclipse-based
Navigator IDE.

   Support for System-level Debug Solutions

   The foundation of the FS2 tool environment is the JTAG-based
System Navigator(TM) Probe that provides the physical link to the
target system. This probe enables access to all of the debug features
available in all MIPS(R) cores, including EJTAG, PDtrace(TM) and
real-time PC sampling. The Navigator IDE is the "cockpit" that enables
all of the views of these powerful silicon-based debug features.

   FS2 Navigator IDE is Extensible

   A comprehensive debug environment has to be extensible. Since the
Navigator IDE is Eclipse-based, it supports Eclipse plug-ins which
allow debug capability to be added seamlessly to the Navigator IDE.
Plug-ins include features like RTOS awareness and system level debug
features, such as bus analyzers or multicore debug utilities. In
addition to adding support for system-level debug tools specific to
the MIPS Technologies environment, Eclipse plug-ins offer access to
the growing base of third-party software utilities, including source
code editors, browsers, syntax checking, and program management.

   Core-centric debug features like EJTAG and PDtrace are just part
of the FS2 portfolio of system-level debug solutions. FS2 debug IP
also supports bus analysis and multi-core debugging. The FS2 debug
environment is extensible to heterogeneous multi-core debugging
applications, such as integrating systems analysis of multiple
MIPS-Based and DSP cores, or trace of OCP, AMBA or custom bus
interfaces. The Navigator IDE ensures a comprehensive software
development environment with sophisticated features, ease of use, and
minimal ongoing cost to the MIPS system developer.

   Availability

   FS2 Navigator IDE for MIPS cores is available now. Contact FS2 or
visit http://www.fs2.com for information.

   About FS2

   First Silicon Solutions specializes in hardware verification and
debug technologies including on-chip instrumentation, custom silicon
IP, development tools and design services for programming, testing and
debug of embedded systems in FPGA, SoC, SOPC, ASSP and ASIC designs.
FS2 provides full system solutions with IP blocks for processor, logic
and complex system-level designs, along with hardware and software
tools for improved debug and analysis at all stages in the development
cycle - from system design and verification to software development
and optimization. FS2 products enable silicon vendors and their
customers to take their designs from "first silicon" to production
faster, with a better understanding of the design performance and
overall operation - for faster time-to-market and higher quality
products. FS2 is a division of MIPS Technologies, Inc.

   About MIPS Technologies

   MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIPS) is a leading provider of
industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital
consumer, networking, personal entertainment, communications and
business applications. The company drives the broadest architectural
alliance that delivers 32- and 64-bit embedded RISC solutions to the
embedded market, and in combination with its licensees, offers the
widest range of robust, scalable processors in standard, custom,
semi-custom and application-specific products worldwide. MIPS
Technologies licenses its intellectual property (IP) to today's
leading semiconductor companies, ASIC developers and system OEMs.

   Today, MIPS-Based designs are integrated into millions of products
around the world, including broadband devices from Linksys, digital
cameras from Canon, DTVs and entertainment systems from Sony, DVD
recordable devices from Pioneer, digital set-top boxes from Motorola,
network routers from Cisco, and laser printers from Hewlett-Packard.
Founded in 1998, MIPS Technologies is based in Mountain View,
California, with offices worldwide. For more information, please
contact 650-567-5000 or visit http://www.mips.com.

   MIPS, MIPS-Based, MIPS32, MIPS64, MIPS-Verified, PDtrace, SOC-it,
FS2, First Silicon Solutions, Navigator and System Navigator are
trademarks or registered trademarks of MIPS Technologies, Inc. in the
United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.