barge, ARM and STMicro
CAMBRIDGE, England, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARM (LSE: ARM);
(Nasdaq: ARMHY), announced today, at the first ARM(R) Developers' Conference
in Santa Clara, Calif., that it has released the latest PrimeXsys(R) Platform
based on the ARM1176JZF-S(TM) 32-bit processor core to their lead Partner,
STMicroelectronics. This latest ARM PrimeXsys Platform technology is being
designed into STMicroelectronics Nomadik(TM) family of multimedia application
processors.
"As an integral part of ST's Nomadik(TM) family of application processors'
evolution, the ARM1176JZF-S PrimeXsys Platform with TrustZone technology will
help ST to continue to offer the highest level of performance and security,"
said Richard Chesson, director of Marketing, Multimedia Platform Unit in ST.
"By combining Nomadik's world-leading multimedia performance with the
ARM1176JZF-S processor's computing power and security features, we can better
deliver the rich multimedia content and experience, as well as application
performance that customers of new mobile services and operators will demand."
The new PrimeXsys Platform has been developed using the AXI(TM) Backplane,
which provides a data-efficient, highly-optimized link from the processor,
through the Level-2 cache and memory controller, to external memory. The
platform also implements ARM TrustZone technology for enhanced security, ARM
Intelligent Energy Manager (IEM) technology for power efficiency, and
CoreSight(TM) technology for easier system debug and faster time-to-market.
The platform is the first reference design for ARM TrustZone technology; a
solution designed to support and meet the needs for enhanced security in
next-generation consumer and wireless devices. TrustZone technology includes
the ARM TrustZone architecture extensions as well as the recently announced
TrustZone software. In the ARM1176JZF-S PrimeXsys Platform, security is
treated as a system-level concern where tight integration of hardware with
trusted software delivers significant benefits in terms of time-to-market and
reduced risk. ARM TrustZone technology helps to protect the operating system,
the protocol stack and the network against attack as well as securing users'
mobile data and downloadable applications, games and media content.
Ongoing consumer demand for increased performance in applications such as
mobile multimedia and digital TV has led to more complex systems and the need
for significant in-system performance gains. Due to these demands, developers
have become far more aware of the power consumption of the processor. The
ARM1176JZF-S processor within the PrimeXsys Platform is the first ARM
processor to integrate support for ARM Intelligent Energy Manager technology,
which increases the battery life of handheld portable devices by optimally
balancing processor workload and power consumption. This enables end users to
take advantage of the latest mobile applications for significantly longer
intervals before their device requires re-charging.
In addition to improved performance, the inclusion of CoreSight technology
for system level debug and trace, equips Partners with system-wide monitoring
and profiling capabilities in one package, reducing system integration time by
up to 40 percent. The technology is ideal for engineers looking to develop
high-performance SoC designs for multimedia, wireless and set-top box
applications.
Verification is one of the biggest investments when developing a SoC and
the PrimeXsys Platform delivers a fully configurable verification environment.
This verification environment provides a mechanism to run concurrent tests to
establish data flow interactions in the PrimeXsys Platform-based SoC system
enabling system designers to complete their high-performance ARM1176JZF-S
processor-based SoC rapidly and with low risk.
"A tightly integrated subsystem around the CPU core fundamentally
determines overall system performance, security and power efficiency," said
Bryan Lawrence, product marketing manager, PrimeXsys Platforms, ARM. "The
ARM1176JZF-S PrimeXsys Platform significantly enhances design productivity
while enabling design teams to customize and differentiate the design for
their specific application and market requirements."
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