Compiler optimised for 30% performance increase

The Green Hills Compiler 2015 enables software developers to increase their application’s run-time performance and decrease memory size, thus saving costly hardware changes. Processor manufacturers choose Green Hills compilers more than all other competing compilers when publishing their highest processor performance scores on EEMBC – the most widely accepted industry benchmarks. Also renowned for its quality and robustness, Green Hills compilers have earned certifications for the highest levels of industry-specific safety and security requirements, including ISO 26262 ASIL D (Automotive), IEC 61508 SIL 4 (Industrial) and EN 50128:2011 (Railway).

Improved safety and reliability features expand traceability and enable the detection of more dangerous code conditions, even across modules and multiple libraries. Increased developer productivity & flexibility is enabled by an expanded assembly language translation feature, advanced 64-bit linker optimisations and with increased control/visibility of job status reports.

Support for the ARM Cortex-R5F and Cortex-M7 processors, adds to the already comprehensive support for popular processors manufactured by more than 35 silicon partners based on ARM, Power Architecture, Intel Architecture, ColdFire, v850/RH850, MIPS and TriCore.

“In the automotive market, processor performance and code quality are critical challenges for developers,” said Markus Levy, President, EEMBC. “The performance leap in these benchmark scores achieved by ARM and Green Hills is impressive. The beauty of these benchmarks is that they collectively resemble real-world code, so better benchmark results will typically yield higher-performing applications.”

The initial release of Green Hills Compiler 2015 is integrated with the MULTI integrated development environment 6.1.6 and is available today.