The Green Hills Optimising Compilers for SH and TriCore all utilise a common code generator with architecture-specific optimisations. Each compiler has its own particular optimisation and instruction set characteristics. In addition, for the SH-2A architecture, Green Hills offers CodeFactor, a link-time optimisation that has been shown to reduce code size an additional 10% — reducing overall program size by identifying and removing redundant segments of code from object files. These are accommodated in the code generator to produce code best suited for the target processor.
VectorCAST adds support to optimising compilers
Vector Software says that the VectorCAST tool suite now supports the SH and TriCore optimising compilers from Green Hills Software. With this integration, developers can now test C and C++ applications built with the SH and TriCore compilers, and execute those tests directly on the supported processors.