Software development for ARM Cortex-A50 processors

The 64-bit enabled solutions for the ARMv8-A architecture comprises the company's INTEGRITY RTOS, MULTI 64-bit IDE debugger, MISRA C/C++ code quality adherence and profiler, C/C++ Optimizing Compilers/assembler and 64-bit toolchain. INTEGRITY has achieved the highest functional safety certification levels in industrial, medical, automotive and railway. It also delivers real-time determinism with high-performance by leveraging the Cortex-A50 processor series featuring a 64-bit architecture and other performance accelerators.

According to ARM, the Cortex-A57 processor is the company’s most advanced high-performance processor, while the Cortex-A53 processor is the world’s smallest 64-bit processor and their most advanced high-efficiency processor. In order to enable the next wave of embedded device functionality which is fully compatible with the existing ARM software base, the Cortex-A50 processor series delivers the power of 64-bit processing with advancements in hardware virtualisation and TrustZone security, an improved instruction set architecture and 100% 32-bit application compatibility.

David Kleidermacher, Chief Technology Officer, Green Hills Software, comments: “Software development cycles for embedded systems can be delayed waiting for expensive, changing early development hardware. Our customers benefit - in both time and resources - by performing their architecture studies and algorithm evaluations in a rich C/C+ development environment with the INTEGRITY RTOS running on a fully-validated simulator. This kind of high-quality early development and testing before silicon availability reduces schedule risk significantly.”

“ARM is committed to creating a rich, diverse ecosystem to enable the ARMv8-A based architecture to proliferate across a broad set of applications and markets. We are pleased to be working closely together with Green Hills on important early engagements with lead silicon partners and mutual customers using the combination of the ARM Fast Model virtual platform technology and the extensive suite of Green Hills software products,” commented Hobson Bullman, General Manager Development Solutions, ARM.