Sophia Systems Offering JTAG Emulator, UniSTACTM/J
for Xtensa, for Tensilica's Xtensa IP
Tokyo, Japan , Nov. 16, 2000
... Sophia Systems Co., Ltd., Japan's
market leader in the embedded microcomputer systems
development field, announced today their partnership
with Tensilica Inc. (U.S.), and the development
of a microcomputer development system that supports
the Tensilica Xtensa series of high-performance
configurable 32-bit RISC microprocessor cores.
The company has become a partner in the "Tensilica
Xtensions™ Network" Alliance, a worldwide
family of third party organizations providing support
to Tensilica licensees.
UniSTAC/J for Xtensa for the Tensilica Xtensa
series is a low-cost debugging tool using a JTAG
debug function implemented on the MPU. This emulator
provides high-level debugging capabilities, such
as on-chip debugging and branch trace. This emulator
includes Windows 95/98/NT/2000-based WATCHPOINT
as a source level debugger supporting C/C++. Sophia
Systems is currently exhibiting the UniSTAC/J for
Xtensa at the MST 2000 trade show in Tokyo.
About Tensilica
Tensilica was founded in July 1997 to address
the fast-growing market for application-specific
microprocessor cores and software development tools
for high volume, embedded systems. Using the company's
proprietary Xtensa Processor Generator, system-on-chip
(SOC) designers can develop a processor subsystem
hardware design and a complete software development
tool environment tailored to their specific requirements
in hours.
Tensilica's solutions provide a proven, easy-to-use,
methodology that enables designers to achieve optimum
application performance in minimum design time.
The Company is engaged in research, development,
and customer support from its offices in Santa
Clara, California, Burlington, Massachusetts, Princeton,
NJ, Houston, Texas, Oxford, U.K. and Yokohama,
Japan.
Tensilica is headquartered in Santa Clara, California
(95054) at 3255-6 Scott Boulevard, and can be reached
at (408) 986-8000 or via www.tensilica.com on the
World Wide Web.
About Sophia Systems
Sophia Systems sells and supports high-performance
in-circuit emulators and debuggers for the development
of embedded microcomputer systems. Headquartered
in Shinjuku, Tokyo and led by Masashi Saito, for
over 20 years Sophia Systems has been Japan s leader
in embedded systems development technology and
currently has 1.608 billion yen in capital.
For additional information on Sophia Systems or
the products that they offer visit their Web site
at http:/www.sophia-systems.co.jp or call +81-44-989-7245.
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UniSTACTM and WATCHPOINTTM are
registered trademarks of Sophia Systems Co., Ltd.
"Tensilica" is a registered
trademark and "Xtensa" and Xtensions
are trademarks belonging to Tensilica Inc.
Windows. 95/98, Windows NT.,
Windows. 2000 are either registered trademarks,
or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United
States and/or other countries.
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