Metrowerks to Ship CodeWarrior for NEC VR/V8xx Microprocessors
SAN JOSE, Calif. — September 30, 1997 — Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ:MTWKF) (TSE/ME:MWK) announced this week at the Embedded Systems Conference West in San Jose that they will provide full support for NEC's microprocessor and microcontroller product series in the upcoming CodeWarrior for NEC.
The first release of CodeWarrior for NEC will ship in the first quarter of calendar 1998, with software development tools for the NEC VR4100, VR4300 and VR5000 MIPS RISC microprocessors. Support for the NEC V800(TM) series of 32-bit RISC microcontrollers will be included in future releases.
Hosted on Windows 95/NT, CodeWarrior for NEC will provide Windows CE support, as well as, for application development running on the NEC VR Series embedded processors. The new CodeWarrior product also supports both MIPS32 and MIPS16 instruction sets.
Support for NEC RISC microprocessors is a direct result of Metrowerks' strategy to offer CodeWarrior embedded development tools for the RTOS/Windows CE market, proprietary OS market, and the embedded Java technology market.
"With CodeWarrior for NEC, we're offering the NEC systems developer more options in one package than ever before," said Greg Galanos, president and chief technology officer, Metrowerks. "Not only is Windows CE a very important element of future embedded systems development, but the option to generate MIPS16 compressed RISC code is particularly advantageous for the embedded developer working with reduced memory space."
"NEC has a strong commitment to supporting customers with leading-edge technology and continued customer support," said George Wang, assistant general manager of micro products at NEC Electronics Inc. "We are happy to have Metrowerks as part of our team and plan to exceed our customer expectations with support tools like the CodeWarrior compilers and debugging tools."
Pricing and Availability
CodeWarrior for NEC will ship first quarter, 1998, priced at US$ 899, available from Metrowerks, Programmer's Paradise, and other Metrowerks authorized resellers and international distributors. Academic pricing will be US$ 119. All purchases include free product updates and technical support for a year from Metrowerks.
About NEC Electronics Inc.
NEC Electronics Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., designs, manufactures and markets an extensive line of electronic products including ASICs, microprocessors and microcontrollers, 3D graphics accelerators, digital signal processors (DSPs), memories and components including flat panel displays. In 1996, the company ranked fourth in semiconductor sales in the U.S. The company operates a 709,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Roseville, California. NEC Electronics is an affiliate of NEC Corporation (NIPNY), a $ 41 billion international manufacturer of computer, communications and semiconductor products. For more information about products offered by NEC Electronics Inc., please visit the NEC U.S. Website at http://www.nec.com .
About Metrowerks Embedded Systems Products
CodeWarrior solutions for the embedded systems market start with the CodeWarrior Integrated Development Environment, or "IDE," a unified environment available for both desktop and embedded application development. The CodeWarrior IDE contains a complete set of tools including class browsers, debuggers, editors, and a state-of-the-art project manager which obsoletes "make" files. CodeWarrior embedded tools all feature the CodeWarrior two-machine source-level debugger which plugs seamlessly into the CodeWarrior IDE and communicates with the new MetroTRK (Target Resident Kernel). MetroTRK, developed by Metrowerks and available in source to Metrowerks' licensees, is a software debug monitor for use with CodeWarrior source-level debuggers. MetroTRK is suitable for use as a board-level software debugger, or, in its extended form, as an application-level debugger.
CodeWarrior highly optimizing compilers, linkers and assemble rs are available for the 68K, PowerPC, x86 and MIPS families of microprocessors for C, C++, and Java. Metrowerks has already announced that in 1998, it will add support for the NEC VR/V8xx, ARM, and Hitachi SuperH families of microprocessors.
CodeWarrior all-in-one programming tools are the foundation for Metrowerks' entry into the three major embedded markets: the proprietary OS market; the RTOS/Windows CE market; and the embedded Java technology market.
With over 100 software engineers, Metrowerks invests 35% of the company's revenues in CodeWarrior research and development. Metrowerks has the resources to create state-of-the-art embedded tools. With the CodeWarrior IDE already used by over 100,000 registered desktop users in 75 countries, Metrowerks' CodeWarrior IDE development costs can be amortized over a very large number of users. This competitive advantage enables Metrowerks to sell CodeWarrior embedded tools at the ground-breaking price of under $ 1,000 per seat.
Metrowerks, the Metrowerks logo and CodeWarrior are registered trademarks, and MetroTRK is a trademark of Metrowerks Inc. NEC, NEC Electronics Inc., VR4100, VR4300, VR5000 and V800 are registered or trademarks of NEC Corporation. All other company and product names may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies/holders, and are hereby recognized.
Statements in this press release are forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including successful and timely development of the product and customer acceptance of the product.
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