TASKING's Latest Tool Suite Maximizes Capability of Infineon TriCore Unified Processor V1.3

Tool Suite Delivers Advanced Functionality for Communications Applications

Dedham, MA, August 7, 2000 — TASKING, The Embedded Communications Company, announced the latest release of the TriCore Tool Suite, V1.1r2, the only tool suite currently available for system development using the latest version of Infineon Technologies' 32-bit TriCore Unified Processor core and standard products based on merged MCU/DSP architecture. The new release of TASKING's TriCore Tool Suite provides support for the TC1775 automotive controller and boosts programmer capability and efficiency by providing an enhanced TriCore Assembler to support the improved peripheral control processor (PCP2), floating point unit and memory management unit introduced in the TriCore Unified Processor V1.3 architectural upgrade. With these enhancements, developers are well equipped to implement advanced embedded designs for telecommunications, automotive engine control and industrial computer control applications.

"With the latest release of its tool suite, TASKING reinforces its support for high-performance, DSP-related applications, which the TriCore architecture is designed to address," says Tony Webster, Vice President of the Cores and Modules Group at Infineon Technologies. "By creating tools that make full use of the architectural enhancements in the TriCore Unified Processor architecture, TASKING enables the developer to focus on application development right away, increasing developer efficiency and reducing time to market."

"TASKING has made a solid commitment to meet the embedded communications needs of developers," says Brian Mulcahey, TASKING Vice President of Worldwide Corporate Marketing. "That's why we are excited about the enhanced peripheral control processor, higher clock speeds, and the new MMU and FPU support in the V1.3 of the TriCore architecture, which provides the powerful resources needed by developers of high-end communications and complex control applications. The enhancements in the TriCore architecture and in our tool suite exemplify the ongoing commitment that TASKING and Infineon both have to provide superior tool support for embedded communications developers."

Understanding the need to simplify the complexity of debugging high-end applications, TASKING enhanced the analytical capabilities of its CrossView Pro debugger to enable it to work with a cycle-accurate TriCore instruction set simulator. To provide increased functionality and efficiency, TASKING has improved its TriCore Tool Suite, which includes TASKING's Embedded Development Environment, optimized C and C++/EC++ compilers and CrossView Pro Debugger, with various code-generation optimizations, bit data type support and eased Linker/Locator configuration.

Availability:
The TASKING TriCore Tool Suite, V1.1r2 is available now on Windows 95/98/NT and Sun/Solaris. Existing TriCore customers with a maintenance contract may upgrade to this release free of charge. A demo version of the TriCore Tool Suite will be available soon from the products area of TASKING's web site (www.tasking.com/products/TriCore), while the release notes and readme files can be downloaded from the technical support area (www.tasking.com/support/TriCore).

About TASKING
TASKING, the Embedded Communications Company, brings together the software technology needed to compete in the embedded communications era. TASKING's award-winning integrated development environment, compiler, debugger, embedded Internet and RTOS offerings support a wide range of DSPs and 8-, 16- and 32-bit microprocessors and microcontrollers for all areas of embedded communications. TASKING, founded in 1974, is a privately held company with headquarters in Dedham, Massachusetts, and engineering, sales and support offices in San Jose, California, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Japan and the UK. TASKING's 100,000 licensed users include the world's leading telecom, datacom, wireless and peripheral manufacturers. More information about TASKING can be found at www.tasking.com and www.embeddedcommunications.com.

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