Mentor Graphics adds capabilities to GNU toolchain in Embedded Sourcery CodeBench

Mentor Graphics Corporation has announced a new Embedded Sourcery^TM CodeBench product, providing embedded system developers with an enhanced IDE (integrated development environment) that is based on the Code Sourcery tools which the company acquired last year. The Sourcery CodeBench tool suite includes the Eclipse-based IDE and C/C++ development tools and compilers, and the GNU tool chain which consists of an assembler, linker, runtime libraries, and source-level and assembly-level debuggers. Mentor is also adding support for the NetLogic Microsystems XLP multi-core processor, Freescale Kinetis, and Xilinx Zynq in Embedded Sourcery CodeBench. The tools also provide support for the AMD64, ARM XScale, Freescale ColdFire, Power Architecture, Intel IA32 and EM64T, MIPS, SPARC and Texas Instruments Stellaris processors.

The Sourcery CodeBench IDE also includes a new Embedded Sourcery System Analyzer technology to help embedded developers to visualize and analyze system data. With Sourcery System Analyzer you can locate bottlenecks and debug problem areas to improve performance. You can manually apply trace point placements anywhere in your application, and identify start and end points of a critical section of code that you want to explore. You can then display and manipulate your trace points with the Sourcery System Analyzer to identify and fix problems.

Pricing for the Mentor Embedded Sourcery CodeBench Personal Edition starts at $199. The Professional Version with System Analyzer is available starting at $2,799 per developer. Mentor is also offering a free 30-day trial on the company website.