Express Logic and MIPS Technologies Bring ThreadX(R) RTOS Support to the MIPS32(R) 24K(R) and 4KE(R) Core Families; Royalty-free
September 06 2005 - 9:01AM
Business Wire
Express Logic, Inc., the worldwide leader in royalty-free real-time
operating systems (RTOS), and MIPS Technologies, Inc.
(NASDAQ:MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor
architectures and cores for digital consumer and business
applications, today announced the availability of Express Logic's
ThreadX RTOS for the MIPS32(R) 24K(R) and 4KE(TM) processor core
families. ThreadX, an already popular RTOS in the consumer devices
market with over 200 million electronic product deployments, is a
natural fit for the high-performance 24K processor core, which has
strong appeal in computationally demanding applications such as
consumer devices and networking. The MIPS32 4KE family, gives
licensees the flexibility to optimize applications for performance,
size or power consumption, thereby reducing overall system costs.
In addition, the MIPS32 24K and 4KE core families offer the
broadest industry support of middleware, algorithms and tools for a
variety of embedded applications. To provide additional assistance
for consumer product developers in bringing their products to
market faster, Express Logic ported its NetX(TM) TCP/IP stack and
its FileX(TM) MS-DOS compatible embedded file system to the MIPS32
Architecture. ThreadX is a small-footprint, highly efficient RTOS
used by developers to manage the multiple operations of today's
sophisticated consumer electronics devices. ThreadX is 100%
royalty-free, making it ideal for high-volume consumer products
where minimum manufacturing cost is a must. In fact, in a recent
(June, 2005) CMP survey, ThreadX was shown to be one of the most
widely-preferred royalty-free RTOS among embedded developers
worldwide. Coupled with the outstanding performance of the MIPS32
24K and 4KE processor core families, this combination makes an
ideal platform for development of high-performance, low-cost,
high-volume, consumer electronics products that must reach the
market quickly. "We were thrilled to hear that existing MIPS
architecture licensees and new consumer device design-win customers
made a strong demand for ThreadX on the 24K and 4KE cores," noted
William E. Lamie, president of Express Logic. "We are happy to work
with MIPS Technologies to port our popular ThreadX RTOS, our NetX
TCP/IP stack and our FileX file system to the MIPS32 Architecture
for these customers. Our mutual consumer device development
customers now have an ideal combination of high performance and low
cost on which to base their latest products." MIPS Technologies'
24K core family takes advantage of the highest performance 32-bit
cores in the embedded industry while minimizing design time and
reducing product costs. Designed to power through graphics, Java
and demanding code and with features like an ultrafast multiply,
intelligent caches, floating point support and the CorExtend(TM)
capability -- which allows users to supercharge application
performance by defining and adding their own instructions -- the
24K family is the ideal solution for digital and interactive
television, set-top boxes, DVD and other performance-driven
applications. "The MIPS32 24K core family was designed to give
application developers greater performance and resources for their
embedded applications. We are pleased that these resources now
include support from the ThreadX RTOS," said Russ Bell, vice
president of marketing at MIPS Technologies. "With the ThreadX RTOS
support, licensees of the 24K who are designing advanced systems
for the consumer market can now benefit from its efficient
management of multiple operations." ThreadX development for the
MIPS32 24K and 4KE core families is supported by the MIPS(R) SDE
development tools, and the First Silicon Solutions (FS2) System
Navigator family of JTAG debug probes with advanced features such
as PDTrace and now supporting the ThreadX kernel-aware debugger.
ThreadX is fully compatible with these tools, and prepackaged with
makefiles for quick out-of-the-box development, leading to faster
time to market. "We worked closely with the Express Logic team to
match the System Navigator probe features to the ThreadX RTOS. The
integration of the FS2 System Navigator tool with the ThreadX
debugger will provide a robust set of tools with kernel-aware
debugging for developers building ThreadX applications on the
MIPS32 24K and 4KE processor cores," noted Rick Leatherman,
president of FS2. Shipping and Availability ThreadX, NetX and FileX
are available immediately for the MIPS32 24K and 4KE core families.
Royalty-free licenses start at $12,500. About MIPS Technologies
MIPS Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of industry-standard
processor architectures and cores for digital consumer and business
applications. The company drives the broadest architectural
alliance that is delivering 32- and 64-bit embedded RISC solutions.
The company licenses its intellectual property to semiconductor
companies, ASIC developers and system OEMs. MIPS Technologies and
its licensees offer the widest range of robust, scalable processors
in standard, custom, semi-custom and application-specific products.
The company is based in Mountain View, CA, and can be reached at +1
(650) 567-5000 or www.mips.com. About Express Logic Headquartered
in San Diego, CA, Express Logic offers the most advanced run-time
solution for deeply embedded applications, including the popular
ThreadX(R) RTOS, the high-performance NetX(TM) TCP/IP stack, the
FileX(TM) embedded MS-DOS compatible file system, and the USBX(TM)
Host/Device USB protocol stack. All products from Express Logic
include full source-code and have no run-time royalties. For more
information about Express Logic solutions, please visit
www.expresslogic.com, call 1-888-THREADX, or email inquires to
sales@expresslogic.com. ThreadX and FileX are registered
trademarks, and NetX, CANX, USBX, preemption-threshold, picokernel,
and UDP fast path technology, are trademarks of Express Logic, Inc.
All other brands or product names are the property of their
respective holders.
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