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Motorola Semiconductor to Purchase Metrowerks |
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Metrowerks |
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19-Aug-1999 |
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| Austin,
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- Metrowerks Inc., a popular manufacturer of software development tool
suites, has announced that it has agreed to be purchased by Motorola
Semiconductor Products Sector on or before Sept. 2, 1999. "Metrowerks has an exceptional team, and its CodeWarrior® software development products are among the industry's best for desktop and embedded systems programming, covering microprocessors, microcontrollers and digital signal processors," commented Hector de J. Ruiz, Ph.D., President of Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector. "We intend for Metrowerks to be a core component of our open and extensible software development tools expertise for enabling our DigitalDNA™ embedded solutions leadership." Metrowerks' compiler suites support a broad range of processors that run on operating systems such as Windows9x/NT, Solaris, Macintosh, and Linux. Metrowerks presently supports most of Motorola's processors including 68K, PowerPC, M*Core, and the 56800 DSP, as well as non-Motorola processors such as the NECV8xx, the Philips TriMedia DSP, and MIPS. Why this is Important - editorial comment Microcontroller & DSP manufacturers produce embedded products, but are mostly dependant upon 3rd party manufacturers for development tools. The success or failure of an embedded core is directly dependent upon the quality and availability of the compilers and in-circuit emulators that allow the engineer to program it. For DSPs, the issue is even more crucial, with compiler technology for DSPs behind that of the quality compilers available for today's microcontrollers. Very few 3rd party manufacturers are able to produce high quality and code efficient C compilers for DSPs. In the past eighteen months Texas Instruments, the number one manufacturer of DSPs, has recognized this and has addressed it by purchasing a number of DSP development tools manufacturers starting with GoDSP. Analog Devices, another popular DSP manufacturer, followed suit over a year later by purchasing White Mountain. Now Motorola, who has not evidenced a clear DSP strategy, has purchased Metrowerks, who supports their 56800 DSP and will probably support their StarCore™ DSP, a joint development between Motorola and Lucent Technologies. From Motorola's DSP group, expect some bold moves during the coming year. For Motorola's Microcontroller group, expect strong support from Metrowerks for their new cores. About Metrowerks Founded in 1985 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Metrowerks designs, develops, markets and supports professional software development tools used by programmers to create software applications. Metrowerks' flagship product line, CodeWarrior®, consists of a suite of programming tools used by developers worldwide to create software in the C, C++, Java™ and assembly programming languages. CodeWarrior has more than 200,000 registered users in 80 countries. Metrowerks develops and sells programming tools in four major market segments: the desktop Windows® and Macintosh market, the embedded proprietary operating systems market, the real-time operating systems (RTOS) Windows® CE market, and the Java technology market. |
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