Wind River ICE 2 Hardware Emulator

October 22, 2008

Wind River (NASDAQ:WIND) recently introduced ICE 2 hardware emulator. Wind River ICE 2 improves debugging efficiency during the device development lifecycle. ICE 2 simplifies uniprocessor and multicore system development challenges by enabling device software developers to visualize complex system interactions and rapidly track down the root cause to resolve problems with greater efficiency. ICE 2 also allows simple migration from one processor family to another via firmware upgrades, allowing developers to leverage existing investments. Wind River ICE 2 is immediately available as a stand-alone solution or packaged with Wind River Workbench for On-Chip Debugging and API.

Wind River ICE 2 Features

Ability to identify and resolve complex system-level multicore or multiprocessor hardware/software integration issues, extended to support debugging of up to 16 cores simultaneously through one Wind River ICE 2 emulator
Manage connections with 128 devices on a single scan chain
Quick and effective diagnosis of system-level hardware layout issues through comprehensive hardware and memory diagnostic capabilities
Complete integration with Wind River Workbench, On-Chip Debugging Edition, the industry's leading Eclipse-based on-chip debugging environment
Ongoing support for industry-leading operating systems, including VxWorks and Wind River Linux
Simplified hardware debugging configuration, setup, and status monitoring via the easy to read LCD panel
Support for a broad range of processors on the ARM, MIPS, and PowerPC architectures

More info: Wind River ICE 2 (pdf)