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Built with ease-of-programmability in mind, the Sandblaster® IDE is a comprehensive toolset which enables developers to program the SB3500 is high level "c" language, unleashing the capabilities of the Sandblaster® processors. This IDE combines Optimum Semiconductor´s world-class optimizing C-compiler with debugger, simulator, and profiling tools in a user-friendly environment that will accelerate product development. The Sandblaster® IDE is compatible with Microsoft Windows™ 2000, XP and Vista Operating Systems.

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Compatible with Microsoft Windows™ 2000, XP and Vista Operating Systems Fully Integrated Tools in an Industry Standard Graphical User Iinterface Based on the ECLIPSE Open Source Project. Full Documentation DSP Processor Tools Developed Internally ARM Processor Tools Port open source tools (GNU) Hardware Board Interface Enables download of DSP and ARM programs to the development board Extensive Wireless Standards Based DSP Library Routines for FFT, DFT, FEC, etc. DSP Tools Compiler, Assembler, Linker, Loader Library C library Standard C & Math Device drivers Dynamic cycle accurate DSP simulator Models peripherals Models 3 cores + ARM (without ARM OS) Integrated S/W Multi-threaded/Multi-core debugger Real Time OS for DSPs (Embedded in the tools) Light-weight kernel Based on POSIX API File system Built around pthreads Priority scheduling Locks: mutex, cond, rwlock, barrier Very close to compliance with POSIX real-time applications environment profile PSE51 Embedded Linux Consortium ELCPS

Extended xcoff Object Format csects allow relocation of individual data/function objects TOC allow shared text sections without virtual memory Extended to support multiple discontiguous memories Bootloader Standard Linker Features Eliminates unused functions & data objects Extended features provided by .at files Link time mapping of functions/data to different memories Link multiple programs together into one executable Profiler Provides cycle counts, memory size, opcode usage, cache hit ratio, instruction distribution Additional statistics using hook functions mem_hook Programmed using hook API Tracks all accesses to memory Automatically creates .at file to optimize placement of memory Event Tracer Displays thread creation/deletion, synchronization and user specified events on a timeline