American Arium Provides Debug Solution for Intel Dual-Core Processors

Market Wire, June, 2005

American Arium, an industry leader in hardware-assisted development tools, today announced debug support for the Intel® Pentium® processor Extreme Edition 840 and Pentium® D processors. Intel's new, dual-core processors are based on the latest version of the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor Netburst micro-architecture and offer operating frequencies from 2.8 to 3.2 GHz. Arium's hardware-assisted debug solution comes in the form of the company's ECM-50 emulator and latest SourcePoint(TM) flagship debug interface.

"Arium is proud of its history of support for Intel processors," said Jeff Acampora, vice-president, Arium Sales & Marketing. "We've been working non-stop these last few months to be able to provide developers with debug tools for the new, dual-core architecture. And we're keeping ahead of the curve by designing tools for upcoming versions, too."

Currently, Arium's debug tools for Intel's dual-core chips are the ECM-50 coupled with the company's flagship debug interface, SourcePoint(TM) 7.1. Together they offer outstanding run control, giving the program and firmware developer unsurpassed visibility to and manipulation of code via a series of intuitive screens and dialogs with numerous viewing and customization options. The debug solution operates in real time with all core frequencies and works with today's most popular compiler tool chains. It supports industry-standard input file formats and includes a robust C-like command language, as well as support for Framework for EFI.

Intel Extreme Edition is made up of a pair of Intel Pentium 4 cores together on a single piece of silicon. Each core has 1 MB of L2 cache onboard; they share an 800 MHz front-side bus. It features support for Intel's EM64T extensions, is clocked at 3.2 GHz, has Intel's Hyper-Threading technology enabled (for four "logical" processing elements), and saves on power consumption via an enhanced halt state and SpeedStep power management.

While the Intel Pentium processor Extreme Edition 840 is priced right up there with competitors' dual-core options, the company also offers three dual-core flavors in the form of the Intel Pentium D (Pentium D 840, 830, and 820 chips) at very reasonable price points. Hyper-Threading has been disabled, but operating frequency ranges between 2.8 and 3.2 GHz, depending on the chip. In several scenarios, Intel Pentium D processor overall performance is superior to a single-core CPU in multithreaded applications or when multitasking.

Intel dual-core processors are manufactured using the same basic 90nm fabrication process as current Pentium 4 chips. The cores are fitted to a Socket 478 package, meaning it is a simple upgrade for developers who have an 875P or 865-based motherboard. The processors work with existing platforms.

The Arium ECM-50 emulator with SourcePoint 7.1 is available now. Contact American Arium for the latest updates.

About American Arium

American Arium, a privately held corporation headquartered in Tustin, CA, is a supplier of hardware and software development tools for Intel® IA-32 and IA-64 processors, Intel EM64T extensions, Intel XScale® processors, AMD 64 processors, and ARM®-based processors. American Arium tools are used worldwide to debug software in embedded applications, BIOS/EFI Framework, device drivers, and OS kernels. For more information on Arium products, call (877) 508-3970, visit www.arium.com, or contact Jeff Acampora at jeff_acampora@arium.com.

SourcePoint is a trademark of American Arium. Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation and its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.

For more information on Arium products Contact: Jeff Acampora (877) 508-3970 Email Contact visit www.arium.com