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Microcross Releases GNU X-Tools™ v4.2 ARM Linux Enterprise Toolsuite

ATLANTA, GA  --  January 23, 2008 -- Microcross released GNU X-Tools™ v4.2 ARM Linux Enterprise Toolsuite. Now in its fifth release, GNU X-Tools is setting the benchmark for quality, low-cost, and professional development tools for embedded systems.  The GNU X-Tools™ are based the Free Software Foundation GNU tools; Microcross' value add is in the productizing of stable releases of GNU tools for embedded development. The GNU X-Tools™ are built, patched, tested, documented, branded and supported by Microcross for Linux and Windows hosts.

The ARM Linux Enterprise Toolsuite comes with GCC v4.2.1 (C/C++ compilers), binutils v2.18 (LD linker, AR archiver, AS assembler, instruction set simulator and other utilities), and Visual GDB debugger (a.k.a Insight) v6.5. Here is a list of some changes:
1) Additional support for the ARM v6j cores (e.g., arm1176jf-s, iwmmxt, ep9312, and more) into the toolsuite along with improved (faster) software floating point support.
2) Dual-host support for cross-compiling on Windows and Linux -- dual toolsuite binaries and a Windows installer with a full-version of Cygwin.
9) The major changes for GCC v4.2 in its entirety can be read on the GNU GCC web site: http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.2/

Microcross' ARM LInux Enterprise Toolsuite is offered with an award winning integrated development environment, which is based on a customized version of SlickEdit®.  A developer can evaluate ARM Linux Enterprise Toolsuite on Windows host absolutely risk-free for 15 days. Microcross tryouts are fully functional with C/C++ optimizing cross-compilers, assembler, linker, librarian, utilities, and Visual GDB debugger.

Pricing: A single seat of GNU X-Tools™ ARM Linux Enterprise Toolsuite with Visual X-Tools™ IDE is priced at $2,000 each and includes free 30-day setup support. Optional yearly support subscriptions are sold for $500 per developer, which includes telephone and email support, GNU X-Tools Training Guide, and free upgrades.  

About Microcross

Microcross is the leading international distributor of open-source embedded development tools based on GNU technology. Microcross is making embedded systems easier to program by providing full-featured, open-source development tools that are validated and documented, so customers can affordably accelerate their development.  Microcross enables customers to confidently develop and run software in embedded systems faster, more reliably and at a lower cost. Microcross' professional embedded tools solution tightly integrates a rich set of leading real-time operating systems and its own brand of embedded Linux to meet the needs of customers producing embedded devices and smart technology. For more information, please browse www.microcross.com.

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