DesignWare ARC MetaWare Development Toolkit

The DesignWare® ARC® MetaWare Development Toolkit builds upon a 25-year legacy of industry-leading compiler and debugger products. It is a complete solution that contains all the components needed to support the development, debugging and tuning of embedded applications for the DesignWare ARC processors. The tool chain supports the complete family of ARC Processors, from the high-speed ARC HS Family and the deeply embedded ARC EM Family to the general-purpose ARC 600 Family and the ARC 700 Family for high-performance applications, as well as the ARC AS200 Audio Processors. The ARC MetaWare EV Development Toolkit is an enhanced version of the toolkit that adds support for the EV6x Processor family.

The DesignWare ARC MetaWare C Compiler is ANSI-C compliant, and supports the relevant subset of the ISO extensions for embedded applications. The C++ compiler supports advanced language features like partial specialization of class templates, and comes with a Standard Template Library next to the standard C++ library. For embedded developers targeting their applications to the DesignWare ARC processor architecture, the compilers deliver industry-leading code density while maximizing performance. Synopsys maintains and runs an extensive suite of internal compiler verification and validation tests, and runs C and C++ validation suites from Plum Hall, Inc. and Perennial, Inc. prior to every product release.

The DesignWare ARC MetaWare C/C++ Debugger fully supports the rich set of ARC configuration options and extensions. It comes with a graphical user interface, as well as a command-line interface, to which you can add your own plug-ins to implement new functionality. In its semantic inspection interface you can display your application data in a format most useful and meaningful to you, and its peripheral display interface can decode bits in memory mapped registers for custom displays. The debugger also offers extensive profiling capabilities to tune your application to the selected ARC configuration, or to experiment with multiple ARC configurations to reach the optimal result. Additionally, it comes with an Instruction-Accurate Instruction Set Simulator that supports the complete range of ARC processors.

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The MetaWare Development Toolkit offers a complete product solution to effectively support the development, debugging and tuning of your embedded applications for the DesignWare ARC processor

The DesignWare ARC MetaWare Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is a state-of-the-art Eclipse-based solution that enables users to seamlessly integrate the creation, management and debugging of embedded applications in a single cockpit. The ARC MetaWare Compiler and Debugger are fully integrated in this industry-standard, open IDE, where users have the ability to incorporate additional Eclipse-compatible tools from third parties, or add tools of their own design.

MetaWare for Safety

For developing safety-related software to meet ISO 26262, certified versions of the Metaware Development Toolkit and the MetaWare Developer Compiler are available. These products have been certified by SGS-TÜV Saar GmbH as ASIL-D ready and they include a Safety Guide and Safety Manual for the using the MetaWare tools in such applications.

MetaWare Lite

A limited version of the MetaWare Development Toolkit is available free of charge from the link below. MetaWare Lite is a fully functioning version of the MetaWare Development Toolkit, but has a number of restrictions, including a code-size limit of 32 Kilobytes and no runtime library sources. It is available for Microsoft Windows only.

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DesignWare ARC MetaWare Development Toolkit Datasheet

Description:	MetaWare Development Toolkit for ARC processor cores
Name:	dw_arc_metaware
Version:	O-2018.09
STARs:	Open and/or Closed STARs
myDesignWare:	Subscribe for Notifications
Product Type:	DesignWare Cores
Documentation:	Show Documents... Hide Documents... Application Notes ARC Hardware ID Core Versions and Compiler Options Accessing Extension Auxiliary Registers from C and the Debugger Accessing Memory-Mapped Hardware Registers in C Booting an ARC Processor Extending the ARC Instruction Set Simulator (ISS) -- Why and What It Involves Extenging the Instruction Set Simulator Independent of ARChitect EIA Getting Started with Embedded Programming on ARC Pipeline Stall Hazards Simulating Multi-CPU Systems with RASCAL Using Linker-Defined Data Structures Using START or ENTRY Commands in a Linker Command File Using the ARC JTAG Driver in SoC Simulation Databook ARC DSP Library High-Level Library Databook for ARC 600, ARC 700, and ARC EM Datasheet DesignWare ARC MetaWare Development Toolkit Datasheet QuickStarts MetaWare Development Toolkit for ARC Getting Started MetaWare Toolkit Quick Start Guide Reference Manuals ARC Fixed-Point Reference for ARC EM and ARC HS ARCv2 System V ABI Supplement MetaWare C Library Reference MetaWare C++ I/O Streams Library Reference MetaWare C/C++ Language Reference Release Notes Known and Fixed Issues List for O-2018.09 MetaWare Development Toolkit Release Notes Success Stories Starblaze Technology Achieves Volume Production of SSD Controller SoC With … Starblaze Technology Achieves Volume Production of SSD Controller SoC With … User Manuals ARC DSP Programming Guide for ARC EM and ARC HS MetaWare Automated Overlay Manager User's Guide for ARC EM and ARC HS MetaWare C/C++ Programmer's Guide for the ccac Compiler MetaWare Debugger Extensions Guide MetaWare Debugger User's Guide MetaWare ELF Assembler User's Guide for ARC EM and ARC HS MetaWare ELF Linker and Utilities User's Guide for ARC EM and ARC HS MetaWare IDE User's Guide
Download:	arc_MWDT_ARC
Product Code:	8110-0, 8111-0, 8112-0
Description:	MetaWare Development Toolkit for Safety
Name:	dw_arc_metaware_safety
Version:	N-2018.03
STARs:	Open and/or Closed STARs
myDesignWare:	Subscribe for Notifications
Product Type:	DesignWare Cores
Documentation:	Show Documents... Hide Documents... Datasheet DesignWare ARC MetaWare Development Toolkit Datasheet QuickStart MetaWare Quick Start Guide Reference Manuals MetaWare C Library Reference MetaWare C++ I/O Streams Library Reference MetaWare C/C++Language Reference Release Notes MetaWare for Safety Release Notes N-2018.03 Safety-Related Known Issues 1.0 User Manuals Automated Overlay Manager User's Guide ELF Assembler User's Guide ELF Linker and Utilities User's Guide MetaWare C/C++ Programmer's Guide for the ccac Compiler MetaWare Compiler Safety Manual MetaWare Compiler Tool Safety Guide MetaWare Debugger Extensions Guide MetaWare Debugger User's Guide MetaWare IDE User's Guide
Download:	arc_MWDT_safety
Product Code:	A412-0, A413-0
Description:	MetaWare EV Development Toolkit
Name:	dw_arc_metaware_ev
Version:	O-2018.06
STARs:	Open and/or Closed STARs
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Product Type:	DesignWare Cores
Documentation:	Show Documents... Hide Documents... Databooks EV CNN Engine Hardware Databook Embedded Vision Processor Databook Embedded Vision Processor HAPS Reference Design Flow Databook Datasheet DesignWare ARC MetaWare EV Development Toolkit Datasheet Installation Guide MetaWare EV Development Toolkit Installation Guide Programming Guides Embedded Vision Runtime Software Kernel Developers Guide MetaWare OpenCL Kernel Programmers Guide QuickStart Embedded Vision Runtime Software Getting Started Reference Manuals EV Processor Programmer's Reference Manual MetaWare OpenCL Quick Reference Card Release Notes Known and Fixed Issues 1.0 for MWEV Development Toolkit N-2017.12 Known and Fixed Issues 1.0 for MWEV Development Toolkit N-2018.03 Known and Fixed Issues 1.0 for MWEV Development Toolkit O-2018.06 MetaWare EV Release Notes User Manuals ASIC Reference Design Flow Users Guide EV Implementation and Integration Guide Embedded Vision CNN Software User Guide Embedded Vision Runtime Software User Guide
Download:	arc_MWDT_EV
Product Code:	C074-0