Mentor Graphics has announced the availability of Mentor Embedded software for the new 2nd Generation AMD Embedded R-Series APU (previously codenamed: “Bald Eagle”). As gold-level members of The Linux Foundation’s Yocto Project, both AMD and Mentor Graphics have entered into a multi-year agreement to provide embedded developers with a comprehensive embedded Linux and development tools solution.
Embedded developers are able to immediately begin their evaluation, prototyping, and development by downloading Mentor Embedded Linux Lite and Sourcery CodeBench Lite products, both tailored for the new 2nd Generation AMD Embedded R-Series APUs. Additionally, those developers who require support, commercial business terms, enhanced development experience, or customisation services can easily migrate to commercial versions of the Mentor Embedded Linux and/or Sourcery CodeBench Professional tools.
“AMD embedded customers will be able to create innovative products with ease and reliability with our open-source development ecosystem and Mentor’s market-leading embedded software solutions,” stated Kamal Khouri, director of product management and marketing, AMD Embedded Solutions. “The growth in open source embedded Linux and heterogeneous multi-core processing technology like our new 2nd Generation AMD R-Series APUs enables embedded design engineers to accelerate product development schedules.”
Mentor Graphics is providing the following software downloads for the 2nd Generation AMD R-Series APUs via its website:
• Mentor Embedded Linux Lite: A free, unsupported derivation from Mentor Embedded Linux preconfigured for select AMD embedded targets that includes pre-built binary images, Linux kernel and board support package, a Yocto Project-based build system, select user space packages.
• Sourcery CodeBench Lite: A free command-line based development tool chain for embedded C/C++ that includes GNU C and C++ compilers, GNU assembler and linker, GNU debugger and C and C++ runtime libraries.
Mentor Embedded Linux Lite software will also be pre-loaded on the 2nd Generation AMD R-Series APU evaluation boards, allowing embedded developers to enjoy a positive out-of-the box experience with the ability to customise and build their embedded Linux applications.
“We’re helping our customers get to market quickly with minimal risk using AMD processor technology and our embedded Linux development software,” said Kamran Shah, marketing director, Mentor Graphics Embedded Software Division.
Mentor Graphics is also hosting an online webinar with AMD titled “Enabling Linux Development on AMD G-Series and Series Embedded Processors on June 19th, 2014 from 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. PST. To register, go to: http://www.mentor.com/embedded-software/events/amd-g-series-and-r-series-embedded-processors-and-mentor-embedded-linux-for-amd
