HHTech. launched a new generation Cortex-A8 emulator

June 24, 2009 -- HHTech. has launched Cortex-A8 emulator CodeHammer™ A. The emulator supports core debugging and real-time hardware breakpoints for Cortex-A8 core processors,such as i.MX515 and OMAP3530. This emulator has built-in CPU and USB2.0 interface which can  access and modify all registers including cp15 in high-speed, so download and real-time debugging will be easy for Codehammer™ A users.

HHTech. R&D Manager Mr. Liang stressed that the ARM11, Cortex-A8 emulators have been monopolized by foreign companies.The price is so expensive and the leadtime is so long, and this means a lot of trouble to Chinese mainland enterprises during their new products design. HHTech CodeHammer™ series emulators on sale changed this situation and made a breakthrough of its sort in China, and provided the cost-effective emulators for engineers.

The Cortex-A8 emulator function

1. Support USB2.0 standard interface, no external power supply required, low power consumption
2. Support wide target voltage (0.5-5.0v)
3. Support standard Jtag cable, stable performance
4. Support Windows XP/Windows 2000 system
5. Support AXD debugger software, easy to use

Cortex-A8 brief introduction

The ARM Cortex^TM-A8 processor is the first applications processor based on the ARMv7 architecture and is the highest performance, most power-efficient processor available from ARM. With the ability to scale in speed from 600MHz to greater than 1GHz, the Cortex-A8 processor can meet the requirements for power-optimized mobile devices needing operation in less than 300mW; and performance-optimized consumer applications requiring 2000 Dhrystone MIPS.  

The Cortex-A8 processor is ARM’s first superscalar processor featuring  technology for enhanced code density and performance,  NEON™ technology for multimedia and signal processing, and Jazelle® RCT (Runtime Compilation Target) technology for efficient support of ahead-of-time and just-in-time compilation of Java and other bytecode  languages.

Cortex-A8 Framework

About HHTech.

Since established in 1998, the year when Embedded Linux Industry came into being in the world, HHTech Co., Ltd. has been committed to the research and development of embedded linux with its R&D facility near the USTC campus. The Company witnesses the development of Embedded Linux technology in mainland China—It never stops porting Embedded Linux to new embedded microprocessors and has been on the cutting edge in providing Embedded solutions such as consumer electronics, communications and intelligent control & automation.