First step to world domination ?

~~HawK~~ · Oct 15, 2003, 08:29 AM

Ok ok maybe not but it is a (new) start

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CAMBRIDGE, UK – Oct. 15, 2003 –ARM, [(LSE:ARM);(Nasdaq:ARMHY)], the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions, today announced that it has extended the RealView® hardware development solution with the launch of the Versatile family of hardware development boards. This family includes the first development board to support both the ARM926EJ-S™ PrimeXsys™ Platform and a range of integrated high performance IP, such as Imagination Technologies' PowerVR MBX 3D graphics acceleration technology, implemented in a system on chip.
The RealView Versatile family complements the existing ARM Integrator™ family, offering both high performance and flexibility. The performance-critical parts of a system have been combined into a development chip to enable ASIC emulation and software development at near to real system speed. This solution enables prototyping systems to operate with bus speeds of up to 90MHz. The ARM926EJ-S core can operate in excess of 230MHz. The development chip includes a variety off-chip bus interfaces to maintain flexibility in user defined expansion.

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The first board in the Versatile family is the RealView Versatile Platform Baseboard. Based on an integrated development chip, this board has been designed specifically for ASIC emulation and prototyping, and supports advanced 3D graphics application development around ARM and PowerVR MBX cores.

This is the first time Imagination Technologies' PowerVR MBX IP has been realized in silicon, enabling developers to prototype applications that will port easily to future consumer devices.

Read all about it here