CAMBRIDGE, England, October 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Unique Tool That Enables Fast and Non-Intrusive Software Analysis With 
No Time Limit on the Length of the Analysis Run

ARM ((LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMHY)) today announced at the ARM(R) Developers'
Conference, Santa Clara, Calif., the launch of the RealView(R) Profiler, a
unique tool specifically designed to enable non-intrusive analysis of
software performance and code coverage of real system workloads running over
minutes, hours or days. Using the tool, developers can typically improve the
performance of their application by more than 20 percent, while at the same
time enabling reduction of the ROM size requirements by a similar amount. The
RealView Profiler also includes comprehensive analysis of both statement and
branch code coverage, enabling software testing to achieve and demonstrate
100 percent code coverage to ensure the highest levels of software validation

The RealView Profiler is designed to complement ARM's industry-leading
Compilation technology and will drive ARM processor-based devices to new
performance levels. Based on the comprehensive ARM debug and trace
infrastructure, the RealView Profiler delivers unrivalled insight into the
performance of embedded device software. The RealView Profiler supports
performance analysis from the early stages right until the end of the design
cycle and, therefore, greatly reduces software development project risks. To
enable this, the ARM RealView Profiler supports both hardware profiling, via
the new RealView Trace 2 capture unit, and virtual platform profiling, via
the ultra-fast RealView Real-Time System Models.

"The consumer electronics market requires increasingly complex
applications delivering rich media content, making embedded software
performance and quality an absolute imperative," said John Cornish, vice
president, Marketing, System Design Division, ARM. "The RealView Profiler
supports non-intrusive analysis of software performance and code coverage of
real system workloads, and provides critical insights and hot spot
information. This enables developers to quickly optimize their code for both
performance and code coverage and makes it the ideal product to test and
measure production level embedded software".

"Our customers want to make the most of our ARM Powered(R) Wireless
CPU(R) and expect optimal real-time responsiveness and high computing
performance," said Stéphane Baixas, director of Software department at
WAVECOM SA. "The RealView Profiler will help us to identify bottlenecks in
our code and improve the performance of our Open AT(R) OS. In addition,
thanks to the code coverage feature, we will be able to broaden our test
capabilities to ensure the quality and reliability of our solutions."

The RealView Profiler is a plug-in to the industry-leading Eclipse(TM)
Integrated Development Environment and in this environment provides a
graphical user interface that is designed for ease of use with a familiar
look and feel. This significantly increases productivity in the normally
challenging optimization phase.

Technical information

The RealView Profiler can be used alongside RealView Development Suite
and the GNU tools to provide performance and code-path coverage information.
The RealView Profiler provides its information for both the executed machine
instructions and the original source code. This is essential for the success
of the widely-used practice of incorporating third-party software into the
end product; without this a thorough impact analysis is exceedingly
difficult.

The RealView Profiler offers unrivalled insight into the performance and
behaviour of ARM processor-based devices, providing detailed information on
CPU interlocks, unexpected instruction delays, code efficiency and low-level
instructions views mapped back to software developer's source code annotated
with performance information. This enables software developers to take full
advantage of ARM processor-based devices in the shortest possible time.

The RealView Profiler provides hardware profiling in combination with the
new RealView Trace 2 unit using a unique streaming profiling technique. This
enables continuous profiling for long periods of time at frequencies up to
250 MHz. This first release of the RealView Profiler will support the
ARM926EJ-S(TM), ARM1136JF-S(TM), ARM1176JZF-S(TM) and Cortex(TM)-R4
processors, with more to be added in the next months. The RealView Trace 2
unit also supports classic 32-bit data and instruction trace at up to 400 MHz
to enable advanced trace and debug using the ARM RealView Development Suite.

The RealView Profiler also provides profiling without the need for actual
hardware by including four RealView Real-Time System Models of the
ARM926EJ-S, ARM1136JF-S, ARM1176JZF-S and Cortex-A8 processors. These models
can execute at more than 200 MHz running on a standard PC platform and can be
deployed across development teams at low cost.

More information on the RealView Profiler is available at
http://www.arm.com/realview/profile

About ARM

ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital
products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to
imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM's comprehensive
product offering includes 16/32-bit RISC microprocessors, data engines,
graphics processors, digital libraries, embedded memories, peripherals,
software and development tools, as well as analog functions and high-speed
connectivity products. Combined with the company's broad Partner community,
they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to
market for leading electronics companies. More information on ARM is
available at http://www.arm.com.

ARM, ARM Powered and RealView are registered trademarks of ARM Limited.
CoreSight, ARM926EJ-S, ARM1136JF-S, ARM1176JZF-S and Cortex are trademarks of
ARM Limited. All other brands or product names are the property of their
respective holders. "ARM" is used to represent ARM Holdings plc; its
operating company ARM Limited; and the regional subsidiaries: ARM, Inc.; ARM
KK; ARM Korea Ltd.; ARM Taiwan Limited; ARM France SAS; ARM Consulting
(Shanghai) Co. Ltd.; ARM Belgium N.V.; AXYS Design Automation Inc.; ARM
Germany GmbH; ARM Embedded Technologies Pvt. Ltd.; and ARM Norway, AS.