Freed from the typical difficult and arcane embedded-development tools, users of the Debian GNU/Linux can more efficiently develop applications directly on their embedded systems using native GNU ...

In my recent column, ToolCosts, about the cost of tools, several respondents commentedthat the open source movement has contributed to the expectation onmanagement's part that software tools are, or ...

The free Macraigor Eclipse + GNU Tools Suite provides embedded debugging with sample Eclipse projects that run on many standard evaluation boards for hosting on Windows and Linux platforms. The ...

More vendors are moving their development platforms onto Linux as the open-source operating system's popularity continues to rise. Green Hills Software announced that its Multi Integrated Development ...

Continued interest in open-source development tools proves they are no flavor of the month. NetSilicon's NET+OS version 5.0 offers a choice of GNU tools or an upgraded Green Hills Software Multi 2000 ...

Mentor Graphics has introduced a range of semiconductor design tools or integrated development environment (IDE) based on the open-source GNU toolchain, writes Richard Wilson. Mentor Graphics has ...

Somnium Technologies has introduced a development tool suite for Freescale Kinetis MCUs which is compatible with the Eclipse IDE and GNU tools. The software tool is based on a patented device-aware ...

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Processor designer MIPS said on Thursday it has acquired the UK-based free development tool company Algorithmics Ltd. The announcement came on the same day that MIPS announced a 44 percent decline in ...

Most consumers can, with a little effort, name two desktop and laptop operating systems: Microsoft's Windows and Apple's macOS. Few have ever considered any of the open-source alternatives found under ...