Science & Technology
Science and Technology
Science and Technology
Fri, November 5, 2010
Thu, November 4, 2010 
SAN JOSE, Calif. & BIEL, Switzerland--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Zilog, a wholly owned subsidiary of IXYS Corporation (NASDAQ:IXYS) and a trusted supplier of application specific, embedded micro controller (MCU) system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for industrial and consumer markets, is pleased to announce its new beta ZDS II version 5.0 which includes many new features and additional capabilities.
"Ziloga™s Encore ZDS II Tools Solutions build on the success of our development platforms and offer our customers a dramatic improvement as a major tools release"
Ziloga™s world class tools have been instrumental in many successful designs over the years and have continued to improve in order to provide fast implementation for application designs across many development segments. This is a major revision to Ziloga™s tool suite and is designed to meet exactly what the developers are looking for in a world class microcontroller tools platform. It is important to note that these are provided free for the development community to utilize for their new designs. In addition to many new features, Zilog has listened to customer requests in the development community and has included those insights in this release.
aZiloga™s Encore ZDS II Tools Solutions build on the success of our development platforms and offer our customers a dramatic improvement as a major tools release,a said Kamlapati Khalsa, Director of Zilog Tools Development.
Notable changes for Encore ZDS II version 5.0 include:
- Added Intelligent Editor support
- Write code faster with Auto Completion, call tips, auto indentation, multiple clipboards, line and block comments, abbreviation and expansion, auto insertion of braces and quotes, long line indicator and UNICODE support.
- Read code faster with auto syntax styler, code folding margin, line number margin, type info tips, highlighting and finding matched braces, matching preprocessor conditional macros, wrap long lines, indentation guides zoom in/out.
- Navigate intelligently with bookmarks, opening include file and highlighting PC line.
- Identify and correct mistakes with highlighting of mismatched braces and auto conversion.
- Added color configuration per syntax style for easier reading and identifying.
- Added printing capability for the following windows: output, disassembly, call stack, symbol, memory and register. To print the window content, click on the content of the window and press CTRL+P or right mouse-click on the window and select "print".
- Added Window 7 support.
- Information on the memory footprint (RAM and ROM) -- how much has been used and how much is still available -- is now output to the build window at compile time.
- Segments whole names are changed by the linker CHANGE directive are now displayed under the changed name (with a reference to the original name) in the map file to reduce confusion.
Supported Operating Systems
Windows 7 64-bit
Windows 7 32-bit
Windows Vista 32-bit
Windows Vista 64-bit
Windows XP Professional 32-bit
For more information in accessing the new beta tool, please visit [ www.zilog.com ].
About Zilog, Inc.
Zilog is a trusted supplier of application-specific, embedded system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for the industrial and consumer markets. From its roots as an award-winning architect in the microprocessor and microcontroller industry, Zilog has evolved its expertise beyond core silicon to include SoCs, single board computers, application specific software stacks and development tools that allow embedded designers quick time to market in areas such as energy management, monitoring and metering, motor control and motion detection. Zilog is an IXYS company. For more information, visit our websites at [ http://www.ixys.com ], and [ http://www.zilog.com ].
About IXYS Corporation
IXYS Corporation makes and markets technology-driven products to improve power conversion efficiency, generate solar and wind power and provide efficient motor control for industrial applications. IXYS offers a diversified product base that addresses worldwide needs for power control, electrical efficiency, renewable energy, telecommunications, medical devices, electronic displays and RF power.
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Any statements contained in this press release that are not statements of historical fact, including the performance, features and suitability of products for various applications, may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. There are a number of important factors that could cause the results of IXYS to differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements, including, among others, risks detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including its Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2010. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements.
