Green Hills Software has been chosen by Ford Motor Company to supply its PowerPC C crosscompiler and instruction set simulator to produce software for use in all Jaguar S-Type saloons

Green Hills Software has been chosen by Ford Motor Company to supply its PowerPC C crosscompiler and instruction set simulator to produce software to control spark timing, fuel injection, and emission control systems for all Jaguar S-Type saloons. Application software developed using the C crosscompiler will run on a PowerPC MPC509 32bit microcontroller under a proprietary real-time operating system.

This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 26 February 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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'We are extremely pleased to have been selected by Ford to provide the C compiler and simulator for the new line of Jaguars', said Christopher Smith, Director of Marketing, European Operations at Green Hills Software.

'Green Hills' optimising compilers are ideal for developing fast, compact code that takes full advantage of the PowerPC MPC509.

We're excited to see our compilers play a role in making the Jaguar S-Type one of the finest luxury cars on the road'.

Green Hills offers the industry's most advanced MPC509 C/C++ optimising compiler and instruction set simulator.

The scaleable C/C++ compiler lets programmers use switch options to select any subset of C++ they want, from bare bones C, to full-blown ANSI/ISO C++.

The compiler also supports Embedded C++ (EC++), a dialect of C++ optimised for resource-constrained embedded applications that achieves the efficiency of C while preserving many of the best object-oriented features of C++.

Green Hills' instruction set simulator simplifies the development process by enabling programmers to develop and test their MPC509 code on a PC or workstation without the need for the target hardware.