ARM Offers New Low-Cost Evaluation Board

CAMBRIDGE, UK - July 25, 2000 - ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMHY)], the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC processor solutions, today announced the availability of Evaluator-7T, an ARM7TDMI® core-based evaluation board that provides a low-cost platform for running benchmarks and testing code prior to full system design. The board, which supports the ARM® Thumb® instruction set, is available immediately from ARM.

"The Evaluator-7T is ideal for engineers who need a cost-effective vehicle for assessing the benefits of the ARM architecture," stated Gordon Stubberfield, Hardware Platforms product manager for ARM. "The board is also an excellent tool for educators who are teaching the latest in embedded system-on-chip design methodologies, for which the ARM architecture is particularly well-suited."

The ARM7TDMI evaluation board features a Samsung KS32C50100 microcontroller, 512K boot ROM, SRAM, two serial ports, and LEDs for user I/O. It also comes with power supply, and evaluation copy of the ARM Developers Suite[tm] (ADS) toolkit, firmware, debug monitor, documentation, and software examples.

Evaluator-7T is priced at $199, and can be purchased via the ARM Web site www.arm.com or through ARM sales offices.

About ARM

ARM, a leading intellectual property (IP) provider, licenses high-performance, low-cost, power-efficient RISC processors, peripherals, and system-chip designs to leading international electronics companies. ARM also provides comprehensive support required in developing a complete system. ARM's microprocessor cores are rapidly becoming the volume RISC standard in such markets as portable communications, hand-held computing, multimedia digital consumer and embedded solutions. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.

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ARM Offers New Low-Cost Evaluation Board