Date: 23/11/2009

Android Porting Kit for MIPS-based platforms from MIPS and Viosoft

MIPS and Viosoft jointly made available Arriba for Android Porting Kit (APK) for its MIPS architecture to enable deployment of the Android platform to the MIPS development community across the world.

The Arriba APK is an integrated set of tools that enables and speeds porting of Android to MIPS-based platforms.

MIPS says, Arriba APK provides unprecedented visibility into code development that extends the capabilities provided by the Android SDK. The Arriba APK leverages Viosoft's time-tested Arriba Linux debug and profiling technologies with MIPS' powerful System Navigator EJTAG probe technology to provide complete source-aware run and debug control of the platform under development, and features a set of plug-in modules that offer valuable insight into the Android software stack, including the Android System Level Event Analyzer.

"We are pleased to join with our long-time partner Viosoft to enable developers to leverage Android for their next-generation SoCs," said Art Swift, vice president of marketing, MIPS Technologies. "As we continue to drive Android into consumer electronics applications-joining with our partners and licensees to create reference platforms and optimizations, we are confident that the combination of Android and the increasingly vast number of innovative MIPS-Based SoCs in the market will enable the next generation of connected multimedia devices for the digital home and beyond."

"The Arriba APK is the most comprehensive environment available today for development efforts targeting Android," said Art Lee, vice president of business development, Viosoft Corporation. "It is also the industry's first fully integrated, multi-language embedded development environment providing complete support for source aware Java, C/C++ and Linux development, debug and deployment. The Arriba APK provides complete visibility throughout all layers of the Android stack, starting with the embedded Linux kernel and device drivers through Android libraries and application framework, the Dalvik VM and everything in between. Developers can set breakpoints in any task, analyze all program variables and view call stacks, register contents and many other aspects of the Android platform not immediately visible with any other tool. With this level of visibility and control, the Arriba APK can dramatically reduce development time, risk and costs."

Availability: Now
For more details visit www.mips.com/android, www.viosoft.com