The ARM® RVDS™ 4.1 toolchain is the legacy solution for software development on older ARM processors. RVDS 4.1 is available in Standard and Professional Editions. The Standard Edition offers the following components
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During this transition period RVDS is still available for purchase, however new features are not expected to be added to the product. Technical Support is still available but there are no further maintenance releases planned.
RVDS 4.1 Professional combines the best-in-class ARM Compiler and market-leading ARM® Profiler, enabling applications to achieve both high performance and optimal code size. Additionally, the product includes vectorizing compilation for the NEON™ media processing engine - which can increase the performance of multimedia applications in standard C code by more than 200%. RVDS 4.1 Professional adds the following features:
The following are available as add-on options to RVDS:
RVDS 4.1 can be obtained either directly from ARM by sending a faxed purchase order to your local ARM office or by contacting one of our authorized RVDS Distributors.
RVDS 4.1 requires a minimum specification PC with a 1GHz Pentium III class processor and 512MB of memory. The recommended specification is a Pentium 4 class machine with 1GB of memory. For ARM Profiler only, the minimum specification is a 2GHz dual-core processor with 1GB of memory. A full installation requires approximately 1GB of hard disk space.
