Which version of Arm DS-5 Development Studio is right for me?

  • DS-5 Ultimate Edition

    At the apex of Arm technology, DS-5 Ultimate Edition gives you everything you need for Armv8 device development. It contains all the features of DS-5 Professional Edition, plus compiler support and other tools specific to 64-bit Arm (A64). We include Cortex-A, Cortex-R and Cortex-M Fixed Virtual Platforms (FVP) for bare-metal, kernel and application development without the need for a hardware target. With Ultimate Edition, you also gain early access to new features as we develop them, allowing you to stay ahead of the curve. 

    You can try DS-5 Ultimate Edition with a free 30-day eval license.

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  • DS-5 Professional Edition

    This is a leading-edge software development toolchain for bare-metal, RTOS, and Linux projects. Professional Edition fully supports composing, compiling, debugging and optimizing systems based on any pre-Armv8 as well as Armv8-M processor architectures. In addition Cortex-M3, Cortex-R4 and quad-core Cortex-A9 FVP simulation models are also included for development on common software platforms in the shortest timeframe.

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  • Customized Editions

    For customers who design primarily for one specific silicon vendor, we also offer customized editions of DS-5. Currently we offer toolkits for Intel SoC FPGA, NXP Semiconductors (formerly Freescale)and Renesas.

        


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Feature Professional Ultimate

IDE
DS-5 Eclipse IDE
Yes
 Yes
Processor Support more»
Arm7 Yes Yes
Arm9 Yes Yes
Arm11 Yes Yes
Cortex-M (Armv6, Armv7, Armv8) Yes Yes
Cortex-R (Armv7) Yes Yes
Cortex-A (Armv7) Yes Yes
Cortex-A (Armv8), Cortex-R (Armv8) Limited to Armv8-A Foundation Model
 Yes
Support for cross triggering Yes Yes

Code Generation
Arm Compiler 6 (compatible with Cortex processor architectures) Yes
 Yes
Arm Compiler 5 (compatible with pre-Armv8 architectures)
Yes
 Yes
TÜV SÜD certified Arm Compiler and Compiler Qualification Kit
 No
 Yes
Arm Assembler
Yes
 Yes
Arm MicroLib run-time library
Yes
 Yes
Linaro GNU GCC Compiler for Linux
Yes
 Yes

Streamline Performance Analyzer
Performance counters
Yes
 Yes
Process/task tracing
Yes
 Yes
Flat function profiling
Yes
 Yes
Hierarchical profiling
Yes
 Yes
Multicore analysis
Yes
 Yes
External power data analysis
Yes
 Yes
Stack usage view
Yes
 Yes
Annotation log view
Yes
 Yes
Timeline filtering
Yes
 Yes
Bare-metal support Yes
 Yes

Debug
Bare-metal debug
Yes
 Yes
Linux gdbserver debug
Yes
 Yes
Stop-mode multicore Linux kernel debug
Yes
 Yes
Stop-mode multicore bare-metal and RTOS debug
Yes
 Yes
ETM instruction and data trace
Yes
 Yes
PTM program trace
Yes
 Yes
Trace-based function profiling Yes Yes
ITM/STM instrumentation and system trace 
Yes
 Yes
Support for global trace timestamps
Yes
 Yes
Support for cross triggering
Yes
 Yes

Simulation with Fixed Virtual Platform (FVP)
Armv8-A Foundation Model
Yes
 Yes
Cortex-A9 (Single-Core) 
Yes
 Yes
Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core), Cortex-R4, Cortex-M3, Cortex-M23, Cortex-M33
Yes
 Yes
Cortex-A5, Cortex-A7, Cortex-A8, Cortex-A15, Cortex-A17, Cortex-A32, Cortex-A35, Cortex-A53, Cortex-A55, Cortex-A57, Cortex-A72, Cortex-A73, Cortex-A75,
Cortex-A76 
Cortex-R5, Cortex-R7, Cortex-R8, Cortex-R52
Cortex-M0, Cortex-M0plus, Cortex-M4, Cortex-M7

 No
 Yes

Host platform
Windows
Yes
 Yes
Linux
Yes
 Yes

Support
Technical Support and Maintenance

Arm & distribution network technical support

Arm & distribution network technical support
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