Eclipse

Semiconductor supplier Microsemi has used the Eclipse open-source IDE platform to develop a Windows-based toolchain for CPUs that supports the RISC-V instruction set.

Microchip Technology has become the latest company to use easy access to middleware to encourage embedded-systems developers to move over to its platform.

DAC 2013 wants to bridge the gap between hardware and embedded software technical conferences, and has dedicated 35% of this year's technical program to that goal.