Product update: Arm Development Studio 2023.0 now available

Arm has released the latest update to Arm Development Studio, with the 2023.0 Gold, Silver, and Bronze editions. The 2023.a Platinum Edition will follow soon after for users with access to that edition.

Key technology features added to this release are:

• Public support for Neoverse V2 processor
• Support for latest Armv8-A Architecture specifications
• Support for simultaneous trace from multiple ETR components 
• General stability improvements

Individual components of Development Studio have been updated as follows:

• Arm Compiler for Embedded updated to version 6.20
• Arm Streamline has been updated to version 8.5.0
• Fixed Virtual Platforms (FVPs) are now based on Arm Fast Models 11.21
• Arm Graphics Analyzer has been updated to version 5.12.1.

See the Release notes for full details.

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Neoverse V2

Arm Development Studio 2023.0 is the first public release to support the Neoverse V2 processor. Support is provided throughout the package:

• Arm Compiler for Embedded support
• Arm DS Debugger
• Fixed Virtual Platforms

Example projects are also provided.

Arm Architecture support

The 2023.0 release adds support for the latest Arm Architectural features:

• Armv8.8-A and Armv9.3-A
• Armv8.9-A and Armv9.4-A
• Support for Virtual Memory System Architecture (VMSA) 2022

An example illustrating some of these features is provided.

A matrix multiplication example utilizing the SME2 Scalable Matrix Extension is also provided.

Trace collection from multiple ETR components

The Arm DS Debugger is always evolving to support the requirements of the most complex Arm-based SoCs. When used with DSTREAM-XT, you can now collect trace simultaneously from up to 16 on-chip CoreSight ETR components.

As illustrated by the above diagram (taken from here), trace data from ETR is routed to the PCIe Root Port, and collected in the 16GB buffer in the DSTREAM-XT probe.

PCIe provides the bandwidth to enable multiple ETRs to send their data simultaneously. The DSTREAM-XT trace buffer is divided into 16/N GB blocks for each of the N ETRs present in the system.

Each store can be independently controlled. You can start capturing from all ETRs, then manually stop one and dump the trace from its store while the others continue to capture. Similarly the stores can stop-on-trace-trigger independently of each other.

Available now

Arm Development Studio 2023.0 and 2023.a are available from the Arm Product Download Hub.

• Existing users of Arm Development Studio with valid support and maintenance can upgrade to this version free of charge.
• Development Studio licenses also enable Keil MDK.
• New to Development Studio? A fully featured 30-day evaluation license is available free of charge.

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