TASKING
TASKING GmbH is a provider of embedded software development tools headquartered in Munich, Germany. History. Founded as a software consulting company in 1977, they developed their first C compiler in 1986. In 1988, TASKING launched its first embedded toolset for the 8051 family of single-chip microcontrollers. The company gained a presence in the U.S. market by merging with Boston System Office (BSO) in 1989 and shortly thereafter developed a second-generation compiler designed to support the C166 and DSP56K. In 1998 TASKING partnered with Infineon Technologies to develop the first TriCore development solution. Altium acquired TASKING in 2001  and they began working on their third-generation compiler technology, the Viper compiler. This compiler technology was designed to increase the speed and code efficiency for the TriCore development toolset. The C166 toolset was upgraded to the third-generation compiler technology in 2006, providing significant increase in speed optimization and code size. 2014 saw the introduction of both a compiler for the Renesas RH850 family and an Automotive Safety Support Program (Safety Kit) for ISO 26262 certification. The TASKING TriCore toolset received a major update in 2015 and another update in 2017. These updates further increased speed and decreased code  size, but the major focus of these updates was additional support for the Infineon AURIX and Infineon AURIX G2 multi-core processors. In 2016 the Safety Checker product was released. Safety Checker provides static code analysis to verify that no unauthorized access to protected memory occurs. In 2017, the VX Toolset for TriCore v6.2 was released. Also released in 2017 was a stand-alone embedded debugger. Products. TASKING provides embedded software development tools for the following processors: The most popular TASKING product is the VX Toolset for TriCore. It contains a full set of tools for developing and troubleshooting software  for the TriCore, AURIX, and AURIX 2G processors from Infineon Technologies. This development package includes C/C++ compilers for the TriCore, plus C compilers for the Generic Timer Module (GTM), Hardware Safety Module (HSM), 8051 (SCR), and Peripheral Co-Processor (PCP). Additional tools include a pin mapper, debugger, linker, and assemblers. Non-compiler tools: Safety Kit — a complete ISO 26262 qualification program that inspects the full journey of the software and its intended application. Safety Checker — automatically detects interference between software elements with different Automotive Safety Integrity Levels (ASIL) by checking access restrictions on the memory of single and  multi-core systems. Stand-alone Embedded Debugger — a cost-effective solution to verify software functionality during development and an effective solution for verifying software during mass production.