Microchip køber HI-TEC software

HI-TECH software har specialiseret sig indenfor softwareværktøjer til microcontroller-baserede systemer, overtages nu af samarbejdspartneren Microchip (in english).

HI-TECH software har specialiseret sig indenfor softwareværktøjer til microcontrollerbaserede systemer, overtages nu af Microchip (in english).

Microchip Technology Inc. has acquired HI-TECH Software, a provider of development tools for embedded systems based in Brisbane, Australia. Best known for its high-performance ANSI C compilers, featuring the optimizing, whole-program compilation technology, Omniscient Code Generation, HI-TECH Software has been a premier third-party provider of C compilers for Microchip’s 8-, 16- and 32-bit PIC microcontrollers (MCUs) and dsPIC Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs) for over a decade.

- With the addition of the HI-TECH Software portfolio, Microchip now offers a complete suite of highly efficient compilers supporting all Microchip devices, from the smallest 8-bit PIC10 MCU to the largest 32-bit PIC32 MCU. The HI-TECH acquisition also extends Microchip leadership in compiler technology by providing users with the option to develop their C code using the Mac OS X and Linux operating systems, says Derek Carlson, Microchip’s vice president of Development Tools.

HI-TECH’s customers should continue to contact HI-TECH through the normal sales and support channels that existed prior to this acquisition. In order to provide the best possible products for Microchip microcontrollers and digital signal controllers, the HI-TECH team will now focus its energies exclusively on Microchip-related products. Existing support agreements for other products will be honored for the duration of those agreements.