STMicroelectronics (ST; NYSE: STM), the world's leading semiconductor supplier across multiple electronic applications, has the industry's broadest portfolio of Integrated Design Environment (IDE). Achieving the easiest development process is the best choice for startups. STM32 users can now choose the most appropriate development environment and suite from three integrated design environments developed by market-leading software design companies. This is due to the close collaboration between software design companies and STMicroelectronics, which are available free of charge to STM32 users. STMicroelectronics and software design companies work together to develop software development tools to provide the best free development environment for STM32 microcontroller users. Users can choose the Eclipse-based integrated design environment of CooCoxCoIDE and STM32Ac6SystemWorkbench, or the MDK-ARM software development environment. These tools have no code-size restrictions and support all STM32 required profiles and firmware, as well as direct hardware devices such as the STM32Nucleo development board or discovery kit for design verification and application development. . Michel Buffa, General Manager of STMicroelectronics Microcontroller Products, said: "In the ARMCortex-M microcontroller market, the STM32 product family has the widest selection of free integrated design environments, and this advantage brings unlimited possibilities to designers. Development is possible and can help them find a design environment with minimal upfront investment and appropriate design. These development tools are uniquely easy to use, enabling innovators and developer communities to successfully convert creative concepts into entities in an easier way. product." The STM32Ac6SystemWorkbench and CooCox integrated design environments support all STM32 microcontrollers based on the ARMCortex-M0, M0+, M3 and M4 cores. The free KeilMDK-ARM development environment supports the STM32F0 and STM32L0 series based on the Cortex-M0 and M0+ cores, which simplifies application development and upgrades from the traditional 8-bit architecture to the Cortex32-bit architecture without any restrictions. All three integrated design environments can be executed on the Windows desktop platform. STMicroelectronics expects to release the STM32Ac6SystemWorkbench integrated design environment supporting Linux and MacOSX systems in the second quarter of 2015. The Chinese version of CooCoxCoIDE and the Chinese, Japanese and Korean versions of MDK-ARM will greatly enhance the convenience of users worldwide using STM32 products. In addition, integrated design environment vendors provide technical support and regular software updates to users.