Apparatus and method for providing a multicore programming platform

A host computer comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor configured to
• specify, from a plurality of identifiers stored in the memory of the host computer, at least one identifier associated with a memory layout of a target computer;
• specify at least one value associated with the specified at least one identifier,
• generate a memory map definition of the memory map using the specified at least one identifier and the associated at least one value, and
• deploy software on the target computer, the software incorporating the memory map definition and including an executable instruction that references the specified at least one identifier which is replaced with the associated at least one value.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having executable instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor of a host computer causes the processor to perform a method for generating a memory map of a target computer, the method comprising:

• specifying, from a plurality of identifiers stored in a memory of the host computer, at least one identifier associated with a memory layout of the target computer;
• specifying at least one value associated with the specified at least one identifier;
• generating a memory map definition of the memory map using the specified at least one identifier and the associated at least one value;
• and
• deploying software on the target computer, the software incorporating the memory map definition and including an executable instruction that references the specified at least one identifier which is replaced with the associated at least one value.