Code Composer Studio v2.1 has a number of new features and functionality included with it on top of months of testing and bug fixing. For more detailed information - please see the recently published app note: SPRA812

New Device Support - C541 to C549, 5401, 5402, 5409, 5410, 5416, 5420, 5421, 5441, 5510 and C5402DSK, OMAP and new simulators: C5401, C5403, C5406 and a FAST C55x functional simulator
C6000 series: C6201, 6202, 6203, 6204, 6205, 6211, 6414, 6415, 6416, 6701, 6711, 6712, C6201EVM, C6211DSK and C6711DSK and new simulators: Faster C62xx/C64xx core and C6414, C6415 and C6416 support.

New Operating Systems supported: Windows ME and Windows XP

Reset Handling and Target Communication: Better recovery mechanism for when power cycle, crash or reset (H/W or S/W) situations occur without restarting Code Composer Studio.

Dynamic Symbol and Program Loading

Pipeline Visibility Plug-In (C55x only)

GEL Support for File I/O

API Enhancements

Advanced Event Triggering with Running Processor

C54x/C55x and C6x Chip Support Library support

Assembly vs. Source Stepping

Set PC to Cursor function

C641x Support

C55x Hardware Accelerator Support