SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 7, 2003 – Electronic Business Magazine picked Tensilica as one of the 30 best small electronic companies according to their April 1, 2003, issue, available at www.eb-mag.com. According to the Reed Research Group, the list of possible companies was narrowed down by profitability as well as qualitative factors including innovation, leadership and technology.
"Being named to this group is a particular honor, since we were one of only eight private companies that were listed," stated Chris Rowen, president and CEO of Tensilica. "The selection underscores Electronic Business’s clear understanding of the combination of innovation and toughness required for success in today’s environment. It also reflects their recognition of configurable processors as a critical technology for the future of system-on-chip electronics."
Licensed by over 55 of the industry’s leading semiconductor and systems companies, Tensilica’s patented Xtensa microprocessor technology enables designers to deliver a wide variety of optimized SoCs for applications ranging from low-cost, low-power consumer electronics devices to high performance, multi-processor communications systems. The Xtensa architecture provides a powerful, integrated hardware and software development environment with thousands of configuration options and an unlimited range of customer-specific extensions. Because these instructions are recognized as "native" by a complete set of software development tools, developers can simultaneously tune both application software and processor hardware to meet specific speed, power and feature goals.
Tensilica was founded in July 1997 to address the growing need for optimized, application-specific microprocessor solutions in high-volume embedded applications. With a configurable and extensible microprocessor core called Xtensa, Tensilica is the only company that has automated and patented the time-consuming process of generating a customized microprocessor core along with a complete software development tool environment, producing new configurations in a matter of hours. For more information, visit www.tensilica.com.
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