“It is faster and easier to design complex SOCs using Xtensa configurable processors - especially when using the XPRES Compiler - than to hand-code complex SOC design elements in hardware using traditional RTL methods. Plus the Xtensa processors are programmable, so it will be valuable for future products and applications.”

- Katsuhiko Nishizawa, general manager of the IJP Design Department of the Imaging Products Operations Division of Seiko Epson Corporation.