Tensilica Releases Upgraded XT1000 Emulation
Kit
Santa Clara, Cal., May 1,
2000 … Tensilica Inc., the Santa
Clara-based provider of application-specific
processor technology, announced today the availability
of revision 2 of the company’s XT1000 Emulation
Kit. This product enables designers to evaluate
various processor configuration options created
by Tensilica’s Xtensa processor generator
in a system environment, and start debug early
in the design cycle.
Features:
- A complete core CPU emulation system
- FPGA Based Core CPU emulation
- Up to15 MHz emulation frequency
- 256 Kbytes EPROM
- 1 Mbytes SRAM
- 4 Mbytes of FLASH memory
- 2 Mbytes of Synchronous SRAM
- Two RS232 serial channels
- FPGA configuration port
- Cache memory emulation
- Debug Support
- Real Time Trace Function
- 16 segment LED Status Display
- Expansion Connector
- Power Supply
Description
Tensilica’s XT1000 Emulation Kit is a complete
emulation, evaluation and development kit for Tensilica’s
Application-Specific Processor Cores (ASPCs). The
Xtensa™ Processor Generator is used to develop
a specific version of the Xtensa Processor Core
that is compiled with the CPLD synthesis tools
to produce the CPLD configuration data. The CPLD
configuration data is downloaded to the CPLD device
residing on the emulation board.
A predefined external bus interface connects the
microprocessor core through the processor interface
to the emulation board system resources. Revision
2 of the XT1000 uses the Altera APEX™ 20K400
CPLD and is shipped with a default configuration
that is useful for training and benchmarking purposes.
The CPLD is configured by downloading the configuration
data from the host through a parallel port using
Altera’s programming adapter, or by copying
the configuration data from PROMs located on the
emulation board. The PROM option allows the emulation
board to be used in a stand-alone mode in the application
of interest.
Software development is supported by a resident
debug monitor program, XMON, that provides communications
and debug facilities for the user. A RS232 serial
port provides a communications link to the Sun
WS or WinNT host for downloading and debugging
user programs under control of a host resident
debugger.
The Emulation Kit is priced at $10,000 each and
is available off the shelf from Tensilica.
About Tensilica
Tensilica was founded in July 1997 to address
the fast-growing market for application-specific
microprocessor cores and software development tools
for high volume, embedded systems. Using the company's
proprietary Xtensa™ Processor Generator,
system-on-a-chip (SOC) designers can develop a
processor subsystem hardware design and a complete
software development tool environment tailored
to their specific requirements in hours.
Tensilica's solutions provide a proven, easy-to-use,
methodology that enables designers to achieve optimum
application performance in minimum design time.
The Company is engaged in research, development,
and customer support from its offices in Santa
Clara, California, Waltham, Massachusetts, Princeton,
N.J., Houston, Texas, Reading, U.K. and Yokohama,
Japan.
Tensilica is headquartered in Santa Clara, California
(95054) at 3255-6 Scott Boulevard, and can be reached
at (408) 986-8000 or via www.tensilica.com on the
World Wide Web.
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