Tensilica Named a Hot Private Company for 2000
by UPSIDE Magazine
Award Recognizes Innovation, Leadership and
Performance
Santa Clara, Cal., June 5,
2000 … Tensilica Inc., the Santa
Clara-based provider of application-specific
processor technology, announced that it had been
selected by UPSIDE magazine as one of their Hot
100 Private Companies for 2000.
The UPSIDE Hot 100, now in its 5th year, is a
coveted recognition that spotlights the best privately-held
technology and Internet companies. Tensilica was
selected by the editors of UPSIDE and an advisory
panel of venture capitalists, financial analysts
and market researchers as one of the top companies
in the Telecommunications category. This year,
more than 1000 companies were nominated this year
for the UPSIDE Hot 100 Awards, which were judged
on the company's technological achievements, customer
acceptance of products or services, financial performance,
industry partnerships, financial backing, management
savvy and marketing. The complete list of the UPSIDE
Hot 100 Award winners is published in the June
issue of UPSIDE, and can be found online at www.upsidetoday.com.
"We evaluated hundreds of great companies
spanning a broad range of High Technology and Internet-related
market segments, and are pleased to recognize Tensilica
among this year's winners," said David Bunnell,
UPSIDE CEO and editor. "We look forward to
watching the progress of all of the UPSIDE Hot
100 Award winners over the next year or so, and
hope they continue being newsmakers as they move
from being privately held to possibly becoming
publicly traded companies."
Chris Rowen, Tensilica's CEO, said "We are
very pleased to have been named one of the "Hot
Companies of 2000" by Upside Magazine. There
is no question that this award is a signal honor,
and we're pleased to be included in such an illustrious
group of new enterprises."
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.
"Tensilica", "Xtensa" and "OSKit" are
the trademarks belonging to Tensilica Inc.
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