Osaka and Kyoto University to Use Tensilica Processor
IP
Santa Clara, Calif., Nov.
15, 2000 ... Tensilica Inc., the Santa
Clara-based provider of application-specific
configurable processor technology, announced
today that the joint Media-Centric Low-Power
LSI Design Project at Osaka University and Kyoto
University has entered into a license agreement
with the company for its Xtensa processor technology.
The project uses the Tensilica's processor generator
for the development of a variety of advanced
video and audio processing systems for mobile
systems applications.
Professor Isao Shirakawa, a member of University
Council of Osaka University and the director of
the project, said, "We selected the Xtensa
architecture because of its flexibility and extensibility.
For mobile applications, media processing large
scale integrated circuits must move to a new system-on-chip
(SOC) stage in which embedded processors and dedicated
functional units are integrated in a single chip
and are harmonized to work efficiently. So far
we have developed different architectures dedicated
to audio and video processing. Utilizing the Xtensa
core, these research results can contribute much
toward working out viable SOC solutions."
Bernie Rosenthal, Tensilica's vice president of
Marketing and Business Development, said "We
are delighted to have been selected by Osaka and
Kyoto Universities for their cutting edge project.
It is clear that the flexibility to add instructions
and functional units to our processor will greatly
contribute to the joint Osaka and Kyoto University
project's success."
About the Joint Osaka/Kyoto University Media-Centric
Low-Power LSI Design Project
The Media-Centric Low-Power LSI Design Project
has been jointly initiated by Osaka University
and Kyoto University. The research focus is on
the system level optimization of audiovisual signal
processing large scale ICs for use in a mobile
environment. Exploration of novel algorithms, architectures,
and system organization are the important missions
of the project. This project is partly supported
by a grant for Scientific Research on Priority
Areas by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Science,
Sports and Culture.
About Tensilica
Tensilica was founded in July 1997 to address
the fast-growing market for configurable micro-processor
cores and software development tools for high volume,
embedded systems. Using the company's proprietary
Xtensa Processor Generator, system-on-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, Burlington, Massachusetts, Princeton,
N. J., Houston, Texas, Oxford, U.K. and Yokohama,
Japan.
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Editors' Notes:
"Tensilica" is a registered trademark
and "Xtensa" is a trademark belonging
to Tensilica Inc.
Tensilica’s announced
licensees are, in alphabetical order,
- Berkeley Wireless Research
Center
- Cisco Systems
- Fujitsu Limited
- Galileo Technology
- NEC Corporation
- NTT
- ONEX Communications
- Osaka and Kyoto Universities
- TranSwitch Corporation
- ZiLOG
Visit Tensilica at Electronica,
Hall 5A, Booth Number 175, Munich, Germany, November
20 — 24, 2000
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