Avision Uses Tensilica Xtensa Processor
in Scanner Product
Taipei, Taiwan, and Santa Clara,
Calif., June 11, 2003 – Tensilica®,
Inc., the leading provider of configurable and
extensible processors, today announced that Avision
has successfully designed the Xtensa® configurable
processor into an office image product that will
be in volume production in the second half of
this year
“We picked Tensilica’s Xtensa processor
because we liked the speed, low power and off-the-shelf
development tools,” stated Charlie Chou,
Vice President of Avision Inc. “Rather than
implement the entire image processing algorithm
set in traditional hardwired RTL datapath, we extended
the processor with additional instructions that
gave us excellent performance and required much
less design time and fewer engineers. Xtensa helped
us achieve rapid success in the development of
the critical image processing chip.”
“We’re very pleased that Avision selected
the Xtensa processor for their imaging application
and that we were able to help them achieve their
aggressive time-to-volume goals,” stated
Bernie Rosenthal, senior vice president of marketing
and sales for Tensilica.
About Avision
Avision Inc., founded in 1991 and
headquartered in Taiwan’s Science-Based
Industrial Park, is a leading manufacturer of image scanners and multi-function
products. Avision currently has additional overseas manufacturing capabilities,
and employs over 700 people worldwide. The company received ISO9001 certification
in 1993 and ISO14001 certification in 2000. Avision is located at 20 Creation
Road 1, Science-based Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300, R.O.C. and can be contacted
at 886-3-578-2388 or via www.avision.com.tw.
About Tensilica
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.
# # #
Editors’ Notes:
- “Tensilica” and “Xtensa” are
registered trademarks belonging to Tensilica
Inc. All other trademarks are the property of
their respective holders.
- Tensilica’s announced
licensees are Agilent, Astute Networks, Avision,
Bay Microsystems, Berkeley Wireless Research
Center, Broadcom, Cisco Systems, Conexant Systems,
Cypress, ETRI, FUJIFILM Microdevices, Fujitsu
Ltd., Hudson Soft, Hughes Network Systems,
IC4IC, Ikanos Communications, JNI Corporation,
Marvell, Mindspeed Technologies, National Semiconductor,
NEC Labs, NEC Networks, NEC Solutions,
Nippon Telephone and Telegraph (NTT), Olympus
Optical Co. Ltd., ONEX Communications, OptiX
Networks, Osaka & Kyoto
Universities, S2io, Sony, TranSwitch Corporation,
Trebia Networks, Victor Company of Japan
(JVC) and ZiLOG.
|
