Solid State System (3S) Standardizes on Tensilica’s
Xtensa Processor For Future SOC Development
For
Use in High-Volume Consumer Applications
SANTA
CLARA, Calif., and TAIPEI, Taiwan –September
15, 2003 – Tensilica®, Inc., the leading
provider of configurable and extensible processors,
today announced that Solid State System Co.,
Ltd., of Hsinchu, Taiwan, popularly called 3S,
has licensed the Xtensa® processor. 3S plans
to standardize on Tensilica’s Xtensa processor
for future system-on-chip (SOC) development,
to fulfill the increasing requirements of configurable
and reliable processor’s performance
from leading consumer applications.
“Tensilica proved that the Xtensa processor
could be configured for many demanding applications,” stated
Jeffrey Lin, President of 3S. “As a leading
company of Flash memory controller for a variety
of applications, we admire the merits of the flexibility
of the Xtensa architecture. We plan to base future
SOC development on Xtensa.”
“Having a full team in Taiwan allowed us
to work closely with 3S even during this challenging
time with SARS, travel restrictions and global
recession,” said Bernie Rosenthal, senior
vice president of sales and marketing for Tensilica. “We’re
very pleased that 3S has chosen our processor for
their innovative new consumer products, and we
look forward to future designs.”
About Solid State System
Solid State System Co.,
Ltd., is headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan. 3S
has developed a strong reputation as an innovator
and leader in flash disks solutions, particularly
the controllers of CompactFlashTM cards, and smaller “thumb” sized “key
chain” USB storage devices, which it markets
under its own name and under OEM relationships
for other companies. For more information, visit
www.3system.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.
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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 Laboratories America,
NEC Corporation, Nippon Telephone and Telegraph
(NTT), Olympus Optical Co. Ltd., ONEX Communications,
OptiX Networks, Osaka & Kyoto Universities,
S2io, Solid State System (3S), Sony, TranSwitch
Corporation, Trebia Networks, Victor Company
of Japan (JVC) and ZiLOG.
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