2004 Tensilica SOZBOT ProAm Attracts
Top Robot Designers
Fighting Robots are Key Attraction at
San Francisco Trade Show
SANTA CLARA,
Calif. - March 29, 2004 - The top professional
SOZBOT (Sixteen OZ. RoBOT) designers and drivers
will be battling at Moscone Center in San Francisco
March 30 through April 1 in the first annual
Tensilica® SOZBOT ProAm. Tensilica will feature
a special arena for the regulation-sized SOZBOT
battleground in its booth, number 2202, at the
Electronica USA Embedded Systems Conference.
Jimmy Crack Corn, the top-ranked SOZBOT, will
be battling against a crowd of other exciting
robots for daily and conference-overall prizes.
"SOZBOT designers configure their
SOZBOTs in a variety of different ways, looking
for that winning, competitive advantage," stated
Steve Leibson, Tensilica's technology evangelist. "Similarly,
chip designers configure our processors in a variety
of different ways to give their designs a competitive
advantage. We're hosting this tournament to showcase
the value of configurability. Our theme for this
event is 'The Best Configurations Win.'"
Some of the SOZBOTs that will be
battling in the 2004 Tensilica SOZBOT ProAm include:
- Jimmy Crack Corn - the current top ranked SOZBOT,
a wedge on wheels, designed by Bill Sauro
- VDD - the number two ranked SOZBOT, a circular
saw blade mounted on wheels, designed by Ted
Shimoda
- Mean Burrito - with a built-in butane flame,
designed by Ross Hironaka
- Angry Dustpan - a dustpan with a miracle blade
edge (what did you expect?), designed by Andy
Sauro.
At least three battles will be featured
in the Tensilica booth every hour on the half hour
during show hours (11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, 10
a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
on Thursday). All battles will follow official
Robot Fighting League rules. For more information
on SOZBOTS, see the official SOZBOT web site at www.sozbots.com .
About Tensilica
Tensilica was founded in July 1997
to address the growing need for optimized, application-specific
microprocessors for high-volume embedded applications.
With the Xtensa configurable and extensible microprocessor
core, 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. These
customized processors rival hand-coded RTL in performance
and add a needed level of programmability. For
more information, visit www.tensilica.com.
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