ALPS Licenses Tensilica's Xtensa Processor
for Image Processing
SANTA
CLARA, Calif. USA and IWAKI,
JAPAN - April 26, 2004 - Tensilica®,
Inc. today announced that the Peripheral Products
Division of ALPS Electronic Co., Ltd. has licensed
the Xtensa® processor to improve performance
and reduce power in image processing applications.
"We are very impressed with the capabilities
of the Xtensa processor," stated Mr. Hiroshi Izumi,
Chief Engineer, Peripheral Products Division, ALPS
Electronic Co., Ltd. "We have set very high performance
goals that can't be met through the use of standard
embedded processors. We believe we can make those
goals by customizing the Xtensa processor for our
applications."
"We are delighted that ALPS has picked
our Xtensa processor for this high-volume imaging
application," said Bernie Rosenthal, Tensilica's
Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales. "By
customizing the Xtensa processor to their exact
algorithms, ALPS will get the performance they
need to bring highly competitive new products to
market very quickly."
The Xtensa configurable and extensible
microprocessor features a powerful, integrated
hardware and software development environment with
thousands of configuration options and an unlimited
range of customer-specific extensions. The environment
enables designers to carefully tune the processor
for their particular application. With an easy-to-use
graphical interface, designers can use Tensilica's
processor generator to create customized solutions
with specialized functions and instructions to
meet high-performance goals.
About ALPS Electronic Co., Ltd.
Since its founding in 1948, ALPS
Electronic Co. Ltd. has been a loyal partner in
the electronic components business. ALPS major
divisions include the Mechatronic Devices Division,
Magnetic Devices Division, Communications Devices
Division, Peripheral Products Division and Automotive
Products Division. For more information, visit www.alps.co.jp .
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
cores, 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. Tensilica's
patented Xtensa design environment has been used
by over 60 leading semiconductor and system companies
to deliver integrated systems-on-chip (SOCs) for
a variety of embedded applications. The Xtensa
microprocessor core is shipping today in products
ranging from low-cost consumer devices to high-performance
communications equipment. For more information,
visit www.tensilica.com .
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Editors' Notes:
- Tensilica and Xtensa are
registered trademarks belonging to Tensilica
Inc.
- Tensilica's announced licensees
include Agilent, ALPS, AMCC (JNI Corporation),
Astute Networks, Avision, Bay Microsystems, Berkeley
Wireless Research Center, Broadcom, Cisco Systems,
Conexant Systems, Cypress, Crimson Microsystems,
ETRI, FUJIFILM Microdevices, Fujitsu Ltd., Hudson
Soft, Hughes Network Systems, Ikanos Communications,
LG Electronics, Marvell, MediaWorks, NEC Laboratories
America, NEC Corporation, Nippon Telephone and
Telegraph (NTT), Olympus Optical Co. Ltd., S2io,
Solid State Systems, Sony, STMicroelectronics,
Stretch, TranSwitch Corporation, and Victor Company
of Japan (JVC)
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