Tensilica Partners with eInfochips to Set Up
Software Development Center in India
Pune, INDIA, and Santa Clara,
Calif., USA – December 13, 2004 – Tensilica,
Inc., the leading supplier of configurable and
extensible microprocessor cores, and eInfochips,
a leading provider of intellectual property and
design services, today announced plans to set
up a software development center in India to
focus on extending the IP solutions around the
Xtensa® platform. eInfochips’ will
also develop new embedded tools and testing suites
for the Tensilica processor.
“We want to leverage the excellent software
development and testing talent available in India,” stated
Chris Rowen, president and CEO of Tensilica. “This
is our first step into the market in India, where
there’s a growing wealth of engineers that
understand embedded tools and system-on-chip (SOC)
design. We see big opportunities in this growing
market for our high-performance configurable processors
in roles once dominated by hardwired logic design.”
“We chose to partner with eInfochips because
they’re based in India and understand how
to run strong engineering teams that work closely
with US companies,” added Rowen. “Their
proven track record minimizes our risk and lets
us take advantage of the wealth of software engineering
talent available in India.”
“Tensilica’s Xtensa architecture has
significantly reduced SOC design times in addition
to meeting low-power, high processing bandwidth
requirements of most embedded applications,” said
Pratul Shroff, president and CEO of eInfochips. “By
working together to extend Tensilica’s product
offering, we add value to Tensilica’s future
business and growth. Our endeavor is to continuously
seek new ways to add value & benefits to our
partners. When you combine access to India’s
strong engineering resources, with a proven outsourcing
model, that we call Applied Outsourcing Model (AOM),
companies like Tensilica can maintain their technical
edge and at the same time save time in their development
cycles.”
About eInfochips, Inc.
eInfochips Inc., based in Santa Clara, CA and
Ahmedabad, India, is a leading provider of ASIC
design services, Embedded systems solutions and
IP cores. The Company combines innovative business
and development models worldwide to deliver total
solutions for technology companies. eInfochips
capabilities extend from Specification to Silicon
to System: with domain expertise spanning ASIC/SoC
Design and verification, automated verification
methodologies using HVL, eVC development, physical
layout & implementation, firmware development,
DSP hardware & algorithms and board design.
For more information, visit www.einfochips.com
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 and Xplorer is a trademark
belonging to Tensilica Inc. All other company
and product names are trademarks and/or registered
trademarks of their respective owners.
- Tensilica’s announced
licensees include Agilent, ALPS, AMCC (JNI Corporation),
Astute Networks, ATI, 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, NEC
Laboratories America, NEC Corporation, NetEffect,
Nippon Telephone and Telegraph (NTT), Olympus
Optical Co. Ltd., S2io, Seiko Epson, Solid State
Systems, Sony, STMicroelectronics, Stretch, TranSwitch
Corporation, and Victor Company of Japan (JVC).
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