NEC Electronics America
Expands ASIC IP Portfolio with Tensilica's Xtensa
Configurable Processor
Santa Clara,
Calif. - March 14, 2005 - Tensilica ,
Inc. today announced that it has signed an agreement
with NEC Electronics America, Inc. that will
enable NEC Electronics America to distribute
Tensilica's Xtensa V configurable processors
directly to NEC Electronics America's ASIC customers.
Through this partnership agreement, Tensilica
aims to expand its customer base while NEC Electronics
America augments its strong intellectual property
(IP) portfolio for its system-on-chip (SoC) customers.
"As a leading integrated device manufacturer,
it is important that we offer our customers not
only state-of-the-art semiconductor process and
manufacturing capabilities, but also provide a
broad IP portfolio that includes the latest interface,
memory, and processor core technologies," said
Phillip LoPresti, associate vice president and
general manager, Custom LSI strategic business
unit, NEC Electronics America. "The Xtensa processors
are a welcome addition to NEC Electronics America's
ASIC IP library. Their customization capabilities
make them ideal replacements for blocks of logic
that previously would be handcrafted in Verilog
or VHDL. By using processors instead of logic blocks,
our customers will benefit from the inherent programmability,
reduced verification time and much faster design
times."
Under the agreement, Tensilica's
Xtensa V processors are directly available to NEC
Electronics America's customers under one licensing
agreement along with the ASIC chip production. NEC
Electronics America will be able to provide a complete
solution for companies pursuing high-volume projects
that demand the flexibility of a configurable processor
in a feature-rich, high-density ASIC technology
with world-class support.
"This agreement is an important step
forward in broadening the distribution of our configurable
processor technology to a wider number of systems
companies and fabless semiconductor suppliers," stated
Steve Roddy, Tensilica's Vice President of Marketing. "NEC
Electronics America has a strong customer base,
particularly in networking and consumer electronics
markets, and a solid reputation for supporting
their customers with the best available ASIC technologies.
We're proud to be part of their IP portfolio."
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 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, Solid State Systems,
Sony, STMicroelectronics, Stretch, TranSwitch
Corporation, and Victor Company of Japan (JVC).
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