Tensilica Announces Licensing Agreement with
Agilent Technologies for Xtensa Processors in Imaging
Applications
Broad-Access Agreement Follows Successful Deployment
of Xtensa in Current Product
SANTA CLARA, CA – May
19, 2005 – Tensilica, Inc., the
only company to automate the design of optimized
application-specific configurable processors,
today announced that Agilent Technologies, Inc.’s
Imaging Systems Division has signed a broad technology-access
agreement to license Tensilica’s Xtensa
V and Xtensa LX configurable processor technologies
for next-generation products. This follows the
successful deployment of Xtensa V processors
by Agilent in several recently introduced imaging
products.
“We’re happy to have inked this agreement
with Agilent,” stated Steve Roddy, Tensilica’s
vice president of marketing. “In their first
design, Agilent’s engineers realized the
tremendous benefits of using a configurable processor
to speed their image processing application. Now,
with much broader access to our technology, including
the Xtensa LX processor, we look forward to further
successful deployments of Xtensa processors in
key imaging applications.”
About Tensilica
Tensilica was founded in July 1997 to address
the growing need for optimized, application-specific
processor solutions in high-volume embedded applications.
With a configurable and extensible processor core
called Xtensa, Tensilica is the only company that
has automated and patented the time-consuming process
of generating a customized processor 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,
Neterion, Nippon Telephone and Telegraph (NTT),
NVIDIA, Olympus Optical Co. Ltd., sci-worx, Seiko
Epson, Solid State Systems, Sony, STMicroelectronics,
Stretch, TranSwitch Corporation, and Victor Company
of Japan (JVC).
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