Express Logic

Express Logic's popular ThreadX RTOS supports all of Cadence's DPUs. ThreadX is a small-footprint RTOS with real-time determinism that enables our customers to support applications that demand high-performance, low overhead, and fast time-to-market. ThreadX supports our onchip coprocessors including its floating point unit, Vectra DSP engine and special Tensilica Instruction Extension (TIE) cases. The simplicity and low cost of ThreadX, including its royalty-free licensing, make it attractive for high-volume applications in consumer devices, office automation, medical equipment and networking. You can download a free evaluation copy of ThreadX, optimized for the Diamond 212GP core.
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Linux

Tensilica supports open-source Linux. See our open-source Linux website . Embedded Linux 2.6 and GNU tools based on GCC 4.2, both available at www.linux-xtensa.org.

Mentor Embedded

Mentor Embedded products build, debug, profile, analyze and optimize advanced embedded systems without proprietary IP constraints. Our comprehensive design solutions include open source tools, RTOS software/middleware, 2D/3D UI development, target hardware and custom services.  The Nucleus RTOS is an efficient real-time operating system for Tensilica devices with storage and database management, USB, networking and connectivity and multimedia capabilities. The ReadyStart™ platform brings together software IP, tools and services into a single "ready-to-use" solution. 

Micrium

Micrium's uC/OS-II is a portable, ROMable, scalable, preemptive, real-time deterministic multitasking kernel for microprocessors and microcontrollers. uC/OS-II is provided with all source code, which is 100 percent portable ANSI C. Easily scaled because of the modular nature of the source code, uC/OS-II can present a very small footprint for space-constrained designs. Micrium offers expanded support to take advantage of all configuration options on Xtensa customizable dataplane processors (DPUs) as well as our standard DPUs and Diamond controller cores. See press release.

Tata Elxsi

Tata Elxsi's RoS-ES (Real Time Operating System for Embedded Systems) operating system is now available. Tata Elxsi's RoS-ES is a compact real-time operating system (RTOS) that provides an impressive array of capabilities making it well suited to networking and consumer electronics applications. More information on the RoS-ES RTOS is available at www.tataelxsi.com/roses.

Avnet

Avnet is one of the world's largest value-added distributors and makers of demonstration and evaluation boards. Cadence's software developers toolkits work seamlessly with high-end Avnet boards. Cadence supplies users with precompiled FPGA bitstreams that support these boards, thereby enabling large software development teams to cost-effectively deploy a large number of development systems. See your local Field Applications Engineer for information about the boards supported.

Byte Tools

ByteTools' Catapult JTAG probes are available for Diamond Standard and Xtensa configurable processors. The high-performance, low-cost Catapult devices work out-of-the-box with Tensilica's software development tools, meaning that users need not install any additional software. Catapult probes interface to the standard XOCD 14-pin JTAG header, with Catapult EJ-1 offering an Ethernet host interface, and Catapult UJ-1 offering a USB host interface. To purchase these probes or for more information see www.byte-tools.com.

EVE

EVE's ZeBu product is targeted for use in the system-integration phase of the design cycle where multiple logic blocks and embedded software must be verified together.  See ZeBu-Diamond product brief. Read EETimes article about debugging a Linux device driver running on a Diamond 232L. 

Lauterbach

Lauterbach supports Cadence's DPUs with its TRACE32 PowerView microprocessor debugger. The PowerDebug in-circuit debugger is a high-performance JTAG debugger. The PowerDebug's hardware consists of a universal debug module that can be connected to any PC or workstation via a USB 2.x or Ethernet interface. The PowerView software supports multicore debugging. Graphical variable displays and dedicated commands to handle large arrays support the development of DSP-specific code. The combination of the debugger and the PowerProbe logic analyzer enables real-time measurements. For more information, see www.lauterbach.com.

Macraigor

Macraigor Systems LLC is an OEM supplier of BDM and JTAG connection devices, including the Wiggler product which provides a very low-cost, yet full-featured connection to the on-chip debug facilities of 32-bit embedded processors. The Wiggler, USB2 Demon, and USB2 Wiggler solutions are available for our DPUs. For more information, visit the Macraigor web site.

Sophia Systems

EJ-SCT is a JTAG Debugger development tool for general-purpose embedded CPUs. Support for Xtensa single core and multi core is available by purchasing and installing the corresponding WATCHPOINT Debugger software. Multi-core processor designs, such as Xtensa+ ARM, etc., are also supported.

Synopsys

We work closely with Synopsys to ensure an optimized design tool flow, including Synopsys' ESL tools, such as Platform Architect and Innovator. We also work closely with the Virage Logic library group.

S2C

S2C Inc., is a leading provider of innovative FPGA-based ESL and SoC prototyping solutions with a rapidly growing presence in the China market.

Yokogawa Digital Computer

Yokogawa Digital Computer Corporation offers the advicePLUS and advicePRO Advanced In-Circuit Emulators for Cadence's DPUs. The advicePLUS ICE is a robust development system scalable from basic JTAG/OCD to a fully featured in-circuit emulator. See the product brief on AdvicePRO for Xtensa.

The advicePRO in-circuit emulator and microviewPLUS GUI-based emulation debugger are now available. The advicePRO device is used in conjunction with the microVIEW-PLUS software debugger. Details on the advicePRO product are available on Yokogawa's web site at http://www.yokogawa-digital.com/en/advicePRO/.

ComplexIQ

ComplexIQ has extensive expertise in MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) networking design and has already optimized Xtensa DPUs for integration with its MoCA network interface IP blocks.

D-Clue Technologies

D-Clue assists companies with Cadence's Xtensa core-based SOC designs for a wide variety of industrial and consumer electronics applications such as digital cameras, data storage and communications. In addition to providing design services, D-Clue is collaborating with Sophia Systems on driver development and porting services for the micro-ITRON TOPPERS RTOS for Xtensa processors. 

Dream Chip Technologies

Dream Chip Technologies is a German engineering company supporting their European customers with SOC, FPGA, and embedded software designs for the consumer, industrial and automotive industry. DCT has a strong record in image and video processing developments.

hd Lab

hd Lab, Inc., supports customers of both the Xtensa configurable processors and the Diamond Standard processor cores. Headquartered in Yokohama, Japan, hd Lab also has an office in Palo Alto, CA, and supports a number of multinational electronics companies. 

iBiquity Digital

iBiquity Digital Corporation uses our Xtensa LX processors with the HiFi Audio DSP to provide digital baseband and audio processing for many HD Radio receivers. iBiquity is a value-added reseller of Cadence's technology, bundling it into select iBiquity silicon IP offerings marketed to major semiconductor companies. 

Inomize

Inomize, the largest Israeli ASIC solutions firm, is a qualified  design center. Inomize works with Cadence's growing Israeli customer base to manage complex chip design projects, with particular focus on designs using our leading audio, baseband and RF DSPs and DPUs. 

Intrinsix

Intrinsix is a SOC design center partner with headquarters in the Boston area. Intrinsix's business engagements range from complete turnkey electronic product designs, to subsystem designs, SoC, embedded system, individual ASIC or FPGA. Insourcing and outsourcing engagements.

Megachips

As an authorized design center, MegaChips offers SOC design services in Japan. MegaChips offers expertise in the design of video and imaging products as well as communications products. 

NTT DOCOMO

NTT DOCOMO is an investor in and a value-added reseller of Tensilica's technology for baseband DSP.

SoC Solutions

SoC Solutions provides solutions for microprocessor based FPGAs, ASICs, ASSP, and structured ASICs. Their soft core HDL designs include PiP-AMBA Pre-integrated IP Platforms, AMBA Peripherals, AMBA Bus Cores and the software drivers to go with them. SoC Solutions offers services ranging from SOC integration and verification to complete development from architecture to silicon.

TMC

TMC (Techno Mathematical Co., Ltd) are multimedia IP and algorithm specialists with Xtensa processor experience. They offer many services ranging from software development to full SoC design and manufacturing. They have expertise in a wide range of audio and video technology formats. 

TSMC

Through TSMC's IP Alliance Partner program we have validated the Xtensa processor in silicon. This ensures the best possible design experience, easiest design reuse and fastest integration into the overall system design. We continue to work closely with TSMC to target next generation process technologies.

Wipro

Wipro is an Authorized SOC design center partner. They have extensive experience and a large team of trained engineers ready to provide a wide range of low-power chip implementation solutions targeted to a range of process technologies and libraries.

Xilinx

Our customers often use Xilinx-based boards for hardware emulation before committing to silicon. Our processor generator can generate a core in a Xilinx-compatible format.

Zerosoft

Zerosoft is a company in Japan with extensive Xtensa processor experience as well as multimedia codec and communications protocol interface development experience. 

Algotochip

Algotochip’s patented approach can speed hardware and software design for SOCs  in as little as eight weeks. Algotochip guarantees that its SOC meets all the performance specifications made by the customers, and insures that it will be right the first time. See press release.

Australian Semiconductor Technology

 The Australian Semiconductor Technology Company (ASTC Pty Ltd) is an exciting new semiconductor design, software and services export company serving the global suppliers and customers of embedded semiconductors.

Atrenta

Customers benefit from Atrenta tools and methodologies to capture design intent, explore implementation alternatives, validate RTL and optimize designs early, before expensive and time-consuming detailed implementation. Atrenta's SpyLinks industry alliance program is focused on better integration of the various members of the semiconductor supply chain. It leverages Atrenta's industry standard SpyGlass® product suite and the company's emerging 1Team product suite to provide comprehensive support for communication of design quality and design intent between these members. The ultimate goal of the program is to promote the benefits of Early Design Closure throughout the semiconductor community.

Cadence

We support logic simulation with Verilog XL and NC Verilog as well as Cadence's Silicon Ensemble layout software. The Encounter digital IC design platform integrates global RTL and physical synthesis, high performance SI-aware routing, and sophisticated nanometer analysis and optimization. It is ideal for large scale, low power, yield-sensitive, and other demanding design challenges and is production-proven through the 65nm node. 

Carbon Design Systems

Our processor models are integrated into the Carbon SoC Designer virtual platform, enabling designers to perform implementation-accurate architectural analysis and pre-silicon firmware development. In addition, all of the XTSC (Xtensa SystemC) components in our system design portfolio also have corresponding SoC Designer components. Designers can use SoC Designer to assemble and execute SOC designs ranging from the simplest sample designs up to complex, multiprocessor designs containing multiple DPUs. See press release.

Circuit Sutra

CircuitSutra offers comprehensive SystemC services including TLM modeling of complete SOC and individual IP blocks at various abstraction levels, and in the creation of virtual platforms for embedded software development and architectural exploration. 

Imperas

Fast functional, instruction accurate models of our DPUs can run on Open Virtual Platform (OVP) based virtual platforms. Wrapper files enabling integration of the processor models are now available for free download from the OVPworld.org website. These models will run with our TurboXim fast functional simulator, which simulates at speeds 40 to 80 times faster than a traditional instruction set simulator.

Imperas's OVP wrappers for Tensilica cores use the built-in application programming interface (API) in our simulation model for communication between the processor model and the OVP platform. The wrapper file is available now and downloadable free of charge at the OVP website: www.OVPworld.org.

Mentor Graphics

We partner with Mentor Graphics in several ways. Mentor Graphics' EDA tools are supported. The Nucleus PLUS operating system is available for our customers, as are Mentor Graphics' networking offerings for Ethernet, gigabit, and wireless communications.

Polycore Software

PolyCore Software, Inc., provides development tools and run-time solutions to simplify application development and improve development productivity for multicore, multi-processor architectures. Improvements in time to market, development costs and risks are achieved through software reuse, ease of use development tools, and the generation of optimized run time program elements. Design for today's architectures and run on tomorrow's architectures.

Synopsys

As a major EDA supplier, we work closely with Synopsys to ensure an optimized design tool flow, including Synopsys' ESL tools, such as Platform Architect and Innovator. Tensilica also works closely with the Virage Logic library group.

VWorks

VWorks delivers innovative electronic system simulation and virtual prototyping solutions for hardware, embedded software and system developers. A business subsidiary of ASTC (Australian Semiconductor Technology Company), VWorks serves global markets and supply chains for automotive, transportation, communications, and multimedia embedded electronics and software. Both are headquartered in Adelaide, Australia, with over 100 staff, and offices in Australia, Europe, Japan, and North America. Visit www.vworks.com.  See a video demo of the VLab integration with Tensilica tools.

Wind River (Intel)

Wind River's Simics supports our DPUs. By virtualizing complex, mixed-architecture systems combined with features such as speed, checkpointing, reverse execution and dynamic configuration, Simics allows engineers to adopt a virtualized systems development approach, resulting in faster product definition, development and deployment.

ARM

ARM's physical IP products are designed to achieve the best combination of performance, density, power and yield fora given manufacturing process and are delivered with an extensive set of views and models supporting industry leading EDA tools.

Arteris

Arteris, Inc. provides semiconductor interconnect IP and tools to improve communication performance of ICs for a wide range of applications. Arteris' Network-on-Chip (NoC) technology for on-chip communications fully supports our Xtensa Processor Interface (PIF). Using Arteris' NoC technology, our DPUs can be mixed and matched with other processor cores or RTL blocks in complex, high-throughput designs. See press release.

Synopsys

As a major EDA supplier, we work closely with Synopsys to ensure an optimized design tool flow, including Synopsys' ESL tools, such as Platform Architect and Innovator. Tensilica also works closely with the Virage Logic library group.

Bwave

Bwave has developed a multi-standard DVB-T2 demodulation IP subsystem for DTVs based on sour ConnX BBE16 DSP.

Commetrex

Commetrex is licensing a comprehensive product family that provides everything required to quickly embed fax capabilities into a wide variety of applications.

Etherwaves

Etherwaves has ported their ClearSignal software-based DAB/DMB solution to our Xtensa dataplane processor architecture. The ClearSignal RF-agnostic design broadens SOC designers' choice to immediately add digital radio capability to mobile devices, while keeping the required low power consumption and takes advantage of the Vectra LX DSP. See press release.

Iberium Communications

Iberium Communications is a San Francisco, CA based company with engineering offices in Doylestown, PA engaged in the design, development and marketing of semiconductor IP cores as well as software solutions for the reception of DTV signals for multiple transmission standards.

Inband Software

Inband Software specializes in custom DSP software development. They are particulalry strong in digital communications as well as audio and video processing. They are well versed in the HiFi and ConnX D2 instruction sets. See press release. Visit Inband Software's web site.

IntegrIT

IntregrIT DSP Design House is a leading supplier of DSP software solutions. They have ported their libraries to our ConnX DSP products. See press release

Ittiam Systems

Ittiam Systems Private Limied, headquartered in Bangalore, India, is working with Tensilica on video. They have extensive expertise in digital signal processing systems in media and communications and can work with our customers.

Mentor Graphics

Tensilica partners with Mentor Graphics in several ways. Mentor Graphics' EDA tools are supported. The Nucleus PLUS operating system is available for our customers, as are Mentor Graphics' networking offerings for Ethernet, gigabit, and wireless communications.

Morpho

Morpho, Inc. offers software expertise for developers of camera-enabled mobile phones, digital still cameras, camcorders, and automobile navigation systems. See press release on partnership.

P-Product

P-Product develops efficient implementations of digital signal processing software based on standard or custom specifications using algorithm optimizations and deep implementation optimization. The company has extensive experience in audio and video codec porting as well as WiMAX. P-Product has already ported audio software to Tensilica's HiFi Audio DSP and has significant expertise in audio and video software porting. For more information, see www.p-product.com.

TMC

TMC (Techno Mathematical Co., Ltd) are multimedia IP and algorithm specialists with Xtensa processor experience. They offer many services ranging from software development to full SoC design and manufacturing. They have expertise in a wide range of audio and video technology formats. 

Almalence

Almalence is porting and optimizing their software for digital image processing to our IVP. See press release.

Dream Chip Technologies

Dream Chip Technologies (DCT) is porting and optimizing their video and image signal processing software to our IVP. See press release.

Irida Labs

Irida Labs porting their computer vision software portfolio to our IVP. See press release.

Morpho, Inc.

Morpho is porting their innovative mobile imaging software to our IVP. See press release.

Acoustic Technologies

Acoustic Technologies, Inc. is a worldwide leader in high quality voice processing solutions. Acoustic’s wideband SoundClear Voice software has been optimized for the HiFi family of DSP  cores to provide advanced multi-mic noise reduction and full-duplex speakerphone performance.  See press release.

AM3D

AM3D is a leading global supplier of 3D audio technology. The technology is found in PC-games, mobile phones, PDAs, and mission critical applications like flight simulators and F-16 jets. AM3D's Zirene Audio Enhancement and Diesel Power Mobile 3D Audio packages are available for our HiFi audio DSPs. For further information, please visit: www.am3d.com or email am3d@am3d.com

Arkamys

Arkamys Audio Enghancement Software is ported to our HiFi Audio/Voice DSPs. Their software dramatically reduces the processing requirements in portable devices, in-car audio, and home entertainment. See press release.  See Arkamys' web site.

Audyssey

Audyssey's audio technologies run on our HIFi DSPs and fix acoustical and perceptual problems to reproduce conent as close tot he original as possible. This helps ensure that consumers get the best sound from their home theaters, DTVs, automobiles and mobile devices. For more information, see the press release.

Dolby Laboratories

Dolby Laboratories is the global leader in technologies that are essential elements in the best entertainment experiences. Best known for high-quality audio and surround sound, Dolby creates innovations that enrich entertainment at the movies, at home, or on the go. We support all the Dolby audio codecs for consumer products on the HiFi audio architecture.

DTS

DTS is a digital technology company dedicated to delivering the ultimate entertainment experience. A pioneer in multi-channel audio, DTS technology is in home theatre, car audio, PC and game console products, as well as DVD-Video, Blu-ray Disc and Surround Music software. We provide leading-edge DTS technologies for Blu-ray Disc, HD DVD, and other high-end consumer audio applications fors HiFi audio architecture. See most recent press release.

Fraunhofer IIS

The Fraunhofer IIS Audio and Multimedia division, based in Erlangen, Germany, has been working in compressed audio technology for more than 20 years and remains a leading innovator of technologies for cutting-edge multimedia systems. Fraunhofer IIS is the main inventor of mp3 and universally credited with the co-development of AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) as well as technologies for the media world of tomorrow, including MPEG Surround and the Fraunhofer Audio Communication Engine. For more information, visit www.iis.fraunhofer.de/amm.

Inband Software

Inband Software specializes in custom DSP software development. They are particulalry strong in digital communications as well as audio and video processing. They are well versed in the HiFi and ConnX D2 instruction sets. See press release. Visit Inband Software's web site.

IntegrIT

IntregrIT DSP Design House is a leading supplier of DSP software solutions. They have ported their libraries to our DSP products. Their AEC WB codec has been optimized for HiFi Audio/Voice DSPs. 

P-Product

P-Product develops efficient implementations of digital signal processing software based on standard or custom specifications using algorithm optimizations and deep implementation optimization. The company has extensive experience in audio and video codec porting as well as WiMAX. P-Product has already ported audio software to our HiFi Audio DSP and has significant expertise in audio and video software porting.

QSound Labs

QSound Labs, Inc. is a leading developer of audio and voice software solutions. QSound's microQ audio components have been ported to run on Tensilica HiFi Audio DSPs. microQ is a compact, hardware-independent and highly efficient software audio engine providing functions such as polyphonic ringtones, video game sounds, music playback, digital effects and recording for portable applications, including Internet appliances, hand-held and mobile devices. Additionally, microQ offers a wide range of processes to control frequency response, dynamics and spatial enhancements, as well as full 3D positional audio for games. See the product brief on the QSound microQ solution.

Real Networks

We offer RealAudio 8, 9 and 10 decoders for the HiFi Audio DSPs. RealAudio utilizes advanced audio compression techniques to allow users to achieve high quality sound in a wide bandwidth range, and is the preferred media format for many users of cellular phones, portable media players, and mobile Internet devices. We also offers RealVideo software for its 388VDO video DSP.

SPIRIT DSP

SPIRIT DSP audio software packages deliver high-quality music experience on our HiFi Audio DSPs.SPIRIT DSP has an extensive library of audio software packages, particularly for voice processing.

SRS Labs

SRS Labs is the industry leader in audio signal processing for consumer electronics. SRS is recognized as the de facto standard in audio enhancement, surround sound, volume leveling and voice processing technologies for products sold worldwide including flat panel HDTVs, STBs, mobile phones, portable media devices, PCs and automotive entertainment. SRS Labs offers several audio packages for our HiFi Audio DSPs, including SRS StudioSound HD, TruSurround HD, WOW HD, TruVolume, TruSurround HD, CS Headphone, TruEQ and TruGaming. For more information, see the press release and SRS Labs web site.

Sensory

Sensory, Inc. is the leader in speech technologies for consumer products, offering a complete line of IC and software-only solutions for speech recognition, speech synthesis, speaker verification, music synthesis and more. Sensory's products are widely deployed in consumer electronic applications including Smart Phones, Automotive, Bluetoot products, toys, and various home electronics. See press release on support for TrulyHandsfree 3.0 speaker verification and identification.

Technicolor

Technicolor is a worldwide leader of services to content creators. We collaborate with Technicolor on MP3 audio codec technology.

Waves

Waves' MaxxAudio sound enhancement technology is now available for our HiFi Audio DSPs. MaxxAudio incorporates a host of proprietary signal-processing technologies to deliver enhanced, dynamic and immersive sound from the small speakers typically found in many consumer electronics products, with better definition, deeper bass and a more enveloping sound field.