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News Release from: ARM
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 26 March 2004
More cores for Chinese foundry
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp has licensed the ARM922T microprocessor core and the Embedded Trace Macrocell on-chip debug peripheral.
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), one of China's most advanced pure-play semiconductor foundries, has licensed the ARM922T microprocessor core and the Embedded Trace Macrocell (ETM9) on-chip debug peripheral The ARM922T core is the second microprocessor core that SMIC has licensed from ARM, underscoring the Shanghai-based foundry's commitment to the ARM architecture, and ARM's commitment to the Chinese semiconductor industry
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"ARM is dedicated to supporting current and potential Chinese customers who seek to create innovative SoC technologies.
The expansion of SMIC's portfolio of ARM offerings and its continued commitment to the ARM architecture ensure that these semiconductor companies have a variety of options to suit varied design needs", said Jun Tan, President, ARM China.
"Our relationship with SMIC has grown quickly and we look forward to further strengthening the collaboration in the coming years".
"Our participation in the ARM Foundry Programme enables us to offer our customers flexible manufacturing solutions for a faster time-to-market and a competitive advantage.
This strengthens our position as one of the leading supplier of semiconductor manufacturing services in China", said Dr James Sung, VP of Marketing and Sales, SMIC.
"The expansion of our ARM offerings with the addition of the ARM922T core further improves our ability to support a variety of design requirements".
The ARM922T hard macrocell is suitable for a wide range of platform OS-based applications.
Based on the high-performance ARM9TDMI 32bit RISC CPU, the ARM922T core features instruction and data caches, and a memory management unit (MMU), enabling support for all major operating systems (OS), Amba bus-compliant interfaces, and support for the ARM real-time trace technology with the ETM9 module.
The ETM9 real-time trace module, is capable of instruction and data tracing inside a core and is an integral part of the ARM RealView development tools.
ARM922T core-based design kits for SMIC process technology will be available for license from ARM by the end of Q1 2004.
SMIC aims to have the silicon-proven cores available by Q3 2004.
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