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News Release from: ARM
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 18 May 2006
Sunplus signs for cores and tools
Sunplus Technology has licensed the ARM1176JZ-S processor and ARM RealView SoC Designer ESL tools, for developing high-performance low-power ICs for digital cameras and multimedia handset processors.
Sunplus Technology has licensed the ARM1176JZ-S processor and ARM RealView SoC Designer ESL tools, for developing high-performance, low-power integrated circuit (IC) solutions for digital cameras and multimedia handset processors This licensing agreement further extends Sunplus' existing partnership with ARM, and demonstrates the value that the ARM architecture brings to its partners for the development of total system solutions for consumer electronics
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"For the past few years, our focus at ARM has been on building a complete product portfolio to provide customers with industry-leading solutions that offer a competitive edge in the marketplace", said Philip Lu, President of ARM Taiwan.
"We believe that this extensive licensing agreement with Sunplus illustrates the benefits of combining a range of ARM technologies to achieve the best compatibility and performance, with the added benefit of growing the Taiwanese IC design industry".
This new agreement with Sunplus underscores ARM's commitment to pursuing the growing opportunities in the Asia Pacific consumer electronics market, specifically in Taiwan.
ARM's work with Sunplus will enable the proliferation of ARM technology in high-performance, consumer ICs for communication and multimedia applications.
"ARM is the world's most popular microprocessor architecture, and by licensing this complete solution, we will be able to build on our focus of IC design and system applications for diverse market demands including multimedia, consumer and mobile/wireless communication", said Den-Jen Huang, VP of Sunplus' Personal Entertainment Business Unit.
"By working closely with ARM, we expect to benefit from their feature-rich, low-power, high-performance technologies, to enable us to better support our customers".
The ARM1176JZ-S processor features TrustZone and Jazelle technologies, designed for use in consumer and wireless products.
Jazelle technology makes the ARM1176JZ-S processor efficient for embedded Java execution; TrustZone technology provides support for building the trusted computing environments required for protection of critical system functions.
The processor is also integrated with Intelligent Energy Manager (IEM) technology which significantly reduces processor energy consumption.
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