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News Release from: ARC International
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 06 November 2001
Sun to develop ARC-based servers
Sun Microsystems will be using ARC's processor technology in high-performance integrated circuits that will be incorporated into a new range of high-end servers.
Sun Microsystems will be using ARC's processor technology in high-performance integrated circuits that will be incorporated into a new range of high-end servers, as part of a corporate licensing agreement signed in Q3 2001 Sun's high-end server engineering group required a flexible open architecture to address critical performance issues, while supporting evolving specification and input/output subsystem requirements
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 20 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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ARC's processor technology met that need.
John Brennan, vice president, hardware engineering, for the enterprise systems products group said, "We carried out an extensive evaluation of the embedded processors currently available, and their features.
ARC has an established track record, multi-processor debug and real time trace support, and an established and proven processor toolchain".
ARC's user-customisable processor technology is ideally suited to networking and interface applications, including those requiring multiple processor implementations.
Over 30 customers have developed, or are developing networking devices; ARC's remaining licensees are developing or have already introduced consumer products and wireless products.
In the networking space, the main benefits of ARCtangent are the ease with which customers can implement multiple processor architectures that improve performance, or obtain greater efficiencies using custom instructions.
John Stockton, interim CEO of ARC, said, "ARC is continuing to win approval from industry leaders, as this new license from Sun Microsystems demonstrates.
An increasing number of top tier companies are taking out corporate or company-wide licensing agreements for many reasons.
They value the competitive advantage of the technology, its scalability for future changes or requirements, and the ease with which it is possible to differentiate the end-product solution".
Stockton adds, "ARC's track record with its platform IP approach is important.
In an era where standards are constantly evolving, original equipment manufacturers need to be equipped with technology that allows them to meet those new requirements swiftly.
SoC developers need more than just IP - they need the tools (eg multiprocessor debug), software and relevant peripheral IP to accelerate designs.
This is what makes ARCtangent so attractive to SoC designers today".
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