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News Release from: ARC International
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 19 April 2006
Configurable cores chosen for storage
controllers
Bitmicro Networks has taken a licence for the ARC 700 family of configurable cores.
Bitmicro Networks, the leading provider of high performance nonvolatile solid-state disk, Flash disk drive and network storage and management solutions, has taken a licence for the ARC 700 family of configurable cores Bitmicro will use ARC's configurable processors to develop low cost, next-generation system-on-chip (SoC) devices for their state-of-the-art E-Disk solid state storage solutions
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 20 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We chose ARC's configurable processors after evaluating a number of fixed architecture alternatives, including PowerPC", said Rudy Bruce, Executive Vice President for Marketing and Sales at Bitmicro Networks.
"The configurable ARC 700 family prevailed because it gives additional product differentiation and a competitive market advantage through the creation of unique architectural features in the CPU".
"Furthermore, the processor modifications we make provide a level of protection against cloning by our competitors, which nonconfigurable cores cannot offer".
The configurable ARC 700 core family delivers the most power- and area-efficient 32bit CPU and DSP processors in its performance class in a unified RISC architecture.
At up to 700MHz and over 1068DMIPS performance in a 90nm process, the 710D, 725D AND 750D cores meet the needs of the most demanding SoC applications, such as graphics, media codecs and packet processing.
The 700 core family also makes an ideal platform for devices requiring high-end embedded operating systems such as Linux.
Standard features include DSP instructions, RTOS and secure processing support.
ARC's XY Advanced DSP subsystem, memory management unit and FPX floating point extensions are available options for each core.
Using ARC's patented configurable CPU technology, SoC designers can easily optimise an ARC processor for their specific applications.
Features and instructions can be added or removed to achieve a highly differentiated solution that consumes less power and less silicon area, and is unique and proprietary to its creator.
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