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News Release from: Celoxica
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 14 September 2005
Alliance aims for DSP/FPGA design
convergence
Celoxica and Sundance have signed an agreement that aims to bridge the gap between conventional design flows for DSP and FPGA systems.
Celoxica and Sundance have signed an agreement that aims to bridge the gap between conventional design flows for DSP and FPGA systems The companies will combine expertise to offer out-of-the-box system design solutions backed up by their established partnerships with Texas Instruments and Xilinx
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 6 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The different approaches and levels of abstraction make it difficult to combine the two technologies.
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The joint offering from Celoxica and Sundance uses C-based ESL tools to enable system optimisations employing a comprehensive array of off-the-shelf modules and systems to address the critical issues of hardware/software codesign, DSP/FPGA integration, power utilisation and cost reductions from design conception through to deployment.
"System designers commonly choose between DSP for signal processing systems and FPGAs to implement complex algorithms and signal processing systems", said Phil Bishop, President and CEO of Celoxica.
"Combined they can offer a compelling solution for optimisation of power, performance and flexibility".
"The key to unlocking this potential is providing design ease-of-use from both the DSP and FPGA perspectives".
"Many of our customers have already moved to model-based design and IP reuse to help streamline design and boost productivity", said Flemming Christensen, Managing Director of Sundance.
"With more and more effort now being placed on value-added IP and customisation inside a mixed DSP/ FPGA system, the addition of C-based design that tackles complex algorithm development in hardware and software is inevitable".
The result of this partnership is the development of algorithm acceleration solutions for vertical applications, including C-based IP modules, optimised FPGA hardware accelerators, and reference board prototypes built on Sundance boards programmed using Celoxica software tools.
The companies will initially focus their efforts on software-defined radio (SDR) and complex image processing, and will begin rolling out solutions in Q4/05 at the Global Signal Processing Expo (GSPx) in Santa Clara.
"With this improved design flow for DSP plus FPGA based systems, customers can more easily integrate the performance of TI DSP with FPGA based coprocessors", said Ram Sathappan, SDR Business Development Manager, Texas instruments.
"C-based design and synthesis for hardware and software in DSP/ FPGA based COTS systems will address the needs of a wide range of designers".
"Xilinx and our Alliance Programme members are seeing increasing market acceptance of our FPGAs for a broad range of DSP applications".
"We are gratified that Celoxica and Sundance have combined their expertise to make DSP development more accessible to design engineers to further accelerate this growth", said Robert Bielby, Xilinx Senior Director for Vertical Markets and Partnerships.
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