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News Release from: IPextreme | Subject: MRCG IP
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 04 December 2007
Clock generator IP offers more than PLLs
Patented digital clock synthesis technology developed by Motorola is now offered to the global semiconductor market through IPextreme.
IPextreme is bringing advanced Motorola clock generation technology to market in the form of licensable semiconductor intellectual property The Multiple Reference Clock Generator (MRCG) is a patented digital clock synthesis technology developed by Motorola and is now offered to the global semiconductor market through IPextreme
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Apr 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The patented technology underlying MRCG offers an attractive alternative to traditional analogue phase locked loops (PLL) for generation of on-chip clocks with a frequency range from 2MHz to 1GHz by providing a pure digital clock generator.
It also allows for the following features not available in PLLs: a purely digital design portable to any semiconductor technology; the ability to control frequency and edges of clock outputs "on-the-fly" via a serial programmable interface (SPI); the ability to deskew on-chip and off-chip clocks for system level calibration; deterministic, instant start/stop of clock outputs, as no "lock" period is required for clocks to stabilise; smaller area and lower power compared with multiple PLLs; and reduced cycle time reaction to market changes.
Motorola chose IPextreme as its licensing partner to enable the broad market because of the company's IP licensing commitment to the semiconductor market and its relationships with large semiconductor companies all over the world.
"Motorola's rich portfolio of patent technology has been developed over time in our labs", says Jim O'Connor, Corporate Vice President of Motorola Technology Acceleration.
"Bringing MRCG to market for licensing is an example of how Motorola's investment in creating valuable technology can be monetised and leveraged by companies all over the world".
Warren Savage, President and CEO, IPextreme adds: "MCRG is a unique and differentiated IP that will provide our customers doing advanced semiconductor design a technology that will differentiate their chips from competitors using older clock generation technology".
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