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News Release from: MIPS Technologies | Subject: MIPS32 24Kc
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 May 2004
Core gains multimedia SoC interconnect
IP
Sonics' innovative SiliconBackplane III MicroNetwork multimedia-optimised SoC interconnect IP can now be used with the MIPS32 24Kc core.
Sonics' innovative SiliconBackplane III MicroNetwork multimedia-optimised SoC interconnect IP can now be used with the MIPS32 24Kc core This combination of a high performance 32bit processor and smart interconnect IP can dramatically cut the development time of cost-effective SoCs for digital multimedia applications, such as digital set-top boxes and digital TVs
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Sep 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Sonics SiliconBackplane III is a proven on-chip communication solution to the timing closure challenges posed by 90nm and below process technologies.
It connects a 24Kc core to any other IP block, such as DSPs or MPEG2 and MPEG4 encoders/decoders, with a high degree of silicon efficiency and high data throughput to and from memory.
This solution replaces the almost unmanageable collection of buses, custom interconnects and control wires traditionally used in SoCs, resulting in faster design closure and higher degrees of design reuse.
"Sonics' SiliconBackplane III smart interconnect IP is an architecture that simplifies and improves the development of complex, multimedia SoCs.
Those who choose to take advantage of third party IP and the OCP socket standard on a 24K core have an excellent option in SiliconBackplane for efficiently moving multiple data streams at very high speeds", said Tom Petersen, Director of Product Marketing at MIPS Technologies.
"MIPS Technologies is the market leader in high performance embedded multimedia applications, such as digital set-top boxes and digital TVs", said James Colgan, Director of Product Marketing at Sonics.
"The new high performance MIPS32 24K core family is ideally suited for the demanding requirements of next generation multimedia applications.
SoC designers who take advantage of SiliconBackplane with a 24K core will get their high performance MIPS-based SoCs to market faster at a much lower cost".
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