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News Release from: MIPS Technologies
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 February 2006
Mobileye quick to adopt multithreading
core
Mobileye has licensed the newly announced MIPS32 34Kf core for its next-generation SoC, the EyeQ-2.
Mobileye, a global leader in driver assistance and safety systems for the automotive industry, has licensed the newly announced MIPS32 34Kf core for its next-generation SoC, the EyeQ-2 The current version, EyeQ-1, has been adopted by several top-tier suppliers and car manufacturers in Europe, the USA and Japan, for installation in 2007-model-year production vehicles
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Single-threaded microprocessors today waste many cycles while accessing memory, considerably limiting system performance.
The 34K cores are designed to mask the effect of memory latency by increasing processor utilisation.
As one thread stalls for memory, additional threads are fed into the pipeline, resulting in a significant gain in application throughput.
Internal benchmarks indicate that the 34Kc core running two threads achieved a 60% speedup over a single-threaded processor with only a 14% increase in die size.
Additionally, the 34K core family delivers superior real-time responsiveness for embedded applications.
Users can allocate dedicated processing bandwidth to real-time tasks resulting in a guaranteed quality of service (QoS).
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"Critical to the design of our second generation EyeQ-2 SoC was application performance, proven reliability and guaranteed real-time response", said Elchanan Rushinek, Vice President of Engineering at Mobileye.
"After evaluating competitive offerings, it was clear the value proposition of the 34K cores' multithreading capability was the superior solution".
"We're delighted that Mobileye, after rigorous evaluation against a competing architecture's multicore solution, selected the 34Kf core for its next-generation SoC design", said Brad Holtzinger, Vice President of Sales for MIPS Technologies.
"With this new multithreading technology, the EyeQ-2 driver assistance design will benefit from increased system efficiency and lower development costs".
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