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News Release from: Oki Electric | Subject: 0.15um ARM7 core
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 12 August 2004
ARM-based IP core shifts down to 0.15um
process
Oki's 0.15um ARM7 core family hard IP has become the industry's first ARM-based IP core to achieve Silver IP status on 0.15um technology at world leading semiconductor foundry UMC.
Oki's 0.15um ARM7 core family hard IP has become the industry's first ARM-based IP core to achieve Silver IP status on 0.15um technology at world leading semiconductor foundry UMC The Silver IP rating is part of UMC's Gold IP programme to certify that a chip has been successfully tested on UMC silicon and is ready for production
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 10 Apr 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The silicon verification of Oki's 0.15um ARM7 core joins the availability of Oki's 0.15um AMR9 core family hard IP at UMC, which is currently rated as GDS (General Data Stream)-ready Bronze status, to enable customers designing their products using these cores to shorten their development cycle time.
UMC already offers 0.18 and 0.13um Silver rated ARM cores through its Gold IP programme.
Oki's silicon-verified ARM-based IP at the 0.15um generation is designed for small chip size, competitive cost and ultralow power consumption, and suits embedded applications such as PHS baseband controllers and low-end printers.
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Oki is currently developing products using this core with uPLAT-7B, which is based on Oki's uPLAT system LSI development platform, and expects its first sample shipment in December 2004 and volume delivery in March 2005.
"Many of our customers require a performance enhancement over 0.18um, but may not necessarily need to design their products into 0.13um yet".
"By acquiring Silver IP status for Oki's 0.15um ARM7 core family-based hard IP, we can now provide the best solutions to such users", said Akira Kamo, President of the Silicon Solutions Company at Oki Electric.
"The ARM processor is currently the world standard in 32bit embedded CPUs and the base core for Oki's system LSI processors".
"We plan to respond to customer needs by expanding ARM CPU core products further".
Oki also has acquired Bronze IP status from UMC for its 0.15um ARM946E-S core, the hard IP of the ARM9 family.
The ARM946E-S core also suits embedded applications because of its high performance, low cost and low power consumption and combines the ARM9E-S CPU core, a flexible command cache and data cache.
This is currently used in various products, using one of Oki's system LSI development platforms, the uPLAT-946, which are under sample shipment.
Oki plans volume production in September 2004 and aims to be certified as UMC's Silver IP and Gold IP.
Both IPs have been used in products, which gives Oki and UMC customers the confidence that these cores are proven and can be integrated into their designs with ease.
Using these cores, customers can add their own circuit and IPs, which allow them to develop a satisfying system LSI in a short period of time.
By providing the development environment to many users, Oki plans to achieve sales of Y34 billion for its ARM related products in the fiscal year ending March 2007.
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