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News Release from: Gleichmann-Sunrise | Subject: System-on-Chip Lite
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 06 April 2001
Low-fat route to embedded SoC
development
New at Sunrise Electronics, System-on-Chip Lite is NEC's new approach for low- to mid-volume SoC projects for embedded control applications.
New at Sunrise Electronics, System-on-Chip Lite is NEC's new approach for low- to mid-volume SoC projects for embedded control applications The device offers a low-risk development path at a fraction of the cost of a 'ground-up' system-on-a-chip design
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 1 Jul 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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System-on-Chip Lite is based on standard ASIC technology and consists of two blocks: an ARM7TDMI core-based subsystem and a user configurable sea-of-gates area.
Both blocks are connected via the AMBA bus for future scalability of the SoC Lite product family.
The ARM core-based subsystem is a ready-to-use and a verified supermacro adhering to ARM SoC design standards.
It frees the user from the task of developing a complete RISC computer system.
The sea-of-gates area allows the user to implement custom logic or special peripheral functions and an important feature of this approach is that the system design can be fully verified and tested before signoff.
Once the customer functions are implemented into the sea-of-gates, it becomes a custom SoC.
The System-on-Chip Lite concept is especially interesting for the industrial and telecommunications markets.
Target applications are factory automation, industrial bus systems, card readers, business phones, terminals and home communication.
Because of its low NRE cost and short turn-around time, System-on-Chip Lite is also an ideal solution for emerging applications with undefined volume requirements.
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