Reference flow supports top-performing core

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Apr 7, 2004

A Galaxy design platform reference flow is now available for MIPS Technologies' new high-performance 24K microprocessor core family.

A Galaxy design platform reference flow is now available for MIPS Technologies' new high-performance 24K microprocessor core family.

The 24K family is billed as the highest performing synthesisable 32bit microprocessor family available within the embedded industry, with up to 550MHs performance, optimised design flows developed with leading EDA vendors, system-level on-chip interconnects and broad support from third party companies.

The 24K core family was designed using products from Synopsys' industry-standard Galaxy platform, including Design Compiler, DFT Compiler, Physical Compiler, Astro, PrimeTime and Star-RCXT.

The reference methodology includes flow documentation, floorplanning information, tool scripts and makefiles developed by MIPS Technologies, and enables users of the 24K family to replicate with high confidence the performance results that MIPS Technologies obtained using the Galaxy platform.

"MIPS Technologies is working with leaders such as Synopsys to ensure our customers have an optimised flow that will enable rapid implementation with a high degree of confidence using industry standard technology", said Victor Peng, vice president of engineering at MIPS Technologies.

"The Galaxy platform exceeded our expectations during the development process and we expect customers using it will get their 24K core-based designs to market more quickly with reduced overall design requirements".

"Our focus with the Galaxy Design Platform is to produce the highest performing designs with the fastest time-to-results by reducing iterations with our convergent design flow", said Antun Domic, Senior Vice President and general manager of the Implementation Group at Synopsys.

"By working with MIPS Technologies to provide a reference flow for the 24K family, we can better support our joint customers by improving the convergence in their design process and increasing their confidence level in hitting their performance requirements".