Product category:
Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Tensilica
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 05 October 2005
Wireless applications use extensible CPU
core
Tensilica has announced that Atheros Communications, a provider of wireless solutions, has licensed the Xtensa configurable and extensible processor core for future product designs.
Tensilica has announced that Atheros Communications, a provider of wireless solutions, has licensed the Xtensa configurable and extensible processor core for future product designs "We selected Tensilica's Xtensa processor because of its high-performance, low power and small size, which are ideal for a wide range of very compact wireless applications", said Rick Bahr, VP of Engineering for Atheros Communications
"Xtensa's configurable and extensible microprocessor core provides Atheros and our customers with a high level of design flexibility required to satisfy the growing array of end-product application requirements".
"We are excited to be working with an innovative company like Atheros", said Steve Roddy, Tensilica's Vice President of Marketing.
"This is another good example of the growing momentum for the Xtensa architecture".
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