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News Release from: Tensilica
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 02 February 2007
Configurable processor answers all
Marvell's needs
Marvell plans to use the Xtensa LX2 configurable processor in various products throughout the company.
Marvell has signed a company-wide licence for Tensilica's Xtensa LX2 configurable processor This agreement was driven in part by Marvell's successful use of Tensilica's earlier Xtensa processors in high-volume printer applications, Yukon gigabit Ethernet products, and LinkStreet router products
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 30 Mar 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Marvell plans to use the Xtensa LX2 configurable processor in various products throughout the company.
"By using Tensilica's Xtensa processors in three very high-volume product lines, Marvell is able to take advantage of the extreme flexibility that these configurable processors provide for our design teams", stated Alan Armstrong, Vice President of Marketing for Marvell's Storage Business Group.
"Our design teams will be able to deploy Tensilica processors in a broad range of roles, including many nontraditional design sockets within datapath and dataplane functions".
"Marvell is a clear leader in the semiconductor industry and their continued use of the Xtensa product family further underscores the strengths of Tensilica's patented technology", stated Chris Rowen, Tensilica's President and CEO.
"We look forward to working with Marvell as they take further advantage of the design productivity and performance improvements made possible by our highly automated configurable processor generation technology".
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