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News Release from: Virage Logic | Subject: ASAP
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 26 July 2006
Virage logic library powers SOCLE's ASIC
platforms
Virage Logic has announced SOCLE Technology Corporation has licensed the Area, Speed and Power (ASAP) Logic 130nm Metal Programmable library to serve as crucial enabling technology
Virage Logic, a pioneer in Silicon Aware IP and leading provider of semiconductor intellectual property (IP) platforms, today announced SOCLE Technology Corporation has licensed the Area, Speed and Power (ASAP) Logic 130nm Metal Programmable library to serve as crucial enabling technology for their recently announced structured ASIC System-on-Chip (SoC) design platforms, named Cheetah ASIC SOCLE, a leading service provider of SoC design platforms and services, licensed the ASAP Logic Metal Programmable library for their structured ASIC offering to provide improved productivity, design flexibility and fast design turnaround time, while allowing for significant savings in non-recurring engineering (NRE) costs
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 22 Oct 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Our structured ASIC platform is designed to provide our customers with over 50 percent NRE savings and cut their design time and production flow in half," said Eric Li, vice president of marketing at SOCLE.
"Virage Logic's patented ASAP Logic Metal Programmable library is a key enabling technology for our standard and custom-made platform cores".
SOCLE's SoC structured ASIC platform utilises the ASAP Logic Metal Programmable library as a design fabric, providing complete functionality changes by performing partial changes to a metal mask.
This design methodology is utilised in their ARM9/ARM7 SoC platform, Media Platform, SoC Connectivity Platform and custom-made platform products.
"SOCLE's decision to use Virage Logic's ASAP Logic Metal Programmable library for their new SoC structured ASIC platform underscores the key benefits this patented enabling technology provides," said Jim Ensell, senior vice president of marketing and business development at Virage Logic.
"We are confident that SOCLE's customers can now have access to maximum design flexibility while realising reduced turnaround time and significant cost savings".
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