11 North American Companies Adopt ARC's Low Power Configurable Solutions for a Wide Range of High-Volume Applications.ST. ALBANS, England -- Low power consumption is one of the most important considerations for system-on-chip (SoC) designers creating products for next-generation electronic applications. This is a key reason why eleven companies in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. have adopted ARC International's (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :ARK) configurable media subsystem and processor solutions to create power-sensitive chips for medical, government/security, multimedia, and networking/peripheral devices. See the companion announcement dated July 11, 2007 for more details on one of these newly announced customer licensing agreements. ARC's configurable solutions offer some of the lowest power consumption of any in the semiconductor intellectual property (IP) industry. For example, an "out-of-the-box" ARC([R]) 750D core requires approximately half the power of an ARM 1136 or a MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. 32 24Kc core with similar configurations. SoC designers can lower power consumption of an ARC 750D processor (or any other ARC processor) even further by leveraging ARC's easy-to-use configurable technology to tailor it to specific application requirements. ARC is extending its leadership in low power configurable subsystems and processors through internally led research and development (R&D) programs, working in tandem Adv. 1. in tandem - one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem" tandem with advanced computing departments at renowned universities, and via joint initiatives with companies such as Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. and Virage Logic. The results of these efforts will be integrated into new products and technologies from ARC International This article is about the publicly traded processor company. For the privately held French housewares company of the same name, see ARC International (household). . Details on ARC's Newly Announced Customer Engagements: Medical Applications CVRx Long battery life is a requirement for implantable medical devices, such as blood pressure monitoring systems. For this reason, CVRx([R]) based its new Rheos([TM]) Baroreflex Hypertension Therapy([TM]) System Monitor on a low power, configurable ARC 600 family core. CVRx is a private company located in Minnesota that has developed proprietary technology for the treatment of high blood pressure (also referred to as hypertension) that cannot be controlled with medications. See companion ARC news announcement dated July 11, 2007 for more details. Unnamed Medical Applications Customer #1 This unnamed ARC customer is a world-recognized company, and a leader in the global medical products industry. Its less-invasive medical technologies offer alternatives to major surgery and other procedures that can be traumatic to the human body. This ARC customer's pacemaker devices incorporate configurable ARC cores, which were selected because they enable very low power consumption through the removal of unnecessary features in the ARC CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. . This greatly prolongs the battery life of this customer's ARC-Based([TM]) products - a critical consideration for implantable medical applications. Unnamed Medical Applications Customer #2 This unnamed ARC customer manufactures battery-powered, implantable medical devices. It is using a configurable ARC core to create an ultra low power An ultra low power, or ULP device, is an electronic gadget that has milli- or micro-watt power consumption. Some examples of ultra-low power devices:
Government/Security Applications Edgewater Computer Systems Edgewater Computer Systems develops real time, high performance multiprocessor systems for military, government, and commercial operations. The company's products include multi-channel wireless and wired data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. . Edgewater is developing a wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. controller for use on aircraft, and will be using ARC's configurable solutions to minimize the power consumption and die size to exactly meet the stringent system requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. . Unnamed Government/Security Customer This unnamed customer is a leader in command, control and communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance may refer to:
Networking/Peripheral Applications Conexant Systems Conexant is a worldwide leader in semiconductor solutions for communications in the digital home. The company is using its license for a configurable ARC core to create an integrated solution that can be used in peripheral devices with combined printer/fax/scanner/copier functionalities. ARC's configurable core helps Conexant's design team reduce overall system power consumption by eliminating unneeded elements within the ARC CPU. iVivity iVivity is a leading developer of innovative, multi-protocol acceleration silicon for both the networking and storage markets. At the heart of the iVivtiy SoC is a patented hardware-based protocol acceleration engine that can terminate and regenerate multiple protocols in real time and at full line rate, independent of packet size. An ARC customer for a number of years, iVivity has taken a new license for the configurable ARC 725 core to create multi-processor SoCs. Leveraging the power of ARC's configurable core technology, iVivity's engineers will be able to optimize the ARC-Based chip for speed by adding custom instructions to the ARC core while keeping power consumption to a minimum by eliminating unneeded transistors. Teranetics Teranetics is a leading mixed-signal integrated circuit A mixed-signal integrated circuit combines analog circuits with digital signal processing (DSP) circuits on a single semiconductor die. An integrated circuit that includes both analog and digital circuitry (but no DSP), like a 555 timer, is generally not considered a mixed-signal (IC) company that develops silicon products for advanced communication applications. Teranetics' chips enable 10-Gigabit speeds over the traditional copper cabling, which is an order of magnitude A change in quantity or volume as measured by the decimal point. For example, from tens to hundreds is one order of magnitude. Tens to thousands is two orders of magnitude; tens to millions is three orders of magnitude, etc. improvement over speeds in current enterprise networks. The company selected a configurable ARC core for its next-generation design because it enabled the creation of a low power solution with small die size that helps the company's products meet customer price points. Multimedia Applications Augusta Technology Augusta provides mobile device manufacturers with a spectrum of solutions from state-of-the-art digital communications Transmitting text, voice and video in binary form. See communications. components to complete communications systems, such as cell phones and portable video viewing devices. Augusta is using a configurable ARC product to lower power consumption in their next-generation mobile solutions. Qpixel Technology Qpixel Technology is a leading innovator in video compression Encoding digital video to take up less storage space and transmission bandwidth. See video codec and data compression. video compression - Compression of sequences of images. silicon and software solutions. The company specializes in digital consumer applications that balance superior video quality with extended hours of portable operation at mass market prices. Using its license for a configurable ARC core, Qpixel has successfully produced and deployed into the market its QL20x family of H.264 codecs The following is a list of codecs. Audio codecs Non-compression formats
VisionFlow VisionFlow is focused on developing ultra-low power H.264 video and multi-core media SoC solutions aimed at mobile and wearable video market applications. These include mobile-TV, wearable PMPs, and mobile video phones. Emerging markets call for programmable and power efficient real-time video compression/decompression solutions. To meet these challenges, VisionFlow has taken a license for numerous configurable ARC 600 family cores to design products such as the VF1000 ultra-low power H.264 video solution. According to John Yuan, VisionFlow's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , the ARC 600 core family offered the lowest power consumption per MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. for any CPU on the market. In addition, VisionFlow is adding customized instruction extensions to enhance the ARC cores' performance and functionality, which also helps prevent rival companies from cloning VisionFlow's products. About ARC International plc ARC International is the world leader in configurable media subsystems and CPU/DSP processors. Used by over 140 companies worldwide, ARC's configurable solutions enable the creation of highly differentiated system-on-chips (SoCs) that ship in hundreds of millions of devices annually. ARC's patented subsystems and cores are smaller, consume less power, and are less expensive to manufacture than competing products. ARC International maintains a worldwide presence with corporate and research and development offices in California and St. Albans, UK. For more information visit www.ARC.com. ARC International is listed on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. as ARC International plc (LSE:ARK). ARC and the ARC logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of ARC International. All other brands or product names contained herein are the property of their respective owners. This press release may contain certain "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties, including the development, implementation, and release of features described herein. These are at the sole discretion of ARC International. For other factors that could cause actual results to differ, visit the company's Website as well as the listing particulars filed with the United Kingdom Listing Authority and the Registrar of Companies The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. in England and Wales England and Wales are both constituent countries of the United Kingdom, that together share a single legal system: English law. Legislatively, England and Wales are treated as a single unit (see State (law)) for the conflict of laws. . |
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