2004 Tensilica SOZBOT ProAm Attracts Top Robot Designers; Fighting Robots Are Key Attraction at San Francisco Trade Show.Entertainment Editors/High-Tech Writers electronicaUSA 2004 Embedded Systems Conference San Francisco 2004 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2004 The top professional SOZBOT (Sixteen OZ. RoBOT) designers and drivers will be battling at Moscone Center in San Francisco March 30 through April 1 in the first annual Tensilica(R) SOZBOT ProAm. Tensilica will feature a special arena for the regulation-sized SOZBOT battleground in its booth, number 2202, at the Electronica USA Embedded Systems Conference. Jimmy Crack Corn, the top-ranked SOZBOT, will be battling against a crowd of other exciting robots for daily and conference-overall prizes. "SOZBOT designers configure their SOZBOTs in a variety of different ways, looking for that winning, competitive advantage," stated Steve Leibson, Tensilica's technology evangelist. "Similarly, chip designers configure our processors in a variety of different ways to give their designs a competitive advantage. We're hosting this tournament to showcase the value of configurability. Our theme for this event is 'The Best Configurations Win.'" Some of the SOZBOTs that will be battling in the 2004 Tensilica SOZBOT ProAm include: -- Jimmy Crack Corn -- the current top ranked SOZBOT, a wedge on wheels, designed by Bill Sauro -- VDD See Vcc. -- the number two ranked SOZBOT, a circular saw blade mounted on wheels, designed by Ted Shimoda -- Mean Burrito -- with a built-in butane flame, designed by Ross Hironaka -- Angry Dustpan -- a dustpan with a miracle blade edge (what did you expect?), designed by Andy Sauro. At least three battles will be featured in the Tensilica booth every hour on the half hour during show hours (11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday). All battles will follow official Robot Fighting League rules. For more information on SOZBOTS, see the official SOZBOT web site at www.sozbots.com. About Tensilica Tensilica was founded in July 1997 to address the growing need for optimized, application-specific microprocessors for high-volume embedded applications. With the Xtensa configurable and extensible microprocessor core, Tensilica is the only company that has automated and patented the time-consuming process of generating a customized microprocessor core along with a complete software-development tool environment, producing new configurations in a matter of hours. These customized processors rival hand-coded RTL (Register Transfer Level) A high-level hardware description language (HDL) for defining digital circuits. The circuits are described as a collection of registers, Boolean equations, control logic such as "if-then-else" statements as well as complex event sequences; in performance and add a needed level of programmability. For more information, visit www.tensilica.com. Editors' Notes: Tensilica's announced licensees include Agilent, AMCC AMCC Applied Micro Circuits Corporation AMCC Air Mobility Control Center AMCC Ashore Mobile Contingency Communications AMCC Advanced Materials Commercialization Center AMCC allied movement coordination center (US DoD) (JNI (Java Native Interface) A programming interface (API) in Sun's Java Virtual Machine used for calling native platform elements such as GUI routines. RNI (Raw Native Interface) is the JNI counterpart in Microsoft's Java Virtual Machine. JNI - Java Native Interface Corporation), Astute Networks, Avision, Bay Microsystems, Berkeley Wireless Research Center, Broadcom, Cisco Systems, Conexant Systems, Cypress, Crimson Microsystems, ETRI ETRI Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute (Korea) ETRI Enhanced Threat Reduction Initiative ETRI Electronics Telecommunication Research Inc. , FUJIFILM Microdevices, Fujitsu Ltd., Hudson Soft, Hughes Network Systems Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HNS), is a provider of broadband satellite network products for businesses and consumers. HNS pioneered the development of high-speed satellite Internet access services and IP-based networks with its original DirecPC service but which it now markets , Ikanos Communications, LG Electronics, Marvell, MediaWorks, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Laboratories America, NEC Corporation, Nippon Telephone and Telegraph (NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform ), Olympus Optical Co. Ltd., S2io, Solid State Systems, Sony, STMicroelectronics, TranSwitch Corporation, and Victor Company of Japan (JVC JVC Victor Company of Japan (or Japan's Victor Company) JVC Jewelers Vigilance Committee JVC Jesuit Volunteer Corps JVC Jet Vane Control (directs VLS-launched missiles) JVC Jonker-Volgenant-Castanon ). Tensilica and Xtensa are registered trademarks belonging to Tensilica Inc. |
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