ADVISORY/Tensilica CEO Chris Rowen Participates in Distinguished Speaker Series At Harvard Business School.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ADVISORY...for Wed. (April 16) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Tensilica
Who: Chris Rowen, president and CEO of Tensilica, Inc., the leader
in configurable and extensible processors.
What: Dr. Rowen will address an audience of Harvard Business School
students, faculty and guests with a speech titled, "Disruption
in Microprocessor Design: The Long-term Impact of Automatic
Processor Generation." Mr. Rowen's presentation is part of the
Distinguished Speaker Series at the Harvard Business School.
When: Wednesday, April 16, 2003, 3 - 4 p.m.
Where: Hawes Hall, Room 201
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field
Boston, Massachusetts 02163
Phone: 617/495-6000
About Chris Rowen row·en n. New England A second crop, as of hay, in a season. [Middle English rowein, from Anglo-Norman rewain, variant of Old French regain : re-, re- + Chris Rowen, Ph.D., is a pioneer of the RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. architecture. Chris previously was vice president for Microprocessor Development at MIPS Computer See MIPS Technologies. Systems. Most recently, he was vice president and general manager of the Design Reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. Group of Synopsys Incorporated. About Tensilica Tensilica was founded in July 1997 to address the growing need for optimized, application-specific microprocessor solutions in high-volume embedded applications An application that permanently resides in an industrial or consumer device. Providing some type of control function and/or user interface, the software is typically stored in a non-volatile memory such as ROM or flash memory. . With a configurable and extensible microprocessor core called Xtensa, Tensilica is the only company that has automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. 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. For more information, visit www.tensilica.com. Editor's Notes Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : -- Media interested in scheduling an interview with Dr. Rowen should contact Joany Draeger, Tanis Communications, 650/365-3395, joany@taniscomm.com. -- Tensilica and Xtensa are registered trademarks of Tensilica, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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