ADVISORY/Tensilica CEO Chris Rowen Presents at Technologic Partners' MicroVentures Conference; Tensilica Chosen as One of the Industry's Most Promising Semiconductor Start-ups.Business Editors/Technology Writers ADVISORY...for Monday (Dec. 2) --(BUSINESS WIRE)
WHO: Dr. Chris Rowen, CEO of Tensilica(R), Inc., the leading
supplier of configurable and extensible microprocessor cores
WHAT: Dr. Rowen will participate in a panel discussion focused on
start-up opportunities in system-on-silicon. Specifically, the
panel will discuss the types of technologies and applications
that will drive economic growth in the semiconductor market.
Dr. Rowen will describe the fundamental shift that is
occurring today in processor design for system-on-chip (SOC)
applications. Caused by the need to reduce time-to-market and
cost, and increase the performance and flexibility of SOCs,
this shift is leading to devices containing multiple, unique
microprocessors on a single chip. Dr. Rowen will describe the
technologies that are key to enabling this "Sea of
Processors(TM)" world.
The MicroVentures conference, sponsored by Technologic
Partners, highlights the industry's most promising
semiconductor start-ups. Featuring presentations from the most
experienced and savvy semiconductor industry experts and
investors, the conference will provide information on the most
important technology trends, business challenges, and
investment opportunities in 2003.
WHEN: Monday, December 2, 2002 at 9:05 a.m.
WHERE: MicroVentures Conference
San Francisco Airport Marriot
Burlingame, CA
About Dr. 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- + Dr. Chris Rowen founded Tensilica in July 1997 to develop and proliferate pro·lif·er·ate v. To grow or multiply by rapidly producing new tissue, parts, cells, or offspring. automatic generation of application-specific microprocessors for communications and consumer systems. He was a pioneer in the development of 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 at Stanford in the early 80s, and helped start MIPS Computer See MIPS Technologies. Systems Inc. in 1984, where he served as vice president of microprocessor development. Most recently, he was vice president and general manager of the Design Reuse Group at Synopsys Incorporated. He received a bachelor's degree in physics from Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. and master's and doctorate degrees in electrical engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. from Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. . 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(R), Tensilica is the only company that has automated 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 meeting with Dr. Rowen, please contact Joany Draeger, Tanis Communications, Inc., (650) 365-3395, joany@taniscomm.com. Tensilica and Xtensa are registered trademarks, and Sea of Processors is a trademark, belonging to Tensilica, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion