ADVISORY/Tensilica CEO Chris Rowen to Keynote 'Critical SOC Technologies' Session at Microprocessor Forum 2001.News/Assignment Editors & High-Tech Writers Microprocessor Forum 2001 ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Oct. 17) --(BUSINESS WIRE)
Who: Dr. Chris Rowen, president and CEO of Tensilica, Inc.
Tensilica is the leading supplier of extensible, configurable
microprocessor IP for integration into system-on-chip (SOC)
devices. Well-known semiconductor and systems companies have
licensed Tensilica's Xtensa configurable processor
architecture for integration into more than 50 designs.
What: Dr. Rowen will discuss the fundamental shift occurring in
processor design for SOC applications and will share his
unique vision of the coming configurable "Sea of Processors"
world. Increasingly, chip and application design must be
handled in tandem. The configurable microprocessor plays a
central role in developing SOC devices that are optimized in
hardware and software for a variety of existing and emerging
applications.
When: Wednesday, October 17 at 5:30 p.m.
Where: The Fairmont Hotel
170 South Market Street
San Jose, Calif. 95113
Editor's Notes: Journalists wishing to meet with Dr. 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- + prior to his presentation should contact Joany Draeger, Tanis Communications 650/365-3395, joany@taniscomm.com. Admission to the conference and seminar programs is free of charge to bona fide [Latin, In good faith.] Honest; genuine; actual; authentic; acting without the intention of defrauding. A bona fide purchaser is one who purchases property for a valuable consideration that is inducement for entering into a contract and without suspicion of being members of the press. For further information, please contact Catherine Sarti, In-Stat/MDR, at 408/345-1627. About Chris Rowen Ph.D. Dr. Chris Rowen is President and Chief Executive Officer of Tensilica. He founded Tensilica in July 1997 to develop and proliferate automatic generation of application-specific microprocessors for communication 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 for Microprocessor Development. Most recently, he was Vice President and General Manager of the Design Reuse Group of 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 Inc. is revolutionizing the design of system-on-chip (SOC) devices through its unique approach to microprocessor design. The company's configurable Xtensa microprocessor cores and associated software development tools give system and chip designers the unprecedented ability to optimize microprocessors for their specific applications. As a result, Tensilica's technology enables the design of products that are uniquely tuned to achieve the power, performance and price targets of the end system. Recognized as a top private company by renowned business magazines including Red Herring Red Herring A preliminary registration statement that must be filed with the SEC describing a new issue of stock (IPO) and the prospects of the issuing company. Notes: and Upside, the company's technology leverages existing ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. design methods, programming models and architectural standards, reducing risk and development time. |
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