ARC International Announces Comprehensive Licensing Agreement with Broadcom for Configurable Technology.ELSTREE, United Kingdom -- Multi-Year Development Agreement Targets High-Growth Consumer Applications 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). (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :ARK) today announced a multi-year licensing agreement that makes available the embedded industry's leading configurable technology to Broadcom Corporation. Under the terms of the agreement, Broadcom will use ARC's low-power, configurable microprocessors and MetaWare(R) tools to develop leading-edge system-on-chips (SOCs). Among the ARC(TM) technology licensed by Broadcom were the ARC 600 and ARC 700 processor cores, which are an ideal fit for applications that require both low power and small die size. "This relationship with Broadcom is another important endorsement of our strategy to leverage configurable technology in high-growth markets with industry leaders," said Derek Meyer, vice president of marketing for ARC International. "With Broadcom's choice to license ARC technology, it joins nearly a hundred other silicon and system vendors that are driving leading-edge SOC designs using the industry's first truly configurable platform." "In high volume consumer electronics, lowering the cost and getting the product to market are vital," said Daniel Marotta, group vice president of Broadcom's Broadband Communications Group. "As we continue to bring low-cost SOCs to market, ARC's configurable core architecture and tools meet critical cost points and design parameters." ARC's industry-leading configurable technology enables designers to develop application-optimized silicon designs. By enabling specific trade-offs in performance, size and power, customers such as Broadcom are able to design differentiated solutions that are highly cost-effective. The ARC 600 core is optimized to deliver high performance in a small silicon area with minimal power consumption. The ARC 700 core provides the smallest 400 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. processor available today, and supports complex applications with an MMU (Memory Management Unit) The part of the computer that governs memory access. Either part of the CPU chip or housed on separate chips, the MMU controls memory partitions and virtual memory. See memory and virtual memory. MMU - Memory Management Unit and processing modes Data processing modes or Computing modes:
About ARC ARC International is a world leader in low-power, high-performance 32-bit configurable CPU/DSP processor cores, subsystems, real-time operating systems and development tools for embedded system design. ARC's configurable and extendible cores assist customers in the development of next generation digital media, consumer and communications devices, resulting in lower cost, higher performance SOC products. ARC International maintains a worldwide presence with corporate offices in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , USA and Elstree, UK. The Company has research and development offices located in England and the United States. For more information please visit the ARC website at: 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, the ARC logo, MetaWare and ARC-Based 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. For 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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