ARC International Announces New Licensing Agreements With Leading Taiwanese Semiconductor Companies for Media-Centric Chip Design.HSINCHU, Taiwan -- ARC's Strategic Initiatives in Greater China Deepen Its Penetration of One of the Hottest Semiconductor Markets On the heels of the sold out "ConfigCon Taiwan" developers conference and a series of other strategic initiatives in Greater China, 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 three new licensing agreements with leading Taiwan-based semiconductor companies. All have adopted ARC's patented configurable subsystem or processor technology over competitive "fixed" architecture or configurable offerings. And, each customer is using ARC's products for leading-edge multimedia system-on-chip (SoC) design: Skymedi Corp., Taifatech, Inc. and VXIS Corp. Visit ARC's Website www.arc.com for more details about each new Taiwan-based licensing agreement announced today from the company's Hsinchu-based office. Colley Hwang, founder and president of Digitimes -- Taiwan's influential daily industry newspaper -- cited in his ConfigCon keynote presentation how Taiwan's semiconductor industry is taking a leadership role in growth markets, such as digital TV and mobile media players. Keys to the future success of Taiwan's chip companies serving these segments, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Mr. Hwang, will be their ability to leverage innovation and differentiation as competitive strategies. These are primary reasons for the growing adoption of configurability by Taiwan's fabless chip industry, and ARC's increasing momentum in Greater China. "ConfigCon Taiwan highlighted the hunger of Taiwanese semiconductor companies for a new way to design next-generation SoCs," said Derek Meyer, ARC's senior vice president of sales and marketing. "ARC's patented configurable CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. technology fosters innovation and provides protection from cloning and piracy, which are benefits unmatched by 20th century fixed architectures. These new agreements are the result of the region's move toward configurability, and our ongoing efforts to educate the market on the 21st century's SoC design methodology." About ARC International plc ARC International is the 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 Any electronic system that uses a CPU chip, but that is not a general-purpose workstation, desktop or laptop computer. Such systems generally use microprocessors, or they may use custom-designed chips or both. design. ARC's patented configurable CPU technology assists 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 and the ARC logo 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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